A history of Verism
-> Sculptures
-> Verism = Exaggerating old age
How Ancient Greek Idealism (youth and strength) became Roman Verism (age and experience).
Ancient Rome | Antiquity | Headbusts | Sculptures | Classics | Medditeranean
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While Greek statuary was created to represent idealized human forms of athletes and gods, Ancient Roman sculpture represented real, ordinary people with their natural beauty and imperfections. The main purpose of the statuary was to immortalize, though many Greek and Roman statues were originally painted with bright colors which over the centuries lost the pigment. Greek sculptors derived the facial features from the idealized inner and intellectual characteristics, whereas the Romans inferred the personality from the physical features. As a very representative example, I suggest observing any bust of Vespasian, Roman Emperor depicted with each feature without any glorification. When comparing the statuary of the two great civilizations we can notice another significant difference. The traditions of the Roman Republic equate the nudity represented by the Greek sculpture as a dishonorable impudicity, more in favor of an iconography that represents the republican values of the citizenship.
While Greek statuary was created to represent idealized human forms of athletes and gods, Ancient Roman sculpture represented real, ordinary people with their natural beauty and imperfections. The main purpose of the statuary was to immortalize, though many Greek and Roman statues were originally painted with bright colors which over the centuries lost the pigment. Greek sculptors derived the facial features from the idealized inner and intellectual characteristics, whereas the Romans inferred the personality from the physical features. As a very representative example, I suggest observing any bust of Vespasian, Roman Emperor depicted with each feature without any glorification. When comparing the statuary of the two great civilizations we can notice another significant difference. The traditions of the Roman Republic equate the nudity represented by the Greek sculpture as a dishonorable impudicity, more in favor of an iconography that represents the republican values of the citizenship.
Fourth module for GNED 1201 (Aesthetic Experience and Ideas). This one covers Greek art and culture during the archaic and classical time periods (roughly 700 - 400 BCE).
This course is a required general education course for all first-year students at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. My version of the course is structured as a kind of Art History and Culture course. Some of the content overlaps with my other Gen Ed course.
Evolution and Development of Arts & Architecture (as one of the intrinsic parts of Civilization)in Europe mainly in Greece and Rome occupy a significant position in the history of Human Civilization.
The culture of Art & Architecture was started in Greece in 450 B.C. In case of Romanian Arts and Architecture it was around 1st century BC the same was got developed and mostly inspired by Greek civilization.
The Art & Architecture in ancient Greece all shared the same general form: Rows of columns supporting a horizontal entablature ( a kind of decorative molding) and a triangular roof. At each end of the roof, the above entablature, was a triangle space known as the pediment, into which sculptors squeezed elaborate scenes. In case of Rome, the Art & Architecture includes painting, sculptures, mosaic works etc. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art in Rome.
This Powerpoint slideshow presentation briefly sketches the development of sculpture in ancient Greece, from its humble beginning in the Greek islands to its zenith in the Hellenistic age. It maps out the milestones and advances made in stages, with the help of images of Greek masterpieces, like the Sulky Kore, the Kritios Boy, the Artemision Bronze, the Riace Bronzes etc. The Ancient Greece is unique amongst the ancient civilizations to develop such very level high of naturalism, with its expressive and life-like sculptures. According to some art historians they were driven largely by the spirit rooted in the belief that man is a free, indeed an exalted, being or simply their idea and love of beauty.
"Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now“
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Fourth module for GNED 1201 (Aesthetic Experience and Ideas). This one covers Greek art and culture during the archaic and classical time periods (roughly 700 - 400 BCE).
This course is a required general education course for all first-year students at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. My version of the course is structured as a kind of Art History and Culture course. Some of the content overlaps with my other Gen Ed course.
Evolution and Development of Arts & Architecture (as one of the intrinsic parts of Civilization)in Europe mainly in Greece and Rome occupy a significant position in the history of Human Civilization.
The culture of Art & Architecture was started in Greece in 450 B.C. In case of Romanian Arts and Architecture it was around 1st century BC the same was got developed and mostly inspired by Greek civilization.
The Art & Architecture in ancient Greece all shared the same general form: Rows of columns supporting a horizontal entablature ( a kind of decorative molding) and a triangular roof. At each end of the roof, the above entablature, was a triangle space known as the pediment, into which sculptors squeezed elaborate scenes. In case of Rome, the Art & Architecture includes painting, sculptures, mosaic works etc. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art in Rome.
This Powerpoint slideshow presentation briefly sketches the development of sculpture in ancient Greece, from its humble beginning in the Greek islands to its zenith in the Hellenistic age. It maps out the milestones and advances made in stages, with the help of images of Greek masterpieces, like the Sulky Kore, the Kritios Boy, the Artemision Bronze, the Riace Bronzes etc. The Ancient Greece is unique amongst the ancient civilizations to develop such very level high of naturalism, with its expressive and life-like sculptures. According to some art historians they were driven largely by the spirit rooted in the belief that man is a free, indeed an exalted, being or simply their idea and love of beauty.
"Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now“
Classical Greek sculpture refers to the sculpture from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome and their influenced cultures from about 500 BC to around 200 AD1. It is distinguished by its naturalistic and idealized representation of the human figure, using systems of proportions, balance, and expression2. It is divided into three periods: Early, High, and Late Classical, which show a steady and rapid progression in style3. Classical Greek sculpture used materials like stone, bronze, wood, bone, and ivory, and often painted the statues4. It celebrated mankind as an independent entity and expressed movement, freedom, and realism5.
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4. A ROMAN PATRICIAN
…But, at some point old age and wrinkles
became exemplary and even aesthetic.
(70-75
BCE)
5. • Large ears
• Protruding noses
• Wrinkles
• Weak jawlines
AN ANONYMOUS
ROMAN
(65
BCE)
Hallmarks of
Verism:
6. A ROMAN BANKER
This bust shows that unique touches were
often added: his left cheek has a large
impurity.
By Lucundus (60 CE – Common
Era)
7. A ROMAN PATRICIAN*
Another example of Verism. This sculpture
portrays much emotion / contemplation.
(1st century BCE)
*The subject is from the influential Scipio family. They are
known from the Second Punic War and other historic events.
8. VESPACIANUS
• Almost all senators, military officers and other
established Romans were rather old…
• … That is why old started to equate success,
glory, experience, knowledge, foundation and
skill.
(75-80 CE)
9. The rich men who paid for these
sculptures (who are the sculpture’s
subject) wanted to convey these
virtues
Verism symbolized experience and knowledge
above all.
ANONYMOUS
ROMAN
(Date
unknown)
10. A GENERAL FROM
TIVOLI
This sculpture illustrates how Verism was, on
occasion, combined with idealism.
(80-60 BCE)
We call this 'Pseudo-athletes’:
• the veristic head portrays the experience
and skill of the general
• the body shows his physical strength and
prowess.
11. JULIUS CAESAR
• Even Caesar was sculpted veristically
• It shows how popular the art-style was and
how long it lasted (for about 2 centuries)
110
CE
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