Evidence of Platonic Ideals Communicated Through Ancient Greek Statues

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04/19/2008

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Table of Contents Evidence of Platonic Ideals Communicated Through Ancient Greek Statues Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Plato belief that children played a crucial role in society
  3. Artistic rendering that depicted the gods
  4. The battles of the gods and the children
  5. Conclusion
  6. References

Abstract

The platonic idealist is the man who by
nature so wedded to perfection that
he sees in everything not the reality
but the faultless ideal which the
reality misses..."
- George Santayana (1)

Art is subject to interpretation. Each and every work of art, from theatre, to music to literature, to painting, to statues, can be manipulated by the observer to strike some chord within them; be it positive, negative, or merely just a neutral sense of recognition.

For the purpose of this paper the artwork subject to interpretation are two ancient greek statues: Zeus throwing a (missing) thunderbolt, cast in bronze, and a marble sculpture of Hermes with the infant Dionysus.
key words-Dionysus, Zeus, Hermes and Greeks

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Level :Advanced Study : Others School/University : Academy of Art San Francisco

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