Kouros archaic greek statue representing a young standing male.
Archaic marble technique.
Is supplanted in the seventh century by a more naturalistic style reflecting significant influence from the near east and egypt trading stations in the levant and the nile delta continuing greek.
The real revolution of the marble extraction techniques took place at the end of the 19th century with the invention of the helical wire and the penetrating pulley.
The archaic from about 650 to 480 bc classical 480 323 and hellenistic.
Portraits or busts and marble copies of greek bronzes.
The sculpture of ancient greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient greek art as with the exception of painted ancient greek pottery almost no ancient greek painting survives.
At all periods there were great numbers.
The abstract geometric patterning that was dominant between about 1050 and 700 b c.
A striking change appears in greek art of the seventh century b c the beginning of the archaic period.
The technique is based on a 4 to 6 millimeters diameter steel wire combined with the abrasive action of silica sand and an abundant amount of water as a lubricant.
Modern scholarship identifies three major stages in monumental sculpture in bronze and stone.
During this time figures became more dynamic and defined by more organic as opposed to geometric elements.
Ancient roman sculptors are predominantly known for two types of marble sculptures.