Greek artists would reach a peak of artistic excellence which captured the human form in a way never before seen and which was much copied. The sculpture of ancient greece from 800 to 300 bce took early inspiration from egyptian and near eastern monumental art and over centuries evolved into a uniquely greek vision of the art form. When cassiopeia s boasts that andromeda is more beautiful than the nereids poseidon influenced by hades sends a sea monster cetus to ravage aethiopia as divine punishment.
In greek mythology andromeda is the daughter of cepheus an aethiopian king and cassiopeia. Nurture your inner pagan with these 32 statues of greek gods goddesses and mythological heroes who can inspire beauty in your home or outdoor setting. Developing the first of many modern services and notions still in use today parliaments baths philosophy and drainage they looked to their gods for inspiration.
At all periods there were great numbers. The archaic from about 650 to 480 bc classical 480 323 and hellenistic. Modern scholarship identifies three major stages in monumental sculpture in bronze and stone.
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. His sacred animals include. In art he is depicted as a mature man of sturdy build often with a luxuriant beard and holding a trident.
He rules one of the three realms of the universe as king of the sea and the waters. He is a son of cronus and rhea and the brother of zeus and hades. God of the sea rivers floods droughts and earthquakes.
A giant sculpture of the ancient greek god zeus lost and destroyed during the fifth century ad was thirteen meters tall the size of a four story building and erected in the temple of zeus at olympia greece.