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  2. Classical sculpture - Wikipedia

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    The Classical period saw changes in both the style and function of sculpture. Poses became more naturalistic (see the Charioteer of Delphi for an example of the transition to more naturalistic sculpture), and the technical skill of Greek sculptors in depicting the human form in a variety of poses greatly increased.

  3. Classicism - Wikipedia

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    This period sought the revival of classical art forms, including Greek drama and music. Opera, in its modern European form, had its roots in attempts to recreate the combination of singing and dancing with theatre thought to be the Greek norm. Examples of this appeal to classicism included Dante, Petrarch, and Shakespeare in poetry and theatre.

  4. Ragamala paintings - Wikipedia

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    They stand as a classical example of the amalgamation of art, poetry and classical music in medieval India. Ragamala paintings were created in most schools of Indian painting, starting in the 16th and 17th centuries, and are today named accordingly as Pahari Ragamala, Rajasthan or Rajput Ragamala, Deccan Ragamala, and Mughal Ragamala.

  5. Classical Greek sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Bust of Artemis, with the typical classical figure of idealized features and impassive expression.Roman copy, National Archaeological Museum of Naples Since the Severe period, the effort of artists was directed towards obtaining an increasing verisimilitude of sculptural forms concerning the living model but also seeking to transcend mere likeness to express their inner virtues.

  6. Paris Psalter - Wikipedia

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    The Paris Psalter is the pre-eminent Byzantine example of this genre. The Paris Psalter includes not only the biblical texts, but an extensive interpretive gloss of the entire cycle of prayers. This commentary, which comprises quotations and paraphrases of patristic exegetical works, surrounds the verses.

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    The Tate Gallery explains that classical or classic art are terms that became widespread in the 17th century and used to describe the arts and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. During the ...

  8. Kritios Boy - Wikipedia

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    Kritios Boy.Marble, c. 480 BC. Acropolis Museum, Athens.. The marble Kritios Boy or Kritian Boy belongs to the Early Classical period of ancient Greek sculpture.It is the first statue from classical antiquity known to use contrapposto; [1] Kenneth Clark called it "the first beautiful nude in art" [2] The Kritios Boy is thus named because it is attributed, on slender evidence, [2] to Kritios ...

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