Subject:
The representation of the human figure in a culture?s artwork reflects the central values of the culture that artwork belongs to. A marble sculpture from the Greek Period, Kroisos, found in Anavyssos and made around 530 BC and a hand-painted ceramic Mochica Portrait vessel from around 400 AD both express an individual value system from each of their cultures. Kroisos, a marble statue from Greece, has many features that link him to the Greek values placed on the human body. This sculpture is idealized with defined muscles and natural proportions. The Greeks saw the human body as perfect. It was used in many and nearly all forms of art because it was seen as the center of all things and the ideal form of perfection.
