WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Hellenistic sculpture differed from Classical sculpture because it increased the degree of emotion and movement portrayed in the statues. Themes also become more mythical than religious or celebratory.

Detailed explanation-2: -During this period sculpture became more naturalistic, and also expressive; there is an interest in depicting extremes of emotion. On top of anatomical realism, the Hellenistic artist seeks to represent the character of his subject, including themes such as suffering, sleep or old age.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hellenistic artists copied and adapted earlier styles, and also made great innovations. Representations of Greek gods took on new forms (1996.178; 11.55). The popular image of a nude Aphrodite, for example, reflects the increased secularization of traditional religion.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Greeks were fixated with the human body, and to them the perfect body was an athletic body. They believed their gods took human form, and in order to worship their gods properly, they filled their temples with life-size, life-like images of them.