Greek Male Sculptures and Todays Advertising Essay

Greek Male Sculptures and Todays Advertising Freestanding sculpture that decorated the early Classical Period of Greek Art consisted of predominantly male nude figures. The male body was used in seeking to create more realistic ways to portray the human figure in painting and sculpture and to place figures in more realistic settings(Stokstad pg 178). This portrayal of young men through freestanding sculpture revealed a sort of obsession with the male body in which society took on as the norm. As opposed to the Greek society, the one of today might associate nudeness with aspects of profanity and vulgarity because of the view that certain parts of the body are not to be seen by public eyes. A nude body of today may also be seen as†¦show more content†¦Unlike the Krytios Boy, there is an inability to see all aspects of the male nude such as the potentially controversial frontal view. The prominent aspects of this ad in relation to the Krytios Boy include the right figure in a contrappasto stance, the inward positioning o f the left shoulder, and the thoughtfully blank expression on the mans face. Along with the two nude men there is a clothed woman wearing the product to be sold. The woman may also be considered a play on Greek Art in that woman were always sculpted as clothed. Like the Krytios Boy who may represent the Athenian hero Theseus standing as a dedication to the goddess Athena(Oliver pg 86), the two men in this ad may be positioned as a dedication to the woman wearing the advertised clothing. This displays the lack of monumentality in the meaning of position in the advertisement as opposed the existence of it in the Krytios Boy. The use of male bodies in advertisement may give more more to the cliche sex sells, as opposed to the athletic young man idea in Greek sculpture. The 460 B.C. sculpture, Statuette of an Athlete Making a Libation portrays a young athlete in the traditional kouroi stance with a reaching, open-handed gesture. These aspects are also prominent in the 1990s Obsession for Men ad. This advertisement displays a young man in a similar kouroi-like stance and the same, though not as elevated, open-handed gesture. While the GreekShow MoreRelatedDemand for Beauty by Society6415 Words   |  26 Pageseveryone (society) wants and demands to see. So therefore, anyone that doesn’t have these ideal and physical beauty that the society demands is considered to be weird, freaks, ugly, or outcasts. Beauty in today’s society is perceived in terms of one’s size and complexion. The notion of beauty in today’s society has been misconstrued to mean slim bodies, flawless skin, etc. Most people think that beauty is just on the surface. This idea is very unhealthy in a sense that it could lead to a very ill judgmentRead MoreMr Abdul Moeed5308 Words   |  22 Pagesthe current inhabitants of the country. Some of the largest groups were the Proto-Indo-Aryans, of which Sindhis and Punjabis descend from and later Iranic peoples which the Baloch and Pashtuns descend from. Other less significant ones include the Greeks, Scythians, Persians, White Huns, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Buddhists, and other Eurasian groups, up to and including the British, who left in the late 1940s. The region has formed a distinct cultural unit within the main cultural complex of South AsiaRead MoreThe taste of melon by borden deal11847 Words   |  48 Pageswas tolerated, laughed about. The men told great tales of their own watermelon-stealing days, how they’d been set on by dogs and peppered with salt-loaded shotgun shells. Watermelon raiding was a game, a ritual of defiance and rebellion by young males. I could remember my own father saying, â€Å"No melon tastes as sweet as a stolen one,† and my mother laughing and agreeing. But stealing this great seed melon from a man like Mr. Wills lay outside the safe magic of the tacit understanding betweenRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pagesa tougher job than physical scientists in making scientific advances. Lets consider the special problem of the social scientist. Suppose the newspaper reports on a scientists finding that rich females are more intelligent on average than poor males. The logical reasoner will ask, How did the researcher figure out who is rich and who is intelligent? Lets focus on the term rich. If the researcher merely asked each person whether he or she was rich, the answers are going to be very unreliable