Greek Relief
In general, art is meant to convey the sentiments of a time, and it is obvious that these two pieces are trying to illustrate the epitome of femininity, as designated by Greek community. Both are relief about a woman and both are made at about same time period in 5th century B.C. Marble grave stele of a little girl with doves describes a girl holding two doves saying farewell too them. One can see the sorrow in her eyes as she looks down at the bird saying farewell. Second relief marble relief with a dancing maenad shows a maenad almost in hypnotic status. We also see sorrow in her eyes as she looks down at the floor dancing to some music. Both pictures involve women and both of them are looking down in sorrow. I think the marble grave stele of a little girl with doves main theme could be that it was hard as a girl to live to happily and to the fullest due to the society¯s view on women. Similarly, in marble relief with a dancing maenad, the main theme could be that being a women, doing whatever men wanted them to do, women in general was not satisfied of their status in society. In one word, I believe both statues¯ main theme is the unfairness and injustice toward women in those times.
Marble Grave Stele of a little girl with doves is most likely a symbolic relief as well. The maenad is dancing to some music and wearing clothes that wraps around the body tightly. Greek women were viewed more as extraneous creatures whose only functions were procreation, and beautification of the landscape. They were not respected by men, but instead viewed as objects that had little intrinsic value. It was believed that if left to themselves they would waste away the day playing, gossiping, and daydreaming. Her bare breasts backs that the Greek women were thought of as sexual beings, but not with respect to fertility, instead as the objects of male desire. The theme of feminine idealization particular to Greece society encompasses these two pieces. The primary accomplishment of these pieces is conveying the social desires of the times. Since these ideal women only depict certain attributes, they bring attention to the primary social expectations put upon women. By showing ideal femininity through realistic subjects, the artists are able to encourage contemporary women to achieve this perfection. By using different clothing styles and body style for a young girl and a grown woman, artists have illustrated the expected role of women according to their ages in ancient Greece. And also by showing how their head was down, artists were able to describe unhap
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