Classical Ancient Greek sculpture
riace bronzes, examples of proto classic bronze sculpture, museo nazionale della magna grecia, reggio calabria artemision bronze, thought either poseidon or zeus, c. 460 bce, national archaeological museum, athens. found fishermen off coast of cape artemisium in 1928. figure more 2 m in height. the classical period saw revolution of greek sculpture, associated historians popular culture surrounding introduction of democracy , end of aristocratic culture associated kouroi. classical period saw changes in style , function of sculpture, along dramatic increase in technical skill of greek sculptors in depicting realistic human forms. poses became more naturalistic, notably during beginning of period. embodied in works such kritios boy (480 bc), sculpted earliest known use of contrapposta ( counterpose ), , charioteer of delphi (474 bc), demonstrates transition more naturalistic sculpture. 500 bce, greek statues began increasingly depict real people, opposed vague interpretati...