Greek Art and Architecture

... Greek Art and Architecture FA/VISA 2520 3.0 TAKE HOME QUIZ By: Svjetlana Stikic Student #: 206668164 Prof.: G.P.R. Metraux Topic # 3 Greek society was centered on the "polis" or city-state, and it dictated what was acceptable and not. It had limitations that prevented certain members of society to partake in social life, like the women. They were not granted citizenship; it was reserved only for males. This gendered perception led to various by-products. Women had to be fully clothed and males did not. Evidence of this can be seen through art of Archaic and Classical origin in Greece. Through sculpture it can be seen that men are by nature nude and women become nude under certain conditions. In Andrew Stewart's book Art, Desire and the Body in Ancient Greece, he implies that nudity originated in the athletic facet of Greek life, specifically in the Olympics of the eight century.1 The story of a runner named Orsippos

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