The Archaic sculptures are silent witnesses to the extraordinary
development western society was about to undertake. The Kouros and Korestatues stand
before a cultural revolution, all muscles tense, like a spring about
to burst with energy into an extraordinary wave of classical thought.
They stand with smiles frozen with meaning as if they knew what
was about to occur [
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At
the National Museum of Athens: The ancient Greek Artist invented
his own self and became the creator of god and man alike in
a universe of perfect formal proportions, idealized aesthetic
values and a newly found sense of freedom. This was a freedom
from barbarism and tyranny [
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The subtle implications of greatness and humility of the high
Classical era (see the Charioteer of Delphi) are
replaced with bold expressions of energy and power during the moments
of tension as evident in the Boy
Jockey. [
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