Discuss the stylistic differences between the Greeks’ Classical period and their Hellenistic period. Use the Doryphoros and the Seated Boxer to make your comparison. Start your discussion of each period with its respective historical context. Be sure to use the terms ‘naturalism’ & ‘realism’ (correctly) in your discussion.

Classical Greece is mainly the period when the ancient Greek were dominant by Athens. The reason was that many of the major scholars and writers of that time were born in Athens. The Hellenic period was after Archaic period, from about 80^th century BCE or 700s BCE to about 510 BCE of formative period. Athens created first democracy. It allows the flourishment of free thinkers and poets as well as the writers that eventually produced some of the well known and common success in arts, science and mainly in philosophy and literature. Hellenistic studies emphasize on the study of ancient Greek/

The world of Greek was changed forever after his death in 323 BCE. It was Alexander who allowed Greeks t have relation with multiple cultures of Asia. So, we can say that Hellenistic period is all about the changes in conventional Greeks culture because of these contacts and in this way, we can separate these periods according to the history. When Romans came in that town, the Hellenistic period was almost ended. Romans conquered the world of Greek piece by piece in between 146 BCE and 30 BCE. The Romans and Greeks get absorbed and them termed as Roman Greek period which stayed for about 330 CE.

It was the time of Hellenistic period that is characterized by the invention of philosophy. The philosopher of this period is characterized by the base that have the reason as key of solving the issues and somehow, they denied the facts of truth. Philosophers revert to a reliance on faith and belief, with inability to know the facts.

Hellenic period gave the invention of Homeric epics, that recreated the belief in human greatness and highlighted the beautiful aspects of life. It was lyrical poetry that originated in its most gentle style. Production of tragic dramas were the supreme success of this era.

Define relic, reliquary, pilgrim, and pilgrimage. What was the role of relics and pilgrims in the changes seen in Romanesque church construction, such as Saint-Sernin (Figure 12-5 & 6)? In other words, what did Romanesque churches add in order to accommodate pilgrims and relics? Be specific, and use the correct terminology.

Relics: Relics are actually piece of Jesus, Mary, or a saint which are as old as the faith itself and keep on developing along with it. Christians have the strong belief on the power of relics. They were more than momentous for them. It was said that there was the healing power in those objects that were touched by Christ. The spiritual relationship between life and death was given by the body of the saint, between God and the man.

Those relics that were liked with Christ and his mother was thought to be the holiest of all relics. It was because of that faith of resurrection of the Christ, physical relics of the Christ with also some exceptions were thought to be the teeth of baby Jesus or the Virgins milk, usually those objects that they touched during their lifetime like the wooden piece of Cross.

Reliquaries: Reliquaries are receptacle for a relic. The container or the box that store the relics or display the relics are termed as reliquaries. It was considered appropriate to put them I some vessel of reliquaries because they are more valuable than precious gold or stones. The reliquaries were mostly crafted or covered by the ivory, or gems or stones or the enamel. Sometimes the reliquaries are covered with those scenes related to the life of the saints whose remains are present within it and sometimes the decoration of the reliquaries is not related to the life of the saint or community but sometimes it only reflect common themes of the Christians, that make it able to use by any community.

Pilgrim and Pilgrimage: Pilgrimage is a religious journey. This is a major topic that is related to many aspects of the human existence. It not only specifies the physical journey toward some special place but also elaborate the inner spiritual journey and thus life itself. It was pilgrimage which fired the imagination of many poets and artists for many years. Pilgrim and pilgrimage are the words that have range of different meaning for many years.

The origin of ‘pilgrim’ is a Latin word which basically mean foreigner or a stranger. It can also be said as traveler who is making a short journey to some specific place. Tis term undergirded he main image of the life of Christians. They say that the world is temporary residence, our true home is heaven. So, they behave according to the standards of their homeland. This was the primary understanding of the term during early ages

References of Pilgrim and Pilgrimage

https://uploadfiles.io/02kzvmlx

Boehm, Barbara Drake. “Relics and Reliquaries in Medieval Christianity.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/relc/hd_relc.htm (originally published October 2001, last revised April 2011)

http://www.historiasiglo20.org/prehistory/index.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXz17MbYtK4

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