Late Classical Period and Greek Theatre
The late classical period marked significant developments in both teatro greco struttura and sculptural arts. The Greek theatre served as a cornerstone of cultural expression, featuring three days of tragedies by masters like Eschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, alongside comedies by Aristophanes.
Definition: The cathartic function (funzione catartica) refers to emotional purification achieved through empathy with theatrical protagonists.
Theatre Architecture featured several key elements:
- Orchestra: The central performance space
- Parodoi: Side entrances
- Proskenion and Logeion: Stage areas
- Cavea: Audience seating
- Diazoma: Horizontal walkway
- Paraskenia and Skene: Backstage structures
Highlight: The entire theatre structure followed precise numerical relationships to achieve perfect harmony and acoustics.
Notable sculptors of this period include:
Praxiteles:
Example: His Aphrodite Cnidia exemplifies graceful elegance in marble, captured in everyday moments with sinuous structure.
Scopas:
Vocabulary: Pathos - emotional intensity and suffering expressed in art.
Example: The Dancing Maenad demonstrates wild vitality, while the Head of Meleager shows characteristic features like semi-open mouth and hollow eyes expressing suffering.
Quote: "TUTTO E IN RELATIONE SECONDO RAPPORTI NUMERICI X CONFERIRE ARMONIAE ACUSTICA" (Everything is in relation according to numerical ratios to confer harmony and acoustics)
This period represents the pinnacle of arte greca classica, combining technical mastery with emotional depth.
