The arts of ancient Greece focused on man and his humanity (Human beings and their social relationships, place in the natural environments, and who they are in terms of universal scheme of all things). One Greek philosopher once said, "Man is the measure of all things." The Greeks even saw their gods as perfect human beings, immortal and free of human frailties.
Greek sculpture also focuses on man. Ratio and proportioning were used to present the human form. In the arts, three main phases of the sculpture can be noticed.
Archaic: Freestanding single figure that were frontal and rigid, stylized and generalized.
Classical: Freestanding group and single figures, posed in actions, calm and idealized, naturalistic but godlike.
Hellenistic: Freestanding single and group figures, dramatically posed, emotional, naturalistic (portraying everyday people and individuals).
