Question

Which of the following describes how Classical Greek sculptors created the relief sculpture on the Parthenon frieze?
Responses

They created figures that reflect a combination of naturalistic detail and ideal beauty.
They created figures that reflect a combination of naturalistic detail and ideal beauty.

They used high relief so that objects are undercut and appear detached from the flat background.
They used high relief so that objects are undercut and appear detached from the flat background.

They depicted a series of isolated events in the life of the ruler of Athens.
They depicted a series of isolated events in the life of the ruler of Athens.

They made figures with exaggerated proportions that give the sculpture a sense of drama.
They made figures with exaggerated proportions that give the sculpture a sense of drama.
Marshals and Young Women, sculpture by Phidias, showing ruins of the sculpture

Answer 1

They created figures that reflect a combination of naturalistic detail and ideal beauty.

The Parthenon frieze (attributed to Phidias and his workshop) shows idealized, naturalistic human forms in low relief, arranged as a continuous procession (the Panathenaic procession) rather than isolated, exaggerated, or high-relief detached figures.