How do the Greeks make the human form more dynamic, energetic, and realistic in their sculpture from

the neolithic period to the hellenistic age? Greek sculptre started with very angular, unrealistic figures in the Geometric Period, which lasted from 900 BC to 700 BC. The human form was not extremely dynamic or advanced; torsos were triangles, legs were fluid and undefined. The art was stylized, or symmetrical and rigid. Pieces were more about depicting a scene or story than admiring the human form. Understanding on eof these sculptures really took a lot of interpretation. Following the Geometric period by 100 years was the Archaic Period. This time is famous for it's sculptures having a small, barely noticeable grin. This was known as the 'Archaic smile.' Its purpose was to better display life and animation in the sculpture, to highlight the fact that the subject was alive. As the human figure began to take a more realistic shape, the life-size nude sculptures would be depicted with the ideal physique for a male. From the front and back, it would be well-rounded and detailed, but not from the sides. Around 480 BC to 400 BC, when the Archaic Period shifted into the Classical Period, the style of sculptures also shifted. Muscles became more defined and realistic; the art was less stylized. Proportions became more even, muscles were rounded, and the form was ultimately as close to human as Greek artists had come. Small smiles were no longer needed to depict animation in the sculptures because they radiated life and motion even while they stood still. Postures were no longer idealistic and rigid, but natural and alive. The Greeks ultimately progressed from very geometrical, unrealistic depictions of people to a more humanized, natural form, over the time span of 900 BC to 323 BC.