The Human Body and Mythology

in Comics
By Group 10
 Background
By Mijshgan Kayani
Greek Sculptures
Early Greek Sculptures
▪ Inspired from Egyptian art
▪ Very rigid postures
▪ No definite facial
expressions

Archaic Period
 Styles
•  The Archaic Period (c.650-500 BCE)
Greek sculptors start to develop monumental marble
sculpture.

• The Classical Period (c.500-323 BCE)

The creative highpoint of Greek sculpture

• The Hellenistic Period (c.323-27 BCE)

The "Greek" style of 3-D art is practiced across the Eastern
Mediterranean.
Classical Period

 Antikythera Youth
Hellenistic Period

Dying Gaul
The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck

published in 1837
Author Rudolph Topffer
Mandrake the Magician

Debut 1934
Superman

Debut 1938
Batman

Debut 1939
Captain America

Debut 1944
Examples of idealism in
comics
By Minahil Naveed
Zeus and Superman
Poseidon/Neptune and Aquaman
Athena and Wonder Woman
Hercules and Hulk
The nature of idealism in
comic books
By Hamza Faraz Karamat
The Memesis Theory
● The Memesis Theory states that all art is merely a representation of reality
● It is the primary approach of western art
● As opposed to stylism which involves the alteration of the human body in the
artwork to suit a particular purpose.
Idealism
Stylism and propaganda
Overdoing it
Characteristic similarities
● Tragic origin stories
● Flawed and human characteristics
● Superhuman abilities
● Ideal human physiques (usually)
● Narrative connection to one another
● Mythological
● Have a large following
● Their stories are represented through Literature, Art and Performances
Why?
● Western Civilization finds it's role models in the imperfect
● Heroes give us an imperfect ideal to strive for
● Conflict engages us
● Perfect beings do not provide conflict
● Memesis is still deeply engrained in the western mindset
● Hellenization helped us appreciate this, too
The Pantheon
Mandatory Stan Lee Cameo

Stan Lee
1922-2018
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