A STUDY OF ANCIENT GREEK ART IN THE LIGHT OF APHRODITE DESCRIPTIONS

The Ancient Greek art has been changed depending on economic, political, social and cultural changes. Revival on economy gave rise to development on art of Ancient Atina in Classical period so successful artworks were created. What was the secret of catching this success? What was the sense of Greek aesthetics? How were love and lust figured? With the change in Greek Art, description of Aphrodite, a divinity of love and desires, also chandged. Descriptions of Aphrodite are the reflections of ideal woman in fantasy world of ancient Greek men. Aphrodite description has symbolised the notions of elegancy, sexuality, and passion. It has been realized that the attitude towards women in Greek society has affected the description of Goddess. To be able to analyse these description one should understand both the values of the society to which the artist belongs and inner World of the artist. Thus, It is possible to understand how the body size, proportion, harmony of the ideal woman is formed from the point of view of the artist and his sense of beauty and aesthetics in the light of Aphrodite descriptions