Ancient Greek Art - Worcester Art Museum
Ancient Greek Art
Women in Greek Art
Although they are only breath, words which I command are immortal
Sappho, early Greek poet
Women in Society | Since ancient Greece was a male-ruled society, called a patriarchy, women had a limited voice. Women did not go to school and could only work in certain roles. A woman's marriage was decided by her father. Rarely the heads of the household, women were instructed to listen to their male family members. In ancient Greece, a woman's greatest responsibility was supplying a male child who could ensure that the family's property was passed down to the next generation.
Colossal Female Head Cyprus, 550-500 B.C.E., Limestone
These factors make the accomplishments of female lyric poet Sappho all the more remarkable. She
was born in Lesbos, an island east of the Grecian mainland, probably around 630 B.C. Sappho
provides one of the few female voices from the ancient world, though little is known about the
details of her life. Her poetry, which survives only in fragments,
provides the opportunity to gain a female perspective in an era full of men's art and writing.
And their feet move rhythmically, as tender feet of Cretan girls danced once around an
altar of love, crushing a circle in the soft smooth flowering earth
Grave Monument ? Young Girl with a Jewelry Box 450425 B.C.E., Marble
Sappho
Portrayal | The art in this gallery depicts women in a particular way: we see women portrayed as goddesses and mothers, for instance. Furthermore, there is a major emphasis on women as representative of fertility. As subjects, women were rarely treated as everyday figures; instead, the typical portrayal of a woman in ancient Greece was usually as goddess, royal, or monster. Women in Greek art of the period received honorable portrayals as Olympian deities or queens. Otherwise, women were transformed into monsters meant to be enemies to humans. They were almost never portrayed as everyday citizens of the Greek society.
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