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Classical art owes its lasting influence to its simplicity and reasonableness, its humanity, and its sheer beauty. The first and greatest period of known classical art began in Greece about the middle of the 5th century B.C. By that time Greek sculptors had solved many of the problems that faced artists in the early archaic period. By then classical sculptors had learned to represent the human form naturally and easily, in action or at rest. They were interested chiefly in portraying gods, however. They thought of their gods as people, but grander and more beautiful than any human being. They tried, therefore, to portray ideal beauty rather than any particular person. Their best sculptures achieved almost godlike perfection.

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