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Stylized and exaggerated female forms, often with emphasis on fertility.

Dramatic, dynamic poses, emotional expressiveness, and a sense of movement.

Realistic portraits and copies of Greek statues, with a preference for individualized and aged features in portraiture.

S-curve stances, elongation of forms, delicate features; development of naturalism in religious figures.

Emphasis on emotion, individualism, and the glorification of nature and the past, often with heroic or dramatic themes.

Figures sometimes rendered with a sense of immediacy and movement, using light and color to define form rather than lines.

Stylized figures, loss of naturalism, and adherence to religious iconography and symbolism.

Rigid posture, stylized hair, and the 'Archaic smile'; development of kouros and kore figures.

Lighter, more playful and ornate, with elegant figures; less focus on grandeur and more on leisure.

Depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without idealization, focused on the common man.

Revival of classical ideas and humanism, idealized proportions, contrapposto, and dynamic compositions.

Idealized and rigid figures with a canon of proportions emphasizing a pharaonic identity or divinity.

Idealized naturalistic figures, contrapposto stance, emphasis on anatomical perfection.

Return to simplicity, order, and harmony of classical art, depicting figures with idealized beauty and calm nobility.

Stylization, with exaggerated proportions and gestures; figures often depicted in narrative reliefs.

Increased naturalism and expression; dramatic poses, attention to details such as veins and muscles.

Varied; can range from hyperrealism to abstraction, often focusing on themes of identity, society, and politics.

Distorted figures for emotional effect, with a focus on conveying inner turmoil or intense emotion.

Irrational imagery with dream-like scenes; figures can be whimsical, grotesque or juxtaposed in unusual ways.

Stylization with flowing lines, organic forms, and often incorporating floral and other natural elements.

The human figure is often not depicted realistically, but rather through abstract forms and gestural marks.