Severe style

As Strenger style is referred to in art history or archeology art-historical transitional period from the Late Archaic to the Early Classic of about 490/480-460/450 BC The plastic obtained from this time includes features such as the smooth hump curls to the hair approaches, partly still a so-called archaic smile that still point to the archaic. The increased formation of naturalistic body proportions, in turn, points to the new epoch, the classic towards, in the pattern of Kore or the Kouros is exited. The strict symmetry axis or frontal, which is the archaic Plastic own, as can be seen, among others, the so-called Sounion Kouros - is abandoned in favor of a freer and more lively representation of the body. In this period include, for example, the so-called Kritios - boy who probably created by the same sculptor from Athens, and the Apollo of Olympia. Similarly, the ponderation was developed.

The group of tyrannicide the sculptor Kritios and Nesiotes also belongs in this transitional period. These have been only a little later than said Kritios - boy. But are quite unmistakable at the hair design still late Archaic elements to see. The posture of the sitter, however, has nothing more archaic in itself, as it is still seen at the Apollo of Olympia, stating unequivocally that it belongs rather early classical and less of Spätarchaik. At the same time is also known as " Charioteer of Delphi " famous bronze statue. This in turn is one of the few statues made ​​of bronze which have been handed down in the original. The most we know only by Roman marble copies. In general, this time is the heyday of Erzgießerei. Although gradually the schematic design of the head shape is broken, here we still have to see any real portrait-like features. The oldest portrait to be regarded as in the narrower sense is the face Themistocles herm of Ostia.