In general, art is meant to convey the sentiments of a time, and it is obvious that these two pieces are trying to illustrate the epitome of femininity, as designated by Greek community. Both are relief about a woman and both are made at about same time period in 5th century B.C. Marble grave stele of a little girl with doves describes a girl holding two doves saying farewell too them. One can see …showed first 75 words of 924 total…

…showed last 75 words of 924 total…upon women. By showing ideal femininity through realistic subjects, the artists are able to encourage contemporary women to achieve this perfection. By using different clothing styles and body style for a young girl and a grown woman, artists have illustrated the expected role of women according to their ages in ancient Greece. And also by showing how their head was down, artists were able to describe unhappiness of the Greek women during that time period.