Although from completely different cultures and a world apart Kroisos and the Seated Buddha share a very similar artistic style. This could be due to their general similarity in time period. Distinct parallels in style indicate if not a similar use for the two sculpture's a similar motivation in style. Kroisos, being placed on the tomb of a young man, is a peaceful sculpture. Due to time period Kroisos wears the archaic smile despite Kroisos being a warrior who died in battle. The inscription also implies that he died a hero, but the statue was not a sculpture of the young man as much as a marker to remember him by. Because of this to place him in an expressive pose of battle would have been both unnecessary and against the common artistic themes in the sculpture of Archaic Greece.

The earliest of ancient Greek art was tied in very closely to the art of the Egyptians. The image of a person with their arms held stiffly downward, patterned hair, and with their right foot forward were all traits gained from their Egyptian influence. Kroisos, being an Archaic piece, has all of these elements but there is very delicate attention paid to the rendering of Kroisos' flesh. Kroisos artist paid very close attention to the natural musculature of the human body, incorporating the V in Kroisos' hips as well as very distinct abdominal muscles. His arms and legs, particularly his knees where the skin of his thigh overlaps his kneecap slightly, are carved very naturalistically. Though his hair is patterned and there is certainly a fair share of abstraction to the piece Kroisos has an attention to nature rarely shown in previous

sculptures.

The same kind of semi-naturalistic carving can be seen in the Seated Buddha sculpture. This sculpture, though abstracted and something more like a semi relief sculpture has careful attention paid to the dexterity of the human hand as well as the soft, realistic roundness to the Buddha's face. Unlike Kroisis certain areas of the Buddha's body including his feet and his abdomen have less emphasis on naturalism due to their lack of importance in regard to the Buddha's hands, which are the main focus outside of the peaceful, pensive expression on his face. The patterning on the back slab of the relief sculpture of the seated Buddha is not found reflected in the sculpture of Kroisos, but much like Kroisos the Buddha's hair is also patterned. The patterning rather than naturalism of the hair in both sculptures suggests that the hair is unimportant and that it has very little to contribute to the meaning or purpose of the sculpture itself.

There are many similarities between Kroisos and the Seated Buddha in style and in the general feeling, how the two are similarly evocative. The main difference between the two sculptures is in the stone used in them. Beautiful marble could be found in Greece, causing many Greek sculptures to be made of marble, Kroisos included. The Seated Buddha, however, appears to be carved from a softer stone, maybe a sort of limestone as marble wasn't as readily available in other parts of the world as it was in

Greece at the time.

Regardless of differences in stone, location, and purpose for being such different pieces from different places Kroisos and the Seated Buddha have remarkably similar traits in attention to naturalism, and particularly in the general feeling of calmness and peace that they evoke in their viewers. They both have what could be referred to as a hierarchy of importance with the more important parts of the sculptures are more naturalistic and detailed while those of little consequence, while not skimmed over by any means, are much more simplified. When analyzed carefully with the differences in the locations and times of the two sculptures taken into consideration their resemblance is actually quite remarkable.