Art is one of the most powerful, transcendent means of communication. When faced with a work of art, an audience may sometimes find itself speechless and unable to render an adequate response. This is because art speaks for itself. Art has the power to assume its own identity regardless of the intentions the artist had when creating the piece. Artist Kiki Smith described this characteristic of art in an interview. She explained that, “the thing about art is, you sit around thinking about things, then you make this object that has its own trajectory. Sometimes you have some control over it, but your thinking about it is really a private activity” (Smith Interview, 36). The creation of an artistic piece is a private matter; the intentions of the artist are lost in the piece as it is left to speak for itself in the public eye. But, when art speaks it does so silently and its message is susceptible to changes overtime. What I mean by this is that art creates different relationships with different audiences and the message or story being shared by the art is as interchangeable as its audience. As time passes, society changes, people change, and so does art; especially the individual’s perception of art. The past never dies but it does evolve. The core foundation of art will always be there. Art will always maintain the ability to relate information to people without directly saying anything. What changes over time are the messages artists try to convey through their artwork and the reactions they generate. One of the main purposes of Greek artwork was to create an accurate display of the nature of perfect symmetry in the human body and instill this sense of natural human beauty within the audience when faced with the statue. “The Canon” is a sculpture of a nude standing male in which the perfectly symmetric and harmonious parts of the human body are accentuated in a sculpted figure and is an exemplary model of what the ancient Greek artists strove to achieve in their artwork. His masculine features are emphasized in his nudity in an act of celebrating the human form and all of its glory. The details of his body speak to the audience, begging them to react strongly