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81 Cards in this Set
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Bull's Head Rhyton - Minoan (Crete) - gold overlay, blue stone, shell, glass - vessel for holding liquid (back of bull head was open/hollow - used for ceremonial purposes |
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Statuette of a Female Figure - Cycladic (probably from Keros) - simplistic style - used circle scale of proportion (there are many versions of these type of statues) - some had painted markings, asymmetrical designs |
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Head with remains of Painted decoration - Cyclades - Marble, red pigment - Bronze age - theorized that the lines have to do with a Cycladic mourning ritual |
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Bull Jumping - Minoan (Crete) - wall painting in palace complex - typical Minoan style (bulls were prominent) - women flocking w/ bull symbolizing fertility - composite pose of bull - complex shading/ dappling for the time |
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Large Krater: scene of departing soldiers/Warrior Krater - Mycenae - ceramic (clay), slip, multi-purpose pot, - used in home, found in tomb - composite pose, more rigid than Minoan style - soldiers going to battle, females on sides with arms in air (otherwise no emotion) |
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Pilgrim Flask with Octopus - Minoan - Marine style (new palace period), free flowing looser style - ocean was a large part of the culture - fluted jar made for pouring liquid |
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Vapheio Cup (Gold Vessels) - Minoan or Mycenaean (they had taken over at that point) - solid gold bull fighting another creature to show power - repousse: flt piece of gold pushes out form the inside |
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Kamares ware jug (vessel) - Minoan - new palace style - asymmetrical, loose, not-controlled - they were meant to be functional - used for pouring water/wine/olive oil |
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Figure of Snake Goddesses - Minoan - clay, wood, ivory, stone - style of this found in multitude, maybe priestess - holding snakes w/ cat on head - typical Minoan style and patterns - firing (fiance) similar to Egypt |
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Sanctuary of Apollo - Delphi, Greece - funerary complex and spots to bring offerings to the gods (to keep them from getting angry) - often visited |
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Funerary Krater - Greece - Geometric Period - early style inspired by Mycenaeans - depicts the deceased laid out for viewing, mourners have arms up in grief - filled negative spaces with patterning - a grave marker |
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Olpe (Pitcher) - Conrinth, Greece - orientalizing period - black figure style, influenced by the east and Asia minor - depicted lots of animals, filled negative areas w/ rosettes |
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Battle Between the Gods and the Giants - Delphi, Greece: sanctuary of Apollo - marble relief - 3-d overlapped figures |
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Temple of Aphia - Aegina, Greece - lots of architecture advancements - Aphia: local goddess of harvest - Pediment depicts Peloponnesian war w / Athena to represent victory - sculpture in the round, hierarchic scale - doric temple |
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West Pediment of the Temple of Aphia - Greece - Archaic Period - Athena in the middle, humans fighting around her - hierarchic scale |
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Dying Warrior - Greece - Archaic period - painted marble -stiff, mannequin-esque - wig like hair, weird smile - realism attempt but stylized |
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Dying Warrior (again) - Greece - archaic period - painted marble -stiff, mannequin-esque - wig like hair, weird smile - realism attempt but stylized |
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Archer - Aegina, Greece - west pediment of the temple of Aphia - painted marble |
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Kouros (male) and Kore (female) - Greece - archaic period - material depends on who commissioned it - used as gravemarkers and to rep the gods - women always clothed, men nude (men more god like apparently) - stiff structure, not proportional (idealized) |
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Black Figure style - painted black figures and design etched out |
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Red Figure style - painted black background and details |
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The Death of Sarpedon - Greece - painter: euphronios, potter: euxitheos - Sarpedon = son of Zeus and mortal woman - died in battle, shows him going to afterlife carried by winged people - intuitive perspective and foreshortening |
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Ajax and Achilles playing a game - Greece - artist: Exekias - Terra Cotta - interpretation of the Trojan war, Achilles is wearing Athena's winged victory helmet - focused on composition, shading - first time we see things signed |
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Charioteer - Delphi Apollo temple, Greece - Early Classical period - got buried in an earthquake - bronze, copper, onyx - hands and feet were cast from an actual person - made to celebrate a victory in the Pythian games |
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Riace Bronze - Greece - early classical period - bronze, copper, bone, glass - beyond realistic, idealized, muscles very developed - contrapposto |
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Frolicking Satyrs - Greece - early classical period - artist: douris - terra cotta psykter - red figure style |
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Youth Pouring Wine inot the Kylix of a Companion - Greece - early classical period - terra cotta - Artist: Douris - a reminder to drink more wine |
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Propyalia (entrance to Akropolis) - Greece - considered the first museum bc it held paintings of muses - architects: Killicredes and Iktinos - high classical period |
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Parthenon - Athena, Greece - made by Kallikrates and Itkinos - High classical period - doric columns |
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East Pediment of Parthenon - Greece - sculpture in the round of the birth of Athena - Zeus in the middle with Athena on his side - high classical period |
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Lapith Fighting a Centaur - Greece - sculptural Relief - freeze on the south - x shaped composition - high classical period |
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Horsemen - Greece, North Side - marble Iconic Frieze - High classical period - represents ideal inhabitants of the city state |
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Young Women and Men - Greece, East Side - Iconic frieze - High classical period - represents ideal inhabitants of the city state |
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Erectheion (Acropolis) - Greece - High classical period - Where Athena and Poseidon battled for control |
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Porch of the Maidens (south porch of erectheion) - Greece - high classical period - Ionic columns - porch carried by caryatids in contrappostos stance to help balance weight |
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Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) - Greece - made by Polykleitos - High Classical Period - originally in bronze - realistic, developed proportion rules - dynamic pose |
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Hermes and the Infant Dionysos - Temple of Hera, Greece - Late Classical Period - made by Praxiteles - Marble - Hermes teasing Dionysus with grapes |
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Aphrodite of Knidos - Greece - High/Late classical period - made by Praxiletes - marble - first famous Greek sculpture to depict a fully nude woman |
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Man Scraping Himself - Greece - Late classical Period - Made by Lysippos - marble (originally in bronze) - depicts a young man scarping dirt and grime off of his body - dramatic pose, emotion, motion |
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The Weary Herakles - Greece - Late Classical period - made by Lysippo for a Roman bath - marble (originally in bronze) - dramatic pose and facial expression - shows him coming from battle - head too big for body |
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Alexander the Great Darius III at the Battle of Issos - Pompeii Italy - floor mosaic - tells the story of the battle to rule Mesopotamia |
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Temple of Olympian Zeus - Athens, Greece - Late classical period - dramatic, extreme height - doric column w/ corinthian top |
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Theater at Epidauros - Peloponnese, Greece - Hellenistic Period - first big theater, sat 12k people - center had an altar to Dionysos - amazing acoustics |
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Altar from Pergamon - present day Turkey - Hellenistic Period (aka Pergamon style) - now they actually show soldiers and opponents in battle scenes - Athena cutting a winged serpents head off = Greece winning over everyone |
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Lacoon and His Sons - Greece - Hellenistic Period - Marble - Lacoon = Greek man who warned the Trojans the horse was a trick, angered the gods who sent out serpents to take him away |
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Gallic Chieftain Killing his Wife and Himself - Greece - Hellenistic Period - marble - he's nude, she's clothed - would rather kill himself than be killed/enslaved by the Greeks |
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Elderly Woman - Greece - Hellenistic Period - marble - everyday people were depicted more realistically - portraits of average people became more prominent |
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The Ficoroni Cista - Etruscan - Bronze - kept on a woman's vanity for beauty products - depicts Dionysus and 2 other figures - figures etched into the bronze |
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Etruscan Temple Reconstruction - specific building styles - religious practices mimicked the Egyptians |
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Apollo of Veii (at temple of Minerva) - Etruscan - Sculptor: Vulca - made out of clay, big = hard to make - borrowed religion from the Greeks, not sure how important the gods were to them - usually stood on top of temples |
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Boys climbing rocks and diving, tomb of hunting and fishing - Estruscan - tomb painting - what you had with your and your surroundings were what you had in the afterlife |
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Reclining Couple on a Sarcophagus from Cerveteri - Etruscan - clay - drinking wine -archaic smile and hair - focus was them living a fun lifestyle together |
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Married Couple Embracing - looks more Roman - marble - realistic bodies - looking into each other's eyes |
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Head of Brutus - Estruscan - Brutus: a Roman political leader - head was bronze, eyes were ivory - rubbed minerals into grooves to bring out details |
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Capitoline She-Wolf - Etruscan - bronze - She-wolf = lupa, the boys drinking from her were the babies floated down the river (grandchildren of Romulus or Remus) - those boys went on to rule Rome |
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Patrician with Busts of his Ancestors - Roman Republic Style - common, showed that these high status men had pasts - looks exactly like he was (not idealized like the Greeks) - stone - some heads were interchangeable |
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Temple of Portunus - Roman Early Empire - small, not very elaborate, - borrowed style from Etruscans (utilitarian) - more function of life than a way of life - engaged columns: decorative, not functional - ionic columns (taken from Greeks) |
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Augustus of Primaporta - Early Roman Empire, Augustan style - painted marble - Augustus (sacred) = nephew and adopted heir of Julius Caesar, well loved -imperial propaganda, made to look strong - dressed as a philosopher and warrior |
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Altar of Augustan Peace - Early Roman Empire, Augustan Style - marble - interior is for animal sacrifices to the gods - exterior walls have narrative: romulus & remus, Aeneas, Roma, Mother Earth, processional |
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Imperial Procession - Early Roman Empire, Augustan Style - when he came back from conquering his people would walk behind him in a procession - depth, motion - people and horsemen |
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Gemma Augustea - Roman Early Empire, Augustan Style - Onyx brooch - shows Augustus transferring power to Tiberius - Augustus's wife very important during his rule, sitting next to him and reps Roma - Top row: Augustan Style - Bottom row: more greek hellenistic style, shows Tiberius coming in as new ruler |
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Gardens at the House of Vettii - Pompeii - long house |
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Garden Vista - Villa of Livia, Pompeii - wall fresco - loved painting fruit - it was a symbol of wealth |
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Cityscape - wall fresco - wanted walls to dissolve into the distance - used intuitive perspective |
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Portrait of a Married couple - Pompeii - wall painting - man holding a scroll to rep education, women holding a tablet and stylus to show education |
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Insula Occidentale: Sappho - Pompeii - fresco - portrait of an educated woman - education shown by her holding a tablet |
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The Arch of Titus - Roman, Flavian Era - Built by Titus's brother - for self-promotion/imperial propaganda - Titus of horse w/ chariot, engaged column - underside was decorated to celebrate himself (the bro), he sits w/ eagle symbolizing Jupiter |
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Spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem - Relief in the Arch of Titus - Flavian era - celebrating Titus's conquest to capture Jerusalem and its resources |
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Flavian Ampitheater (Colosseum) - Flavian era - Vespian built this to build community in Rome to build power - biggest theater ever - covered in marble, bronze decorative elements - built theater w/ money from Jewish slaves - engaged columns of every kind (tuscan, ionic, corinthian) |
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Young Flavian Woman - Flavian style - marble, would've been painted - typical hairstyle of the time |
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Middle Aged Flavian Woman - marble - more realistic than stylized (which came form the republic period) - realism came from the practice of wax death masks |
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Column of Trajan - Rome, High imperial period - imperial propaganda, historical ref - not religion - the story of Trajan conquering Dacia - temporal time (repeated story) 600 ft of army passing the river and conquering Dacia as they go - style of hair and beard is typically roman |
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Pantheon - High imperial period - built by Trajan and then Hadrian - temple dedicated to all the gods - wanted it to be impressive, 20 ft thick walls and skylight - 7 niches to statues of the gods, marble veneer - Corinthian columns |
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Battle of the Centaurs and Wild Beasts - High imperial period - mosaic - good shadowing and motion, dramatic - most were floor mosaics |
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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius - Marcus adopted by Trajan, he was smart and great military leader - in a philosopher's robe, horse in battle regalia - there was a barbarian under horses hoof - bronze - he wanted his son to rule but he wasn't a good ruler so Rome eventually weakened |
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Portrait of Tetrarchs - Last empire style - realistic style falls away bc they were not trying to show power, they just tried to survive - Porphyry - the 4 Augustuses - locking arms to symbolize how they fought hard and wanted it to work |
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Basilica of Constantine - Late Empire style (when the 2 Caesars were fighting for control) - Constantine battles Maxentius - celestial lighting is important |
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Basilica of Constantine interior |
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Arch of Constantine - Late Empire period - built by Constantine to commemorate Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius's reign - 3 arches (to outdo Trajan) - constructed by diff artists (some better than others, some more realistic) - shows him bringing peace and prosperity - tondi |
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Hadrian/Constantine hunting boar and sacrificing to Apollo; Constantine addressing the Roman people in roman forum - Tondi: sculpture in a circle - made by Hadrian, reused by Constantine - part of Constantine's arch |
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Constantine the Great - Rome - Marble - wanted a colossal statue of himself - combines features of traditional Roman portraiture w/ tetrarch era abstraction - imperial power and dignity |
