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14 Cards in this Set
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Parthenon |
hand constructed temple and statue made of gold and ivory. was the sanctuary for Athena Parthenos. |
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statue of Athena Parthenos |
statue of victory, armed to protect athens. seats wings because victory can stand next to you (447-438). made of gold and ivory, 30 feet tall, 6 year project, hand constructed |
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Erechtheum |
most sacred building in Athens. with caryatid lining the outside Sacred Olive tree stands in from for the cult of Athena. for poseidon and athena |
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Erechtheus |
son who sprang from the dart (proto-Athena) from which all Athenians are related to |
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Caryatid |
Columns that line the Erechtheum. Figures of women |
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Cleobis & Biton |
Twin brothers from Delphi who died after helping their mother. Statue serves as a honor to their life (represents the Archaic period) |
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Peplos Kora |
female with heavy dress with folds who began to become evident in 530 B.C. Shows beginning of breast formation and almond eyes with full lips. image on the slides. late archaic period (530 bc) would have held a golden bow and stood at the top of the acropolis. |
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Poseidon |
sculpture from the early/high classical period that shows movement in artwork, balanced sculpture |
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Diadoumenos |
idealized image of man with a S-shaped torso from the late classical period. Often copied by the Romans. |
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Kora |
Clothed female figure |
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flukes |
found on the bottom of the ionic columns of the erechtheum, took one man, one year to complete. |
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Features of Archaic Sculpture |
750-500 flat features/faces heavy braids slight smile almond eyes heavy clothing from woman (Kora) little clothing for men (kouros) likely would have been painted full frontal |
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Classical sculpture |
500-323. increased use of bronze over marble move from full frontal to more natural stance natural drapery glass eyes idealized image of the figure later: s-shaped torso with muscle control.
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Hellenistic |
323-30 shows emotion identifiable people shows age
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