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29 Cards in this Set
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Geometric Krater
from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens ca. 740 B.C.E. ceramic 40 1/2 in. high Mixing bowl, grave marker, bottom is open to pour libations in honor of the dead, meander, |
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Composite monsters were popular
Centaur is purely Greek invention Hero and centaur ca. 750-730 B.C.E. bronze approximately 4 1/2 in. high |
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Mantiklos Apollo
ca. 700-680 B.C.E. bronze approximately 8 in. high Small bronze dedicated to Apollo A small inscription on the thigh is dedicated to the deity. Pride in the accomplishment of writing. “ Mantiklos dedicated me to the far shooting Lord of the silver bow.” |
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Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca. 625-600 B.C.E. ceramic approximately 1 ft. 2 in. high Amphora- 2 handled storage jar Note facination with oriental motifs See sphinx, lamassu and other fantastical animals. Black Figure painting- Vase painting. The artist painted black figures and then incised details within the forms. |
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Lintel above the doorway
Note orientalized animal freize. Lintel of Temple A Prinias, Greece ca. 625 B.C.E. limestone approximately 2 ft. 9 in. high |
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Kouros = Youth
Kouroi- plural Kore-female Emulates the stance of the Egyptian statues. Statues replaced huge kraters at grave sires as markers. Different in 2 ways Liberated from stone block Greeks wanted to represent motion not stability and unmoving qualities |
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He died a hero’s death
Is not a portrait Rendered in more naturalistic style while maintaining the Egyptian influence Face is rounded, proportions better All Greek stone sculptures were painted. Kroisos from Anavysos, Greece ca. 530 B.C.E. marble 76 in. high |
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Peplos Kore
from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 530 B.C.E. marble 48 in. high |
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Andokides Painter
Achilles & Ajax playing a dice game from Orvietto, Italy ca. 525-520 B.C.E. ceramic 21 in. high Black figure side and red figure side. Bilingual Painting |
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Labeled figures and signatures appear in Archaic vase painting
Exekias considered the master of black figure ware Amphora Exekias both potter and painter Achilles saying (four) Ajax saying (three) in the dice game |
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Theme- battle of Greeks and Trojans with Athena at the center of the bloody conflict
Unified theme and consistent size |
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Dying warrior
from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece ca. 500-490 B.C.E. marble approximately 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. long |
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East pediment figures were destroyed and replaced at a later date
Note posture more naturalistic pose and figure is reacting to his wounds Classical cannon first seen. Revolution occurs in art! |
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The defeat of the Persian invaders by the unified Hellenic city-states began the Classical age
A new way to stand The final break from the Egyptian cannon Portrays how a human being really stands Shifting weight CONTRAPPOSTO |
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Rescued from the sea
One of a pair that were on a ship that sank in antiquity Spent 2 millennia under water Hollow casting technique |
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Male form in motion
Once held a weapon, probably a thunderbolt in his hand. Zeus (or Poseidon?) from the sea off Cape Artemision, Greece ca. 460-450 B.C.E. bronze 82 in. high |
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Known only though copies as the original bronze no longer exists
Romans were the patrons Marble was less costly for the copies The intrusive tree trunks were added Coies rarely approach the mastery of the original Note that the face does not mirror the tension in the body |
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So starts the quest for the ideal human form
Most copied sculpture Original lost The perfect proportions Cross/balance Right arm and left leg are relaxed Asymmetrical balance |
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Centerpiece of the Acropolis
More human genius at one place than any other time in human history Became a Byzantine Church, a Catholic Church, Islamic Mosque Each time the building was remolded Statue of Athena was removed. Statues were removed from the pediment. |
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Gold and Ivory
Chryselephantine sculpture Even Lord Elgin couldn’t recover this statue Destroyed long before the 19th C Model in Toronto Parthenon was designed and built around it. The temple façade had to be 8 columns wide rather than the usual 6. |
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A new humanizing approach possibly due to the struggles of the Greeks during the preceding years.
More sensuousness Original lost Pliny said that observers were overcome with love for the statue. NUDE Female nudity rare- at least not noblewomen or goddesses. |
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Yet another canon
Lysippos- great sculpture of late classical period Selected by Alexander the Great to make his official portrait. Made figures more slender Heads 1/8th the height of the figure Athlete scraping oil from his body after exercising |
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Victory in a fountain
The flowing waters created the illusion of waves against the ship Hellenistic statues interact with the environment. No pedestals. |
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Eroticism?
Base is lost Her left hand, separately preserved holds the apple Paris awarded her when he judged her as the most beautiful goddess of all. Designed to tease the spectator |
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Archaic statues smiled, Classical statues looked away from the viewer and Hellenistic statues were asleep or intoxicated.
Previous males did not exude eroticism. Consider the Archaic Kouros. |
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The aged and the ugly
Realistic not idealistic |
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Homeric theme
Made for the Romans Vatican museums Trojan priest and his sons. The gods who favored the Greeks in the war against Troy sent the serpents to punish Laocoon, who had tried to warn against bringing the Greek’s wooden horse within the walls of the city. |
