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18 Cards in this Set
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Dyplion Amphora
-Geometric period (750 BCE) -Shows a funeral scene -example of HORROR VACUI -Example of REGISTERS -Example of GENRE SCENE -It is 5"1 (very large), so this Amphora would be a grave marker -this kind had holes in the bottom to offer tribute to the deceased. -black figure painting EXTRA: - Dipylon was a place outside of Athens |
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Eleusis Amphora
-Orientalizing Period (650 BCE) -black figure, terra-cotta -large, holes in the bottom again -named for the cemetery found in -Shows Odysseus and Perseus,fighting cyclops and Medusa respectively - example of NARRATIVE SCENE -more naturalistic than geometric period EXTRA: -curvilinear decoration -a lot of the styles of Orientalizing come from Mesopotamia -Orientalizing includes more animals |
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Exekias, Achilles and Ajax Amphora
-Archaic Period (550 BCE ) - Amphora -depicts the two heroes playing a game, Achilles is winning as it is labeled -Black figure painting -terra-cotta -2'h, smaller and therefore more practical uses (for holding liquid or grain/food) -decorated with incising (using a needle through the clay slip) |
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Achilles and Penthesilea Kylix
-Archaic Period ( 550 BCE ) -red figure painting Kylix, used for drinking cup, paintings on the cup interior -17"d so very wide , probably for sharing/parties |
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Exekias, Achilles and Penthesilea Amphora
-Archaic Period ( 550 BCE ) -black figure amphora - 16"h (smaller, practical uses) -depicts Penthesilea as a warrior rather than a helpless woman |
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New York Kouros
-Archaic Period ( 550 BCE ) -marble -6' -generally all the same look -suggests influence from Egyptian |
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Hera of Samos
-Archaic, 550 BCE -6'4" -ca. 570 BCE -over life size indicates a god/goddess EXTRA -female figure is clothed -very narrow, not much definition under clothes -marble -IN THE ROUND sculpture -means it's a work that isn't connected to anything - |
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Peplos Kore
-Archaic Period ( 550 BCE ) -marble -4' -peplos is a crop top thing -was found to be colored EXTRA -perhaps Artemis or athena? -more proportional |
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Kritios Boy
- Early Classical ( 480-450 BCE ) -marble -34"h -found on Athenian acropolis -eyes were made separately -has struts where the arms were -stands in CONTRAPPOSTO -means counter-posed EXTRA -slight smile -hair showing beneath "helmet" |
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Zeus
-Early Classical ( 480-450 BCE ) -Greek bronze original -6'10 -lost wax casting technique -suggests a god because tall and beard -Freestanding figures in motion -RYTHMOS (derived from a Greek dance where you do steps and then hold a pose) EXTRA -bronze allowed more posing than marble -eyes would have been made of another material |
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Diskobolos
- Myron - Early Classical ( 480-450 ) BCE -Roman copy of bronze original - 5'h - "not yet close enough to truth" -no struts would have been on the original because bronze -statue was famous and discussed a lot |
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Riace Warrior
- Early Classical ( 480-450 BCE ) - 6"7 -bronze with bone -glass with copper inlay -assumed warriors but maybe gods? because height |
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Doryphoros
-Polykleitos -High Classical ( 450-400 BCE ) -Roman marble copy of Greek bronze original - 7'h -SYMMETRIA (proportional interrelationships) -COMMENSURABILITY ( every part is related to all other parts in terms of design or purpose -Accompanying piece of literature about ideal body (Polykleitos treatise ) -Also known as "The Canon" |
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Acropolis
-Located in Athens -High Classical ( 450-400 BCE ) -Center of high classical art and sculpture -rebuilt after truce negotiated by Pericles |
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Parthenon
-IN the Acropolis -designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates -temple dedicated to Athena -POST AND LINTEL (vertical elements with horizontal elements stuck on top) -proportional relationships of 9:4 -very slightly curved all around -DORIC ORDER - |
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East Pediment, Helios Horses, Dionysos, Goddesses
-Parthenon, -Phidias -WET DRAPERY (style of sculpting where the clothing looks wet and reveals more than conceals) -the whole thing displays the birth of athena -alludes to the passage of time -qualify as FREE STANDING and IN THE ROUND -Also known as the Elgin Marbles |
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East Pediment, Goddesses and Selenes Horses
- Parthenon -Phidias - High Classical ( 450-400 BCE ) - WET DRAPERY (reveals more than conceals) - end of passage of time - qualify as free standing and in the round -also known as the Elgin Marbles |
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Temple of Nike
-Athens, Acropolis -Iktinos and Kallikrates -High Classical ( 450-400 BCE ) - Athena the Victorious -IONIC ORDER |
