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34 Cards in this Set
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Discus Thrower
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450 BCE
Ideal male athlete body, copied because they melted down bronze to reuse since it was more valuable. Compared to Egyptians, has much more movement. |
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Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi
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530 BCE
Point at which Zeus' two birds that he released met, believed an Oracle lived here. Oracle speaks to god and relays message to common people. |
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Centuar
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Late 10th c. BCE
Ceramic Geometric, reduction of human form to cubes, lines and cylanders. Made using a potters wheel |
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Slip
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Water added to clay to change color and add depth
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Funerary Vase
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750-700 BCE
Geometric First human figures on Greek pottery Narrative Registers No 3D perspective Person in center is in midst of being cremeated. Greeks didn't save body for afterlife. |
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Difference between Greek and Egyptian view on death
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Egyptians look forward to death, second life
Greeks think death is a mystery and don't define it, grieve |
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Olpe Pitcher
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600 BCE
Near East influence because of trade routes Oreintalizing period Black figure pottery Oriental is after geometic period. Olpe=Wide mouth pitcher |
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Gorgon Medusa
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600-580 BCE
Turns people to stone Often in front of temples because she served as a protecto Battle of gods and the pediments |
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Standing Youth (Kouros)
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Archaic Period 600 BCE, Similar to Egyptians in that one foot is foward, thumb forward
No clothes on unlike Egyptians More free from stone, nudity makes them classless Awkward anatomy (V shape in hips) |
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Archaic Smile
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Closed lip smile
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Encaustic
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A mixture of pigments and hot wax that left a shiny, hard surface when it cooled
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Peplos Kore
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530 BCE
Females are always closd, hair has encaustic Kore=Female Archaic smile May be Athenas because found in Acropolis |
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Exekias
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540 BCE
Black figure decoration Ceramic Shows story of Ajax and Achilles Achilles was hero of Trojan War Ajax preparing for suicide |
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Spear Bearer
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Beginning of Classical Period (450-440 BCE)
Polykleitos is sculptor Everything is an exact measurement |
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Charioteer
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470 BCE
Still in original bronze/copper Buried in an earthquake in about 373 BCE. A little more natural looking |
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Warrior A
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460-450 BCE
Bronze original, survived because at bottom of ocean Idealized and realistic Rare find Believed to commemorate victory over Persians |
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Acropolis
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"High City" 447-432
Parthenon is most famous and largest structure. |
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Parthenon, Acropolis
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447-432 BCE
Also earliest known museum showing paintings to the public |
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Porch of the maidens Erechtheion
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Temple 430-406 BCE, 420-410 BCE
Six female statues as pillars One weight bearing leg. |
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Plan of Miletos
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Uprising of urban planning
Present Day Turkey During classical period promoted ideal city Perfect urban planners guide to a city First used on flat land |
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Theater Plan
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Beginning of Hellenistic Period
4 c. BCE Open forum Mix of math and natural terrain Semi circular, tiered Good view and sound from sitting anywhere. Efficient entrance/exit |
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Dying Gallic Trumpeter 220 BCE
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Alexander the Great conquered most of world, his death in 323 BC sparked beginning of Hellenistic period. Ends with death of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony 31 BCE
Still alive, in moment realizing he is dying Rope around neck symbolizes low class |
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Hellenistic
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Obsessed with emotion (trying to provoke)
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Venus de Milo
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150-100 BCE
Clothing falling down Left hand is preserved elsewhere Sense of sensuality Michaelangelo feminine Drapery natural, overall more natural. |
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She-Wolf
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500 BCE
Found twins (Romulus and Remus; Rome came from Romulus) along Tiber River and nursed the half god/mortal twins.Shows importance because she wasn't melted down 500 BCE City of Rome began in spot where She-Wolf found twins |
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Porta Augusta
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Entruscan (Greeks that moved to Italy) temple
3rd to 2nd century BCE People wanted Greeks to make Greek art Voussoir=Mathematical center, if falls everything else falls |
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Apollo
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Made of Terra Cotta (Clay) 510 BCE
Hard to work with because it collapses in on itself if it stays to soft, cracks Etruscans want to create movement and don't care if it isn't mathematically perfect Archaic Smile Clothed, wearing a toga |
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Burial Chamber, Tomb of the Reliefs
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3 c. BCE
Families are buried here Looking to comfortably pass on the dead |
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Sarcophagus From Cerveteri
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Deceased smiling, looking forward and happy in afterlife
520 BCE Sarcophagus=Flesh eater Death is part of life. |
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Brutus
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Founder and first council of republic of Rome
Mid 3rd c BCE Very naturalistic When Rome becomes empire that it is towards the turn of the century. |
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Aulus Mettalus Orato
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Famous for gesturing movement
80 BCE Bronze |
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Pompey the Great
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50 BCE
"Verism" = Realistic type of sculpture Unidealized Original made before his death During pax-romana (peaceful rome) |
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Pont du gard
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1 c. BCE
Made of concrete Aqueduct Use gravity to bring water from springs into the city 100 gallons of water per person per day (fresh clean water is huge advancement) Organic Architecure, first on large scale |
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Roman Forum
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Used as a city center, marketplace
112 CE? Urban planners in huge demand |
