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Freestanding Daedalic sculpture Lady of Auxerre • Limestone statuette • Ca. 2 feet tall • Probably from Crete • Frontal • Ca. 640 BCE |
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Nikandre Statue Ca. 640 BCE • Marble • Ca. 6’ tall • dedIcated on Delos • Frontal • inscribed Nikandre dedicated me to the goddess, far-shooter of arrows, Nikandre, the daughter of Deinodikos of Naxos, distinguished among women, sister of Deinomenes and wife of Phraxos. |
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Mantiklos Bronze • Ca. 700/675 BCE • Bronze statuette • Ca. 8” tall • dedIcated to Apollo “ Mantiklos donated me as a titheto the far-shooter, the bearer of the silver bow. You, Phoebus(Apollo), give something pleasing in return. |
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An early hekatompedon : temple of Hera ( Heraion) at Samos,eighth century BCE • Hekatompedon = “hundred-footer” • Mudbrick construction w/ 12 wooden posts down the center to support the ridge beam of the roof • Base of the cult statue set slightly off to one side • Replaced by the “second temple” ca. 650 BCE |
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Temple of Apollo at Thermon • Built ca. 625 BCE • Peripteral temple; 5 x 15 columns • Lower courses in stone; wooden columns;terracotta rooftiles • Early Doric frieze ( triglyphs & metopes ?) • Painted panels / scenes of myth |
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Boustrophedon |
“in the manner of oxen pulling a plow |
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Opisthodomos |
can refer to either the rear room of an ancient Greek temple or to the inner shrine |
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cella |
the inner area of an ancient temple, especially one housing the hidden cult image in a Greek or Roman temple. |
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emple of apollo at thermon 625 bce decorated edge of the roof The severed head of medusa |
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temple of apollo at thermon 625 bce decorated edge of the roof displays perseus with the head of medusa we are not sure what the intended affect was supposed to be on the viewer |
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temple of apollo at Thermon 625 BCE decorated edge of the roof shows mythological scene inscription ids one of the women as Khelidon she was raped by her brother in law and he tore her tongue out. She told her sister the story by weaving composing a message in a woven garment. after her and her sister murdered the son and fed it to the father and then prayed to be turned into birds Khelidon means swallow in greek |
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Temple A at Prinias (Crete) • Built ca. 625 BCE • Nonperipteral temple; cella with porch;central heart • Built of stone; roofing unknown • Daedalic architectural sculpture |
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Proto-Ionic: Temple of Athena at Smyrna (Asia Minor) • Left incomplete ca. 600 • Polygonal terrace retaining walls • Va r i e t y o f A e o l i c a n d “ m u s h r o o m ” c a p i t a l s |
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doric vs ionic |
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Doric: Temple of Hera at Olympia • Ca. 590 BCE • Peripteral • Columns of stone gradually replaced wood ones • Thus the stone columns are later than 590 |
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Te m p l e o f Artemis at Corcyra • Built ca. 580 BCE • Pseudo-dipteral, octastyle • High relief in pediment • Pediment featuring Medusa, Pegasus, andChrysaor |
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Te m p l e o f A p o l l o a t C o r i n t h • Ca. 560 BCE • Peripteral , hexastyle • Elaborate opisthodomos • Early example of curvature: stylobate |
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Te m p l e C , Selinus (Sicily) • C a. 540 BCE • Doric order • More elegant proportions than earlierDoric temples• Broad ambulatory • Well-preserved metopes |
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Both are found on the temple of selinus 540 BCE left is image relief of Hercules and the keropes right image is perseus beheading medusa |
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Old temple of Hera, Poseidonia(Paestum, Italy) •Ca. 540 BCE • Nine columns on short sides • Pseudo-dipteral • Central columns (aisles for 2 cult statues?) • Adyton in back of cella• Narrow column neck, broad echinus • Te r r a c o t t a simas along eaves |
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Temple of Athena, Poseidonia • Ca. 500 BCE • 6 x 13 columns: anticipates classical pd • Ionic porch columns • No frieze decoration • Hexastyle |
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Te m p l e o f H e r a a t S a m o s • Ca. 560 BCE, redesigned 530 • Ionic: different proportions from Doric • Dipteral, with triple rows of columns atends • Colossal size (50 x 100 m) |
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Te m p l e o f A r t e m i s a t Ephesos • Ca. 560 BCE • Financed by King Croesus of L ydia • Even bigger (50 x 116 m) than Samos • Oriented west, not east (unusual!) |
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Sikyonian T reasury, Delphi • C a. 560 BCE • Doric order, distyle in antis • Some metopes survive • No stories from Homer or about Herakles |
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Siphnian T reasury, Delph i• C a. 530 BCE • Ionic order, distyle in antis • Gigantomachy, battle of heroes • Polychrome, with inscriptions |
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Siphnian T reasury, Delphi • Gigantomachy, battle of heroes |
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Early Geometric(c. 900 – 850 BCE) |
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Late Geometric(c. 770 – 700 BCE)“Dipylon Krater” • new shapes • gradual reintroduction of figural decoration • i m portance of burials for chronology |
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Protocorinthian olpeCorinthc. 650 – 625 BCE |
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lamassu 2500-612 bce (Assyrian) |
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protogeometric amphora (1050-900) |
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protogeometric skyphos(1050-900) |
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middle geometric oenochoe (850-770) |
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Tomb of a wealthy Athenian woman • Athens, Agora (ca. 850 BCE) • Early Geometric cremation • buried with many grave goods, incl. gold jewelry • Wealth implied by ceramics? |
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Terracotta discover in ancient wealthy Athenian woman's tomb in Agora c 850 BCE |
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A model granary? Athenian lawmaker solon created social classes composed of 500 bushel men, horsemen, yoked men, and laborers does this model imply she is a part of the 500 bushel class? ca 850BCE |
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Shipwreck scene on a geometric oenochoe (pitcher) ca 725-700 BCE reference may be to Odysseus and his ship wreck |
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Temple of Apollo at Dreros (Crete) • Among best preserved geometric temples/ cult sites • Rectilinear and built of small, dressed (cut) stones • built Ca. 750-700 BCE; dimensions ca. 10.9m x 7.2m • Evidence for ritual and possible cult statues |
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Temple of Apollo at Dreros (Crete) model building from Argos 750 BCE |
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Temple of Apollo at • Evidence for ritual and possible cult statues ca 700-650 BCE Male and two females, male could possibly be Apollo |
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Bronze cauldronattachmentEast Greece (now inLondon) ca. 625 BCE |
