Greek Art - 900 - 450 Bc

Front 1

Identify the following work of art (medium, culture/ style, bracket dates):
Corinthian Amphora

Back 1

Vase, Orientalizing period, c. 700 - 600 BC
amphora with registers showing fantastic animals (siren) and heraldic figures

Front 2

Identify the following work of art (medium, culture/style, bracket dates):
Kritios Boy

Back 2

marble sculpture, Early Classical Greek Art, 480 - 450 BC
no archaic smile, hair diff, contrappasto stance

Front 3

Name 3 Key Concepts for the Orientalizing period of Greek art.

Back 3

1. colonization of Ionic (Asia) & Italian coasts
2. extensive contact brings in eastern influences
3. fantastic animals, heraldic compositions, floral decorations, etc.

Front 4

What are 6 Key Concepts of Archaic Greece?

Back 4

1. democracy beg., strong individuals in power
2. Athens emerges as the most pwrful city-state (polis)
3. periptual stone temples replace early wooden bldgs (Doric order)
4. figures (kouroi and kourai) becoming increasingly more natural
5. archaic smile in later works
6. great age of vase painting (black and red figure)

Front 5

What are the bracket dates for the Geometric period of Greek art?

Back 5

c. 900 - 700 BC

Front 6

What are 4 Key Concepts for Early Classical Greece?

Back 6

1. Greece victorious in Persian War 490 & 480 BC
2. man elevated to level of the gods
3. bronze replaces stone as favored medium in sculpture
4. contrapposto stance w/ severe & serious expression in sculpture

Front 7

Identify the following work of art (medium, culture/ style, bracket dates):
Geometric Krater

Back 7

V ase, Geometric Period, c. 900 -700 BC bell krater, performed a funerary function, with geometric imagery, has a band with primitive, flat, stylized figures of both male & female, fig carrying shields shows Mycenaen influence

Front 8

Identify the following work of art (medium, culture/style, bracket dates):
Kouros

Back 8

Sculpture, Archaic, 600 - 480 BC
Kouros means "man", functioned as a gravemarker, modelled on Egyptian sculpture

Front 9

Name 3 Key Concepts about Geometric Greece

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1. Period of rebuilding after the dark ages - emerge as city-states
2. designs reflect the simple forms of early cultures
3. decorations are geometric & figures are highly stylized simple shapes

Front 10

Identify the following work of art (medium, culture/style, bracket dates):
Zeus/ Poseidon

Back 10

Bronze sculpture, Early Classical Greek Art, 480 - 450 BC
bronze, open style, all on one plane, cast in one piece

Front 11

What are the bracket dates for Orientalizing period of Greek art?

Back 11

700 - 600 BC

Front 12

Name 2 similarities and 3 differences between Kouros and Egyptian sculpture

Back 12

Similar- 1. Hair & face stylized - Near East. influence, 2. Stance
Diff - 1. not closed-style, 2. nude, 3. weight not all on back leg/ more natural div. of weight/ attempt to show movement

Front 13

What are the bracket dates for the period of Early Classical Greek Art?

Back 13

480 - 450 BC

Front 14

Identify the following work of art (artist, medium, culture/style, bracket dates):
Achilles and Ajax Playing a Dice Game

Back 14

Exekias, Vase, Archaic, 600 - 480 BC
Black figure, amphora, awarded for competition, foreshadows classical moment, image is a moment of calm/ waiting before or after battle

Front 15

What are the bracket dates for the Archaic period of Greek art?

Back 15

600 - 480 BC

Front 16

Identify the following work of art (medium, culture/style, bracket dates):
Peplos Kore

Back 16

sculpture, Archaic, 600 - 480 BC
Kore means woman, Peplos is a garment, votive offering to Athena, archaic smile