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Funerary Krater, Dipylon Cemetery, Athens
Funerary
communal drinking at a party
hold remains of deceased
pour offerings
image on the krater is burial site
mourners are framing
more mourners = higher status
wealthy families would hire pro mourners
bottom: greek soldiers wearing armor
important families sponsor war games
most images have been reduced to geometric essentials
greeks had an unclear idea of what happens after you die so not a lot of their art reflected the afterlife |
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Metropolitan Kouros, Attica
Greeks went from small metal statues to life sized stone statues
males nude females clothed
kouros: greek for young man
large eyes
eyebrows run into nose
body parts simplified
feet are set as if dude is taking a step
beaded or plated hair
prized nude young male body so much that it was legal for men to walk around in the nude but women had to stay home while this happened.
clear similarity between greek and roman figures |
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Calf-Bearer (Moschophoros), Acropolis, Athens
religious piety
greek gods loved smell of burning meat
male was a symbol of fertility |
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Amasis Painter, Dionysos with Maenads
people were painted mostly in black
background was tans reds and oranges
many purposes:
wine...decor includes grapes and grape leaves, god of wine fertility and fun, a lot of drinking happens in Dianisis cult, not a greek god, added from the east, |
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| Dying Warrior, west pediment |
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Kritios Boy, early classical
leg and arms are missing, head reattached
no longer a blocky abstracted human
naturalistic
different hair style
better the mind and better the body
thinking: head turn...also makes more natural
statue begins to interact with the space around him
right leg is straight forward and other is supporting the weight of the statue
contra posta: counter weight/balance
skin looks soft like skin should |
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Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi
Music and sun god
something is bright red when the sun hits it. |
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Polykleitos, Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
Not an original b/c it was probably melted down to make more art or weapons
tree trunk attached to the leg in the back but from the front can't tell
athlete or warrior b/c of the spear
best sculptor b/c his sculptures could be mistaken for the real thing
mamasis: real to life representation
you need to replicate nature
nothing fictional |
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Acropolis, Athens, Greece
city state and democracy |
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Kallikrates & Iktinos, Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, high classical
classical orders
doric order: the exact proportion of temple
ionic order
corinthian order
plan: parthenon, high classical
retribution: if you do anything wrong one of the gods is going to hunt you down and punish you. |
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Lapith Fighting a Centaur, metope relief, Doric frieze
centaurs would get drunk and abduct the bride and her brides maids
up to males to find/rescue the women
could be representing greek supremacy
continuous frieze running around parthenon
never had an unobstructed view because there were columns in the way
today in many pieces
pananthenaic procession: happened every 4 years, started in market place, special path up to acropolis, most people going to the parthenon |
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| Kallikrates, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, Greece |
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| Nike (Victory) Adjusting Her Sandal, relief from parapet |
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Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos
first female depicted nude
seems to be bathing and startled so she is covering her nudity
knidos is an island
everyone wanted to sneak around and see her rear because it was supposedly the most beautiful
young man fell in love with the statue and would sneak in to have his way with it |
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Aphrodite of Modesty, 300 BCE, bronze with inlaid silver eyes, 21” high, Syria
died too young to have an heir to the throne
greek is most widespread influence at this time
covering up private parts
hellenistic period: similar to late classical in the fact that nudity is acceptable as long as it is explained.
one of the most popular deities to be represented in the hellenistic period |
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Hagesandros, Polydoros, & Athanadoros of Rhodes, Laocoön and His Sons, Vatican Museum
creme de la creme of art at this time
excavated from the streets of Greece or Rome
One of the most emotional scenes
hallmark of hellenistic art: almost all parts of the body are at a diagonal: shows action and eye moves faster throughout the piece.
very animated and dynamic scene
roman: the thing homeboy is sitting on is very course
drapery and snakes are helping support the pice
not all that interesting in the back |
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Gallic Chieftain Killing His Wife and Himself, Roman copy of bronze original
killing wife b/c better for husband to kill her than for her to be abducted and raped if he wasn't able to protect her.
killed himself so he wouldn't be held captive |
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| Master sculptor Vulca (?), Apollo |
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| Burial Chamber, Tomb of the Reliefs |
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Aulus Metellus (The Orator), Roman, Republican, near Perugia, Italy.
These people were very good at working with metal
name is carved on the hem of the toga
tuscan manufacturer
the orator=speaker
statue is in a stance that indicates that he is speaking to the masses
verism: shows people not at their best but what they actually look like.
greek wouldn't ever make a statue look like this
romans were modest. another garment under the toga and even shoes covered much of the leg. |
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Patrician Carrying Portrait Busts of Two Ancestors (Barberini Togatus)
large nose, receding hairline, bone structure.
immediately after relative died you would make a death mask out of clay or wax...used as a mold for a metal cast or something of the sort
family is very important in roman society
usually there would be weekly rituals to honor the dead |
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Plan & reconstruction drawing: House of the Silver Wedding
open air
the view would show how wealthy the family was.
back yard would have been frowned upon in rome since privacy was so important to them |
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Young Woman Writing, House of Julia Felix, wall painting / House of Julia Felix
this shows that she is intelligent, literate, and pius
ivory and wax writing tablet like in assyria
head covered=piety |
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| Villa of the Mysteries (built during the Republican period) |
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| Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus (?), wall painting |
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Garden scene, detail of wall painting, dining room, Villa of Livia at Primaporta, near Rome
real identifiable plants and insects
painted on an entire wall to make the room seem bigger.
this was a time when people wanted to make their guests feel as if they are outside even if they are inside. part of the reason for this is because the more land you own the wealthier you are |
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Augustus of Primaporta
not carved in the back
caesar haircut
profound features
romans are hardly barefoot apotheosis: human has become a deity
hand gesture=speaking to people
military uniform |
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