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| Thermon, Temple of Apollo |
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c. 630
great sense of experimentation
elongated form
stone foundation
terra cotta slabs that were the first metopes |
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c. 600
• mudbrick walls
• peristyle columns all around
• wooden columns and spur walls
• balanced with view of statue from outside
• Early Doric capital
o cushion and abacus
o how squashed and flat |
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| Samos, Temple of Hera II ("Hekatompedon") and Stoa |
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Definition
c. 650
• Hekatompedos – hundred footer
• Next to it – Stoa
o important element in religious and secular architecture
o covered walkway with a wall on one side and opened on the other |
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c. 700-675
• Geometric
o triangular torso
o long thighs
• Oriental
o spiral hair screws
o inlaid eyes |
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c. 640
example of Daedalic style
• Daedalic style
o tied to creten inventor
o triangular head with pointed face
o flat top of head
o heavy hair in horizontal bands that looks very artificial
o heavy eyes, long straight nose
• Daedalic style seems to be based on terra cotta plaque of Middle Eastern goddess, Astarte.
o mass produced for personal protection
o hair, hands, dress – all similar |
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| Corinthian olpe in animal style |
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Definition
• pouring jug
c. 650-625
• fantasy animals from middle-eastern cultures
o more naturalistic animals and flowers
o lots of color with more details
o not narrative but decorative |
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| Corinthian style Chigi Vase |
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Definition
c. 650
hoplites
• olpe shape about 8 inches high
• hunters, warriors, parade of horses
• flank technique, not really trying to find depth
• Hoplight
foot soldier with two spears, shield and helmet
when there were rulers that told everyone what to do, they were the ones to protect the community |
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| Proto-Attic Amphora by the Analatos Painter |
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c. 690
• hydria with dancers and chariots
o used in sanctuaries and weddings
• Approach similar to geometric
o subdivision into lines
o emphasizing the widest part
• Oriental
o curly cues and shrubs
o big flowers
• Painting
o line of horses and chariots
o young men and women dancing, playing flutes
• decorations on their robes
• men still look geometric |
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| Proto-Attic Amphora from Eleusis |
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c. 675
o odysseus blinding polyphemus
• telescoping of two different times to explain the story
• combination of silhouette and outline
• Continuous scene around the pot
o Perseus going after Medusa
o Perseus already has his head
o Not high action
o skirts
• show that they are female and running
• comes from Assyrian art
• animal frieze on the shoulder
o lion fighting a boar
o very oriental idea |
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Term
| Bronze griffin from a cauldron |
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Definition
Olympia, c. 700-675
• used probably for display or for communal drinking or eating
• found in tomb of Midas
o found with beer/mead/wine at the bottom |
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| city-state, more of a city than a state |
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foot soldier with two spears, shield and helmet
when there were rulers that told everyone what to do, they were the ones to protect the community |
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c. 580
o Medusa with Pegasus and Chrysaor
• jumped out of medusa’s neck when her head was chopped off.
• flanked by her two children
• Medusa has regular hair and snakes
• grinning mouth with tusks
• staring eyes, frightening monster
o Apotropaic
• “turning away”
• why gorgons are put on drinking cups and stuff
o high action
o Zeus battling a Titan
• in the corner
• battle that set the order in the world
o Man on chair
• in the corner
• being stabbed by someone else
• Pryam being stabbed in his throne or more titans being conquered.
o No unity of subject matter
o Disunity of scale |
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c. 580
o Medusa with Pegasus and Chrysaor
• jumped out of medusa’s neck when her head was chopped off.
• flanked by her two children
• Medusa has regular hair and snakes
• grinning mouth with tusks
• staring eyes, frightening monster
o Apotropaic
• “turning away”
• why gorgons are put on drinking cups and stuff
o high action
o Zeus battling a Titan
• in the corner
• battle that set the order in the world
o Man on chair
• in the corner
• being stabbed by someone else
• Pryam being stabbed in his throne or more titans being conquered.
o No unity of subject matter
o Disunity of scale |
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| Corinth, Temple of Apollo |
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Definition
c. 560-540
• walls of the cella lined up with midpoint of columns
• oracle would interpret Apollo
• When the sun sets in the West, it lights up the statue of Apollo
reference to hypogorians |
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| Athens, Acropolis, "Bluebeard" pediment |
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Definition
c. 550-540
https://blackboard.missouri.edu/courses/1/arthistory_3310_sl/content/_322857_1/Bluebeard%20ped%20bb.jpg
• Herakles vs. Triton
• very political and typical of the Archaic period
• tyrant, Pesistratos, likened himself to Herakles
• three human torsos twisted into one snake
o people of the plains - aristocracy
o people of the hills- middle class
o people of the coast – merchant class |
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500 BC
west pediment - 500 BC
o archaic style
o fixed face
o perfect hair
East pediment - c. 490
o king leomedon
o much more natural looking
o arm stuck in his shield
o eyes half closed |
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| Samos, Temple of Hera III |
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Definition
c. 570
architects Rhoikos and Theodoros
• real Ionic temple
• two rows of columns
o literally a forest |
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| Ephesos, Temple of Artemis |
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Definition
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| Delphi, Siphnian Treasury |
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Definition
c. 530
• Keratid – human figure serving as a column
• Battle between Gods and Giants
o restoring order in the world
o if the Giants would have won, it would be a crazy world
o Blue makes the flesh-colored figures stand out
o Layering and overlapping gives depth
o Open poses show action
• Gigantomachy
o battle of the gods vs. giants |
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c. 600
o ornamental ear
o purpose is to remember him at the ideal moment
o egg shaped head
o “ideal human proportions” for both greeks and Egyptians |
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c. 530
o “stop and grieve beside the tomb of Kroisos whom raging Ares destroyed, fighting in the front rank”
o edging towards naturalism
o Inner structure, sense of skeleton on the outside |
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c. 490-480
Athenian Acropolis
o smaller than life size
o at rest, letting one leg relax
o WATERSHED MOMENT IN GREEK ART
depth, movement, looking at the world |
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c. 570
sleeved robe and shawl.
large eyes and prominant nose
traces of paint |
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| Kouros and Kore (Phrasikleia) from Merenda |
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Definition
c. 540
unmarried woman
Artist- Aristion of Paros |
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c. 530
Found in Athenian Acropolis
last korai in heavy woolen peplos
metal additions |
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c. 490
Athenian Acropolis
intentional simplicity and body movement under garment
faces forward, unlike kritios boy
marks beginning of break with archaic period |
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slight but measurable convex curve to the columns
used to overcome optical illusions that would have been engendered by right angles and straight lines |
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o rules are fixed –
• trigylph frames the medope, lined up straight about the center of a column.
• triglyph in the middle of each column
o problem is the corner
• they can’t have a column out in space.
• triglyph was off center |
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| surrounded by a double row of columns |
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Intended to ward off evil
• why gorgons are put on drinking cups and stuff |
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| dress made of draped fabric and pinned at shoulders |
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| heavy woolen dress belted worn over a chiton |
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| heavier drape cloak worn over chiton |
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| Kleitias and Ergotimos, krater |
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Definition
c. 570
Black Figure Painting
wedding of Peleus and Thetis and other myths
Francois Vase
first evidence that the roles of potter and painter had become separate at this early date
Peleus and Thetis - married and given two immortal horses as a wedding gift. |
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c. 540
Belly Amphora
Dionysos making wine |
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c. 540
Suicide of Ajax
Achilles and Ajax in armour intent on playing with dice or the game of morra |
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c. 525
bilingual amphora
Herakles and the bull
one side is black figure, one is red figure
marks the transition between styles |
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c. 510
Death of Sarpedon
Front side depicting Sarpedon’s body carried by Hypnos and Thanatos (Sleep and Death), while Hermes watches
Reverse side depicting Athenian youths arming themselves |
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c. 510
"Revellers"
o his favorite themes are parties and dyonisus.
o side view of middle man, curved spinal column |
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"Revellers"
o kylos, open cup
o walking around a round frame –
o inside of the cup
• young man at first symposium
• drunk
• tondo- round frame |
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| the traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject and especially a religious or legendary subject |
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| the inspired and frenzied female worshippers of Dionysus |
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| troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus |
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| meant resident alien, a person who did not have citizen rights in their Greek city-state (polis) of residence |
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