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Greek Art Flashcards

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ID - Dipylon Krater

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Greek, Geometric Period 8th Century

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ID - Anavysos Kouros

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Greek, Archaic Period 6th Century

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ID - Peplos Kore

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Greek, Archaic Period 6th Century

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ID - Kritios Boy

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Greek, Early Classical Period 5th Century

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ID - Diskobolos (Discus Thrower)

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Myron, Early Classical Period 5th Century

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ID - Doryphorus (Spear Bearer)

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Polykleitos, High Classical Period 5th Century

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ID - The Parthenon

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Iktinos & Kallikrates, High Classical Period 5th Century

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ID - Nike Fastening Her Sandal

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Greek, High Classical Period 5th Century

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ID - Apoxyomenos (Scraper)

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Lysippos, Late Classical Period 4th Century

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ID - Laocoon Group

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Greek, Hellenistic Period

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ID - Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory)

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Greek, Hellenistic Period

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What developments define the archaic period?

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Life-size stone statues (Kouros and Kore) and the shift from black-figure vase painting to red-figure vase painting. Also the archaic smile :)

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How do you identify Doric architecture?

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Plain capital & column with triglyphs and metopes

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How do you identify Ionic architecture?

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Swirly capital with continuous frieze (no triglyphs and metopes)

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What does the sculpture “The Old Seer” foreshadow?

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The emotion/drama in Hellenistic art

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What does hubris mean?

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Pride

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What is the name of excess hubris and what does it do to Western civilization?

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Nemesis; separates its history from that of Asia

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What differentiates Early Classical sculpture from Archaic sculpture?

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Archaic smile is gone :(
Proportionate
Contrapposto weight shift
Lost Wax method of bronze sculpture

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Who created “Diskobolos” and what concept does it introduce?

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Myron; the “S” curve of motion

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Why is “Kritios Boy” significant?

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Introduces contrapposto & transitions Archaic to Early Classical figure sculpture

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Why is Doryphorus significant and who created it?

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Canon of Greek proportions; Polykleitos

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Who created the Parthenon?

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Iktinos and Kallikrates

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What order of architecture is the Parthenon?

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Doric with an internal Ionic frieze

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What are caryatids?

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Columns with embedded female figure sculptures

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What style did “Nike Fastening Her Sandal” foreshadow?

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The Hellenistic “Wet Drapery” style

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Who are three masters of Classical Greek sculpture?

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Myron, Polykleitos, and Phidias

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When and what did Myron sculpt?

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Early Classical, “S” curve

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When and what did Polykleitos sculpt?

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High Classical, Canon of proportions

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When and what did Phidias sculpt?

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High Classical, Parthenon gods & godesses

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What were the traditional Greek ideals?

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Logic, balance, harmony, order, calm, youth, etc.

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What caused Greek ideals to shift?

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The Peloponnesian War

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Who are some Classical 4th century philosophers?

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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Diogenes (the guy on tarot cards)

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Who are two Classical 4th century sculptors?

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Lysippos and Praxiteles

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Why was “Apoxyomenos (Scraper)” significant?

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Showed human action rather than idealized poses

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What is contrapposto?

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Weight shift

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When was idealized beauty important in sculptures?

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Classical 5th century

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What is a pediment?

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The triangle thing on top of a temple

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What are triglyphs and metopes?

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The lines and the dots on Doric friezes

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What is the difference between krater and amphora vases?

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Krater vases have wider necks

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What was the center of the Hellenistic world and what country what was it in?

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Pergamon in Turkey

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What is the main difference between Hellenistic sculpture and Classical sculpture?

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Hellenistic sculpture is not idealized

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What four things are commonly portrayed in Hellenistic art?

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Women, emotion, drapery, and DRAMA

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What do the Greeks want to understand?

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Patterns in life

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What are the adjective forms of ethos and pathos?

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Ethical and pathetic

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What are the artistic periods of Greece so far in our studies, in chronological order?

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Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic, Classical (early and high), and Hellenistic

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What are the Greek ideals of harmony and order replaced with after the Peloponnesian war?

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Skepticism and cynicism

47
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What are Corinthian capitals?

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Decorative leaf things

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What does Plato study?

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Transcendental things

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What does Aristotle study?

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Material things

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Why did Socrates die?

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He believed obeying his condemnation was the ethical thing to do

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Who does Diogenes look for?

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An honest man

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What did the “Dipylon Krater” do?

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Grave marker at Dipylon cemetary

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What characteristics marked sculpture in the Orientalizing Period?

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Long hair, frontal, static (Egyptian influences)

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What function did the Kouros and Kore serve?

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Memorial (replaced krater)

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To which architectural order do caryatids belong?

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Ionic

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Who was the first recorded sculptor?

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Myron

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What was the significance of “Hermes & Baby Dionysus”?

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Baby and adult shown together: humanization

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What began the Hellenistic Period?

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The death of Alexander the Great

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What did “Dying Gaul” show?

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Empathy for enemy soldier (less hubris over war victory than in Classical sculpture)

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Why was the “Aphrodite of Melos” considered so attractive?

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Her falling dress provided temptation

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What was the greatest building program of pre-Roman times?

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The Parthenon

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ID - Cycladic Female Figure

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Cycladic, Prehistoric 2500-2300 BCE

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ID - Lyre Player

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Cycladic, Prehistoric 2700-2500 BCE

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ID - Snake Goddess

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Minoan, Late Minoan Period

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ID - Royal Treasury Atreus (Beehive Tombs)

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Mycenaean, 1300-1250 BCE

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ID - Warrior Vase

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Mycenaean, 1200 BCE

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Where were the Cycladic statuettes?

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Buried with the dead

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What defined Minoan art?

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Vital, nature based, curvilinear shapes, no concern with afterlife, biomorphic

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When was the potter’s wheel discovered?

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2000 BCE

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What did the Palace at Knossos inspire and why?

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The tale of the minotaur because it’s a rambling, open-air labyrinth

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Why does Mycenaean art differ from Minoan and how?

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Because their cultures differ; Mycenaean art focuses on war (Homeric theme) instead of nature

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What virtues are illustrated in Homeric works?

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Heroism, strength, loyalty, courage, etc.

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What is a corbeled vault?

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Overlapping stones that create a vaulted arch

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What did the Mycenaeans believe built the “Lion Gate”?

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A cyclops: that’s why it’s called cyclopean architecture

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What does repousse mean and what is the repousse technique used for?

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To push out; for sculptures like the gold “Funeral Mask”

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What is Fresco Buono?

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“True fresco”, painting on wet plaster

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What is Fresco Secco?

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Painting on dry plaster

78
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HOMERIC THEME HOMERIC THEME HOMERIC THEME

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HOMERIC THEME HOMERIC THEME HOMERIC THEME

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