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Aegean, Greek Art Flashcards

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5th century BC – an idea from _________

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ateca

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Three Civilizations in Southern Greece

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aMycenaeans

Cycladic

Minoans

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VISION: Society functions best if all citizens are all equal and free to shape their lives and share in the running of their state. (democracy)

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Greek art

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Architecture, art, drama, and philosophy

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Greek art

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Before: order is important
Individual freedom
After the Athenian war: power sharing

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Greek art

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Excess. A free democracy but we obey the rules.

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Greek art

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unlimited freedom can cause chaos. principles.

moderation, balance, self control (carved into stone)

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Greek art

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Pericles

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Greek art

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The Ancient Greeks believe that there is a _________ spark to be found within every mortal.

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divine

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Their gods act like humans with human weaknesses (a difference from society’s before)

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Greek

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before the Greek (miracle?), the great civilizations of the world produced art that was rigid, formal, and ___________ rather than realistic.

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symbolic

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portrayed beauty in the image of man, but idealized.

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Egypt

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no symbols. physical harmony. pure and unadorned.

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Greek art

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Painting

realistic effect

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Greek art

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gods and heroes of greek mythology and contemporary subjects, warfare and drinking parties.

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Greek art

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earliest based design: _______________ style

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geometric

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17
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the __________________: great age of painting

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later archaic period

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(reddish background)

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black figure style

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(530 BC) black background and details

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red figure style

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20
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completely nude unlike females. male as athletes, they compete nudely. women’s body be covered up

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Greek art

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The Kourus boy. the way his stand. ____-shape.

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S

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sculptures lose their stiffness; look human

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contrapposto

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archaic smile disappears

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Classical Style

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signified by graceful relax poses

Apollo Belvedere. original was destroyed

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Classical Style

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Venus de Milo. symbolizes ideal perfection

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Classical Style

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far more dramatic and realistic than the idealized classical style

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Hellenistic Style

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Lincoln Memorial, US Supreme Court, etc.

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Greek Architecture

28
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Neoclassical architecture

The ____________ – patroclus commissioned the building of several temples during the golden age of athens.

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Greek Architecture; acropolis

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– “Patronus” meaning virgin. the crown jewel of the acropolis. dedicated to Athena Patronus or Athena the virgin.

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Parthenote

30
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Show the strength of Athens

White marble parthenote, barely perceptible departures from straight lines. columns curve slightly inward.step platforms are barely arched.

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Greek architecture

31
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bend straight lines to give the illusion of the upward thrust and solid support for the central mass.

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Greek architecture

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Monuments as large sculptures

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Greek architecture

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triangular pediments and horizontal freeze

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Greek architecture

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– facial features weren’t passive (?)

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classic period

35
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– another statue (victory) 6ft height and made from gold

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scale

36
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Cyclopean masonry (Mycenae, Greece Athinaios)

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Aegean Architecture

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______________ is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar.

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Cyclopean masonry

38
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vault formed by layers of stone that gradually grow closer together as they rise until they eventually meet.

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Corbel arch

39
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use of buon fresco (true fresco) instead of fresco secco (dry fresco); Minoans (Toreador Fresco, c. 1400 B.C.E., fresco, Archaeological Museum, Herakleion)

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Aegean Painting

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(Funerary Mask). In repousse (“push back” through a hammer) With curlicue ears.

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Aegean Sculpture

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Cyclopean masonry. Corbelled arches. Funerary mask.

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Mycenaean Art

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“to push back,” a type of metal relief sculpture in which the back side of a plate is hammered to form a raised relief on the front.

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Repousse –

43
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vault formed by layers of stone that gradually grow closer together as they rise until they eventually meet.

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Corbel arch –

44
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a type of construction that uses rough, massive blocks of stone piled one atop the other without mortar; named after Cyclops.

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Cyclopean masonry –

45
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– portable sculptures of stylized standing women and seated men playing musical instruments; linear abstraction, clear lines.

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Cycladic

46
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– build palaces, with columns of bulbous capitals, painted features with long sinuous curves and exaggeratedly narrow waists.

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Minoans

47
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– cyclopean masonry marked by corbelled vaulting; shaft graves with opulent burial practices.

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Mycenaeans

48
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GREEK ART

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(Sparta, Corinth, Athens)

49
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Polykleitos, Doryphoros/Canon, c.450-440 B.C.E., Munich Museum, Munich, Germany

An exemplum of male beauty. Symmetrical. In contrapposto

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Greek Classical Sculpture

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Realistic. More movement. Great variety of expression

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Greek Hellenistic Sculpture

51
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Common subjects include childhood, old age, despair, anger, and drunkenness.

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Greek Hellenistic Sculpture

52
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Employs negative space more freely. Not meant to be placed against a wall. Meant to be seen in the round

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Greek Hellenistic Sculpture

53
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Reflection of Greek painting. Vessels were everyday items. Served as tomb monuments.

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GREEK POTTERY

54
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May reflect scene of the deceased lying on a bier surrounded by mourners. Chariots and warriors complete the grieving procession.

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GREEK POTTERY

55
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Introduced the concept of classical art.

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GREEK

56
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Temples highly influenced the European architecture; with set of columns embracing the __________ where the god is housed; set apart from the city

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cella

57
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Sculpture. Idealized the human form. The beauty of the nude body. Expression of gamut of emotions.

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Greek

58
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Used contrapposto

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(Classical and Hellenistic)

59
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– upright figures; animating smiles

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Archaic art

60
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– contrapposto

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Classical

61
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– greater range of expression and movement

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Hellenistic

62
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The Greeks emphasize the following:

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  • Beauty
  • Strength
  • Harmony
  • Balance
63
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Patronage and Artistic Life. Achievement of artists (Greek potters and painters)

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Greek Art

64
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Golden age for artists. Signature as symbol of accomplishment and advertisement

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Greek Art

65
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(canon of human proportions)

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Polykleitos

66
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(nature of ideal architecture)

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Ictinus

67
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(artistic program on the Acropolis)

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Phidias

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