Flashcards in Unit 2 Deck (23)
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Funerary Krater
-from geometric period
-750-735 BCE
-found in Dipylon cemetary
-narratives of a funeral and mourning
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Anavysos Kouros
-530 BCE
-cemetery near Athens
-depicts more skill, more realism, more muscle
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"Peplos" Kore
-530 BCE
-from Akropolis
-peplos is her garment
-may have had an attribute in left hand
-votive figure
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Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game
-by Exekias
-540-530 BCE
-black figure, on pottery (amphora)
-depicts famous story about Trojan war
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Greek Archaic Period traits
-600-480 BCE
-Archaic smile
-themes of war and religion
-humanism/self pride
-black figure/red figure vessels
-stiff and frontal
-doric/ionic architecture
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Greek High Classical period traits
-450-400 BCE
-contrapposto
-No more archaic smile
-more detailed, more skilled
-cire perdue (lost wax)
-wet drapery
-high relief
-corinthian architecture
-idealistic and generic
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The Parthenon
-high classical
-worshiping center
-peristyle along outside, inside chamber called cella
-only priests go in cella
-40 ft ivory/gold Athena statue idol inside
-wet drapery on tabuleture
-people worshiped outside
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Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
-450-440 BCE
-Polykleitos was the artist
-only remaining copy is Roman, made of marble, original was bronze cast
-delicately balanced just so it won't tip over
-stump/brace is Roman addition (for stability)
-idealistic in body proportions and aesthetic
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Greek Late Classical period
-400-323 BCE
-shows influence of other cultures, expanded trade
-shift in theme from war to peace
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Hermes and the Infant Dionysos
-depicts exactly what you'd expect
-exudes an air of peace
-interaction between adult and child, loving
-shows evolution from war themes to peace themes
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Hellenistic Period
-323-30 BCE
-motion, emotion, and diversity in subject
-shows influence from other cultures
-fukc
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Laocoon and His Sons
-Hellenistic
-very dramatic, tells a story of the Trojan War
-go d this is just a really good sculpture
-emotional evolution
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Couple Reclining on a Sarcophagus
-Etruscan
-shows their relaxed and casual views on death
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Capitoline She Wolf
-Original wolf was Etruscan, Romulus and Remus were added later during the renaissance
-commissioned from Romans
-depicts Roman origin story
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Roman Republic
lasted 509-27 BCE
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Early Empire
27 BCE to 96 CE
-innovations in architecture
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Pont du Gard
The Huge Arch Bridge
-Roman type aqueduct
-in France. Demonstrates the expanse of the Roman Empire
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Augustus of Primaporta
-20 BCE
-depicts Augustus, the man responsible for like 200 years of peace in Rome after the horrible wars of the first triumvirate
-He is Noble. He wears Armor. His stance is strong. Cupid is at his feet. this links him to divinity
-they liked him, man.
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Ara Pacis Augustae - Imperial Procession
-erected in honor of. well. augustan peace
-portraits of people supposedly there at the time
-mix of high and low relief
-looks really good ok
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Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus - Villa of Mysteries
60-50 BCE
-fake marbling with good ol Roman concrete
-made to look like a real space. styled on the walls as if it were a backdrop
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Pantheon
110 CE
-largest standing unsupported dome (coffer)
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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
all i got on this one is that equestrian monuments are power
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