Unit 2 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Funerary Krater
- from geometric period
- 750-735 BCE
- found in Dipylon cemetary
- narratives of a funeral and mourning
Anavysos Kouros
- 530 BCE
- cemetery near Athens
- depicts more skill, more realism, more muscle
“Peplos” Kore
- 530 BCE
- from Akropolis
- peplos is her garment
- may have had an attribute in left hand
- votive figure
Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game
- by Exekias
- 540-530 BCE
- black figure, on pottery (amphora)
- depicts famous story about Trojan war
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
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
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
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
Greek Late Classical period
- 400-323 BCE
- shows influence of other cultures, expanded trade
- shift in theme from war to peace
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
Hellenistic Period
- 323-30 BCE
- motion, emotion, and diversity in subject
- shows influence from other cultures
- fukc
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
Couple Reclining on a Sarcophagus
- Etruscan
- shows their relaxed and casual views on death
Capitoline She Wolf
- Original wolf was Etruscan, Romulus and Remus were added later during the renaissance
- commissioned from Romans
- depicts Roman origin story
Roman Republic
lasted 509-27 BCE
Early Empire
27 BCE to 96 CE
-innovations in architecture
Pont du Gard
The Huge Arch Bridge
- Roman type aqueduct
- in France. Demonstrates the expanse of the Roman Empire
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.
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
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
Pantheon
110 CE
-largest standing unsupported dome (coffer)
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
all i got on this one is that equestrian monuments are power
Arch of Constantine
it was already a sculpture, re-purposed for Constantine (the man who legitimized Christianity). originally for hadrian (???)
