Week 5 Flashcards
(9 cards)
Vapheio Cup
ca. 1600-1450 BCE
Greece, gold
Minoan rep bottom cup. Harmonious/in-control of nature. Shown gracefully catching bulls with no aggression from said bulls
Myceneans rep by top cup. Aggressive/militaristic, shown fighting the bulls.
Combination/coming together of Minoans and Myceneans
Bull Leaping
ca. 1550-1450
Knossos, Crete, fresco
Bull shown leaping through lines depicting legs and belly. Head going back. Based on extinct bull that was twice the size of the person.
Light/shading reminiscent of sunsets
Shape of human body reduced and simplified. Dark skin refers to men and light skin refers to women or young children
Tholos
ca. 1300-1200 BCE
Mycenae (Greece)
Carboling
Massive tombs
Dromos - Really long entryway leading to tomb
Relief Triangle - Redirects loading onto the supports. Consider the internal loadings on the center beam
Lion Gate
ca. 1250 BCE
Mycenae. Greece, limestone relief
Relief Triangle - Redirects loading onto the supports. Consider the internal loadings on the center beam
Designs on relief triangle shows lions and a central column
Opening to shoot arrows and hot oil at invaders
Designed so that attackers are exposed, especially when trying to attack/strike
Dipylon Funerary Krater
ca. 740 BCE
Dipylon Cemetary, Athens, Greece
Marks a grave
Open in the bottom to pour a libation
Human bodies painted on Vase shown in rudimentary forms / geometric shapes. Head even further reduced to a circle with one eye. Showing perpetual grief for deceased. Parade of soldiers honoring deceased.
Picther from Corinth
ca. 600 BCE
Corinth - major city based on commerce
Composite creatures including sphinx from Egypt. Line styles from Assyrians
Attica Kouros
ca. 600 BCE
Attica (Greece), Marble
Nude - Beauty for men based on muscles. Athletes were naked, heroes associated with muscles.
Grave marker that lined streets of an acropolis
Shoudlers not broad, face somewhat defined. Similar to egyptian pharoah style
Anavysos Kouros
ca. 530 BCE
Cemetery at Anavysos, (near Athens), marble
More msucular, naturalistic than Attica Kouros
Refined human figre. Realistic foot, knees, leg, abdomen, face
Beauty for men based on muscles. Athletes were naked, heroes associated with muscles.
Peplos Kore
ca. 530
Acropolis, Athens, marble
Kore - Frave markers for girls
Focus on drapery/clothing for beauty for girls
Holding pomegranite, votive figure for the goddess Persephone
