Week 7 Flashcards
(12 cards)
Athenian Acropolis
447-432 BCE
Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Marble
Metope
447-432 BCE
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Marble
Lapith - stand in for greeks
Centaurs - stand in for foreign invaders
Full relief - sense that there is depth
Drill - allows the sculptor to create depth
Interior Frieze
447-432 BCE
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Marble
dEPICTS THE PARADE PROCESSION FOR aTHENA. iNCLUDES CAVALRY FOLLOWED BY CHARIOT RACERS, MUSICIANS, PRIESTS, SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS, PRIESTESSES WITH SACRIFICAL OBJECTS, LEADERS, DIPLOMATS, AND STATESMEN.
Erectheion
Athens, Greece
Column in the shape of the goddess Athena, with naturalistic feature
Salt water well and olive tree preserved at the site. Site where Poseidon and Athena competed to become patron god of Athens
Sanctuary of Athena, Tholos
ca. 380-370
Delphi, Greece
Used by the Romans after the athenians, small scale
Columns on the peripheral
Final uses not known
Aphrodite of Knidos
ca. 350 (Roman copy)
Praxiteles, Marble
Artist wanted more drama and more of a role for light, more action, and focus on the action of the human, human essence
women naked - covering herself with her hands
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
4th c. BCE (Roman copy)
Praxiteles, marble
sMALLER HEAD IN PROPORTION TO BODY, SMALLER LIMBS, CURLS PORTRAYING LIGHT VS DARK
STANCE - NATURAL s SHAPE
Scraper
ca. 330 BCE (Roman Copy)
Lysippos, marble
Artist more interested in conveying action
Rather than construct a statue from a large single block of material, uses a new technique
Epidauros Theatre
4th c. BCE
Largest standing theatre in the greek world
Orchestra - stage area. round in shape
acoustic - able to speak lightly from the orchestra and still be heard from the top row
Dying Gaul
ca. 220 BCE (Roman copy)
marble
Commemorates victory over the Gauls. Erected by the king, shows the soldiers in the act of dying
Chieftain shown, in some respect as a greek hero, display in heroic nude
see veins form on the musculature, more naturalistic body
Accurate hair, Gauls would use mud as hairgel
Pergamon Altar
ca. 175-150 BCE
Athena Attacking the Giants
Pergamon, Turkey, marble
Competing with parthenon of Athens. City becomes new center of art in hellenic world
Celebrate previous victory over the Gauls
Athena triumph over a giant, A nike crowns her as winner. Giant’s mother pleads for mercy for her son
Laocoön and His Sons
2nd c. BCE (Roman copy)
marble
Story set to life: priest from troy had visions of the horse bringing ruin and tried to warn others. Was banished from Troy and he and his sons were killed by the gods through snakes
Face portray agony. Son shows confusion
Snake serves as composition device, brings all figures into one compositional figure
