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Laocoon
-Hellenistic
-1 AD
-Created by Rhodes scholars
-Scene in the Aeneid
-Was the pinnacle of expressionism, depicting great agony of Laocoon and his sons
-Great influence on renaissance sculpture
-Unusual that it is a sculptural group
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Old Market Woman
-Hellenistic, 150-100 BC
-Part of a set of roughly 10 sculptures that depicted common people hyper realistically
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Nike of Samothrace
-Hellenistic, 190 BC
-Victory embodiment of Athena
-Shows her landing on the prow of a ship in great detail, including the effect of sea spray and other realistic elements that would accompany such a situation |
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Dying Gaul
-Hellenistic 230-220 BC
-Located at the Pergamon altar
-Shows death with dignity, respect for opponent
-Distinguished as Gaul by his torque and his fierce hairstyle |
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Apoxyomenos
-Classical 330 BC
-Created by sculptor Lysippos
-Shift in the canon of proportions laid out by Polykleitos
-Not a heroic pose but rather cleaning himself after excercising |
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Aphrodite of Knidos
-Classical 350-340 BC
-Nude yet not an erotic sculpture, bathing and thus unaware of audience
-Created by sculptor Praxitallus
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Stele of Hegeso
-Classical, 400 BC
-Grave marker, 3rd type yet seen in Ancient Greece
-Enclosed area shows the secluded life which women were forced to live
-Shows drapery |
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Nike Adjusting Her Sandal
-Classical 410 BC
-Located on the balistrate of the temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis
-Shows great appreciation for arete, or balance, as she strikes a near impossible pose with ease
-Shows significant skill in drapery and the impression of her body |
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Temple of Athena Nike
-Classical 427-424 BC
-Created by one of the archtiects of the Parthenon, Kalikrates
-Smallest building on the acropolis
-Display of hubris for Athenian victory in Persian War |
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The Parthenon
-Classical 447-438 BC
-Architects: Kalikrates and Iktinos
-Perfectly proportioned
-House 38 ft statue of Athena
-Example of Greek use of alexamatta, or slightly altering the dimensions of the building to make it more visually appealing
- Frieze showed Panathenaic games, metopes show centauromachy, sculptures show the competition of the patron god of Athens |
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Doryphoros
-Classical 450-440 BC
-Artist: Polykleitos, who devised the perfect human proportions as 7:1 in his work Canon
-Would orignally have held a spear, demonstrating the might of the Athenian military
-pronounced contrapposto pose |
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Diskobolos
-Classical 450 BC
-Sculpted by Myron
-Illustrates Greek ideal of arete, complete control of human movement right before the discus is released
-Mind in complete control of the body
-Roman copy, Greek original would not have had the balancing stone |
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Kritios Boy
-Classical 480 BC
-First introduction of contrapposto
-No archaic smile or orientalizing influences |
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Death of Sarpedon Krater
-Archaic 515 BC
-Creator: Euphronas
-Tells story of Trojan hero Sarpedon, son of Zeus, who was carried away by gods including Hermes (psychopompus) upon his death in the Trojan war
-Red figure vase |
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Panathenaic Prize Amphora
-Archaic 530 BC
-Euphiletos was the creator
-Would have been filled with olive oil from the sacrd olive tree awarded to Athens by Atehna and awarded to the winner in the Sprinting competition |
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West Pediment of the temple of Artemis
-Archaic 550 BC
-Shows Medusa as a guardian figure
-Sculptors learning how to fill a triangle space, shows willingness to work within the pediment |
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Temple of Hera I
-Archaic 550 BC
-Located in Italy, near Naples
-Shows strong pattern of triglyphs and metopes
-uses 3:1 ratio
-columns were more squat due to the archaic style |
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Kouros from Anavysos
-Archaic 530 BC
-Embodiment of archaic style, with archaic smile to show emotion and orientalized features, such as the braided hair adopted from Egypt and other eastern cultures |
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Lady of Auxerre
-Transitional between Geometric and Archaic, 650-625 BC
-Geometric due to flat dimensions
-Clothed like all kore
-Shows orientalizing influences in her hair
-Would have been a grave marker |
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Krater from Dipylon
-Geometric, 650-625 BC
-Located at Dipylon cemetery, one of Athens main cemeteries
-Characterized by geometric shapes and meander pattern
-Funerary, used to pour libations, and shows the dead man |
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Tholos, Treasury of Atreus
-Mycenean, 1300-1250 BC
-Mistaken for a treasury, but actually a round tomb, known as a tholos
-Largest dome in western world until the Pantheon
-Made without mortar, all corbelled stone |
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Toreador Fresco
-Minoan, 1450-1400 BC
-Bulls were sacred
-Was true fresco on wet plaster and thus was more hardy
-Lighter figures female, darker figure male |
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