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Chapters 5,6,7
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Art History
10/31/2010

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geometric amphora
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-Greek Geometric Amphora

 

-Terracotta

 

-Grave Marker

 

 

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Polyphemos Painter Amphora
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-Polyphemos Painter, Amphora

 

-Terracotta

 

-Greek Oriental

 

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Achilles and Ajax
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-Amphora showing Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game

 

-Artist: Exekias

 

-Archaic

 

-Shows rivalry between 2 Greek War Heroes

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achilles and penthesilea
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-Amphora showing achilles and penthesilea

 

-Artist: Exekias

 

-Archaic

 

-Fell in love the moment the blade pierced her skin.

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Achilles and penthesilea cup
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-Achilles and Penthesilea Cup Interior

 

-Late Archaic

 

 

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Niobid painter kalyx krater
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-Kalyx Krater, The death of the children of niobe

 

-Artist: Niobid Painter

 

-Late Archaic

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Kalyx crater unidentified scene
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-Kalyx Krater showing unidentified scene

 

-Artist: Niobid painter

 

-Late Archaic

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warrior by grave
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-Warrior by a grave

 

-Artist: Reed Painter

 

-Terracotta

 

-Classical Greece

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issos
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-Battle of Issos 

 

-From the house of faun pompeii

 

-Classical Greece

 

-Made of colored tesserae

 

-Shows Alexander the Great

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new york korous
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-New York Korous from Attica

 

-Greek Archaic 

 

-Has left foot forward (a strong pose displaying dominanace).

 

 

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Untitled
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-Hera of Samos

 

-Artist: Cheramyes Master

 

-Archaic Greek

 

-Votive figure dedicated to Hera

 

 

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peplos kore
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-Peplos Kore

 

-Archaic Greece

 

-Has the "archaic smile"

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kritios boy
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-Kritios Boy

 

-Artist: Kritios

 

-Early Classical Greece

 

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diskobolos
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-Diskobolos

 

-Artist: Myron (cast bronze original)

 

-Early classical

 

 

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warrior from riace
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-Warrior from Riace

 

-Early Classical Greece

 

-Subject is in a strong self confident pose

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polykleitos doryphoros
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-Doryphoros

 

-Artist: Polykleitos

 

-Classical

 

-Original was bronze

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reconstruction
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-Reconstruction of the facade of the siphnian treasury

 

-archaic greece

 

-has caryatids

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athena herakles and atlas
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-Athena Herakles and Atlas

 

-Early classical greece

 

-Part of a set of 12 depicting the labors of herakles

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acropolis
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-Acropolis, Athens

 

-Artist: Perikles

 

-Classical Greek

 

-Was used as a citadel because of its high walls

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east parthenon
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-East end of Parthenon

 

-Artists: Iktinos and Kallikrates

 

-Classical

 

-Sculptural creations were supervised by Phideas, a friend of Perikles

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sculptures from east pediment
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-Sulptures from left side of east pediment of parthenon

 

-Classical

 

-Has 3 goddesses: Iris, Demeter, and Persephone.

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-Lapith and Centaur

 

-Classical

 

-A violent piece, showing strong emotion in centaur enlivens piece

 

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-Equestrian group of north ionic frieze of parthenon

 

-Artist: Phideas

 

-Classical

 

-Uses isocephaly meaning that all heads are generally level

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-Phideas' athena

 

-Classical

 

-She appears armed and well represents the goddess of war

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-Nike Adjusting Her Sandal

 

-Classical Greece

 

-Style on her clothing is called wet drapery

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-Caryatid Porch of Erechtheum

 

-Classical greek

 

-Relaxed contrapposto pose (meaning standing with most weight on one foot).

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-Theater at Epidauros

 

-Late classical greece

 

-Built around orchestra (large circular area meant for dancing).

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-Aphrodite of Knidos

 

-Artist: Praxiteles

 

-Late classical Greece

 

-Compared with classical sculptures, aphrodite is represented with fleshier proportions and a fuller face.

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-The Head of Alexander

 

-Hellenistic

 

-Shows him with hair parted down the middle which became characteristic of his portraits

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-Winged Nike

 

-Hellenistic

 

-Has a lot of movement and shows her wings proudly and triumphantly out stretched

 

 

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-Aphrodite of Melos

 

-Hellenistic greece

 

-Reminiscent of sculptures from the late classical period, displaying women with fleshier proportions 

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-Boxer

 

-Hellenistic

 

-Shows man in a realistic way. Bruised, scarred, and aging.

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-Laocoon and his two sons

 

-Hellenistic

 

-Displays the hellenistic taste for violence.

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-Great Altar of Zeus

 

-Hellenistic

 

-Friezes celebrated the city and its superiority to the gauls

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-Athena Battling with Alkyoneus

 

-Hellenistic

 

-Such works surfaced as a result of political threats to greek supremacy.

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-Temple at Veii

-Late Archaic Etruscan

-Reconstructed using notes and drawings from the Architect Vitruvius
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-Capitoline Wolf

-Etruscan archaic

-Children are Romulus and Remus. (Romulus kills Remus and founds Rome).

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-Wounded Chimera

-Archaic Etruscan

-Hair standing on end, pose suggests it is poised and ready to strike

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-Apollo of Veii

-Arcaic Etruscan

-Similar to Greek counter parts but depicts him as clothed rather than nude
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-Uni nursing Herakles

-Etruscan Archaic

-Signifies Herakles' acceptance into the pantheon

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-Tomb of the shields and chairs

-Etruscan Archaic

-Served as dwelling place for the dead
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-Sarcophagus from Cerveteri

-Etruscan Archaic

-Terracotta, made to hold cremated remains not body.
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-Sarcophagus of Ramtha visnai

-Etruscan Archaic

-Shows couple laying nude together rather than clothed which was typical of greek art of this time.
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-Tomb of the leopards

-Etruscan Archaic

-Depicts women with lighter skin as opposed to the men with darker skin which was typical of other previous works of art.
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-Insula

-Early Roman Empire

-Housing for middle class families
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-Plan of Hadrians Villa

-Republican Rome

-The country villa was invented as a get away from the city
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-Canopus, Hadrians Villa

-Republican Rome

-Hadrian recorded many of the structures he saw while traveling and had them reproduced at his villa.
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-Plan of the Roman and Imperial Forums

-Republican Rome

-Political, religious, social, and commercial centers.

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-Reconstruction of the Forums

-Republican Rome
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-Plan of Basilica Ulpia

-Artist: Apollodorus of Damascus

-Used for commercial transactions and as a law court.
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-Reconstructed cross section of basilica ulpia

-Artist: Apollodorus of damascus

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-Colloseum

-Republican Rome

-Amphitheater for sports, games, and other spectacles.
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-Pont du Gard

-Artist: Marcus Agrippa

-Republican Rome

-A massive irrigation system showing the grandeur of of Rome.
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-Temple of portunus

-Republican Rome

-Raised up off the ground, symbolizing the emperors domination of the city
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-Exterior View of Pantheon

-High Roman Empire

-Dedicated to all the gods
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-Plan and section of the pantheon

-High Roman empire

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-West side of Ara Pacis

-Early Roman Empire

-Was made to celebrate the peace of augustus after he made peace with the Gauls and returned home.
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-South Side of Ara Pacis

-Early Roman Empire

-Shows adults with their children, encouraging members of the aristocracy to have more children.
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-Trajan's Collumn

-High Roman Empire

-Honored the emperors victory over the Dacians
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-The Arch of Titus

-Early Roman Empire

-Celebrated the suppression of a Jewish rebellion

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-Relief from the arch of titus

-High Roman Empire

-Shows a large menorah, reflecting its importance to the jews
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-Arch of constantine

-Late Roman Empire

-Only Arch containing 3 arches

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-Medallions and Hadrianic frieze from arch of constantine.

-Medallions: High Roman empire

-Frieze: Late Roman Empire

-Makes use of spolia (combining old works with new work)
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-Patrician with ancestor busts

-Early Roman Empire

-Shows the importance the romans placed on genealogy

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-Portrait of a young flavian lady

-Early Roman Empire

-Shows woman wearing the characteristic curls up in a top heavy fashion
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-Augustus of prima porta

-Early Roman empire

-It is a likeness but it is idealized.
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-Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius

-High roman empire

-Pictures from coins show that there used to be an enemy cowering beneath the horses raised leg
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-The Tetrarchs

-High Roman empire

-Diocletian established the tetrarchy (four rulers) and each one of them rule a different nation

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-Monumental Head of Constantine

-Late Roman Empire

-Was originally on a throne in the apse of the basilica, demonstrating his power of the roman people.
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-Frescoes at Villa of Mysteries

-Republican Rome

-Depicts a marriage ritual involving dionysus and his wife, ariadne
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-Columns and pediment with pavilion

-Early Roman Empire

-Frescoe with a tiny ornate picture of trees, architecture, and people.
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-Hercules strangling serpents

-Early Roman Empire

-Zeus' wife was jealous and sent the serpents to kill hercules (who was the bastard child of zeus).
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-Mummy case of artemidoros

-High Roman Empire

-Picture of the dead on sarcophagus indicates that being able to recognize the deceased was important even after the romans took over
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Ajax
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-Second to achilles as greatest greek warrior

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Alexander the Great
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-Greek king of Macedon who created one of the largest empires in history.
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Constantine
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-First Christian Roman emperor

-Established religious tolerance for christians in the empire
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Hadrian
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-Apotheosis - he was elevated to divine status

-Built pantheon
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Marcus aurelius
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-Considered one of the last 5 good emperors

-Stoic philosopher

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Augustus
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-First roman emperor

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Penthesilea
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-Fought in the trojan war on the side of troy because she accidentally killed her friend which made her want to kill herself.
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Pericles
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Prominent and influential General of Athens
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Greek philosopher, mathematician, and writer.
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Pliny
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Roman author, philosopher, and naval commander.
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Socrates
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-One of the founders of Western philosophy

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-Trajan
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-Roman emperor and general

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Xerxes
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-Persian king deified himself
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Hera/Juno
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-Wife and sister of zeus

-Queen of gods, women, and marriage
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Athena/Minerva
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-Daughter of Zeus

-Goddess of war and wisdom
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Ares/Mars
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-Son of Zeus

-God of War and Carnage
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Aphrodite/Venus
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-Goddess of love and beauty

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Apollo
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-Sun god

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-Hades/Pluto
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-God of the underworld

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-Dionysus/Bacchus
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-God of wine and theater
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Demeter/Ceres
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-Goddess of Agriculture
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Poseidon/Neptune
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-God of the sea
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Heracles/Hercules
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-God of strength
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Eros/Cupid
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God of love
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Persephone
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Goddess of the underworld
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