Aegen art

(kingdom order)

cycladic, minoan, and Mycenaen
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cycladic figure

woman/male

abstract

found in graves

marble

2500-2000


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Kamares Ware

 Crete 

minoan
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Palace at knossos

Minoan

Home of King minos and Theseus (greek hero that battled minotaur) In Crete

Central court surrounded by fairly in fortified grouping of buildings/ system of terracotta pipes/ bulbous columns

 

 
filled with fresco's (arthor evens evacuated site)
 
 
 
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Bull leaping from the palace at Knossos

minoan

true wet fresco

 

 

 

 

Man jumping boar

 

1400 BCE 

Bull leaping elongated figures with thin waist 

Shows both men in woman

wet true fresco

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Snake goddesses

Minoan

from palace of Knossos

Faience

Hypnotic glaze

Snake charmer

cat on head


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Harvester Vase

minoan

Crete

Steatite

A libation vassal

Overlapping figures

muscular and skeletal structures

Narrative


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Lion gate

 Mycenaean

Used to scare off enemies

 corbelling 
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Treasury of Atreus

Tholos beehive tomb

men buried with weapons and cups

Woman with jewelry

Mycenaean

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Funerary Mark

Mycenaean

beaten gold

 

repousse

 death mask suggesting an attempt at capturing individualized features

 

 

repousse

death mask suggesting an attempt at capturing individualized features


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dagger  blade

kept in the tombs

 Mycenaean

 

 

 

 

 

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Warrior vase

Mycenaean

(krater- bowl for mixing wine with water)

repetition without variety or excessive ornament


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Hermes and infant dionysos

marble (bronze origional)

from temple of Hera

S-curve body

soft playful

Praxiteles

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Apoxyomenos

Lysippos

leaf cover up christianity 

s-curve
marble
 

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Mosaics from Pella

and were found mainly in two houses of the city, the "House of Dionysos" and the "House of the Abduction of Helen

pebble moisics

shows hunts

 

late classical

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battle of issus

stone pebble mosiac 

depicting Greek defeat over Guals

Hellenistic

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Corinthian order

Hellenistic

Most fancy

 

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Agora 

Temple 

city planning

Hellenistic

 

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Alter of Zeus 

Hellenistic

battle between gods and gaints alludes to the victory of king attalos 1 over the gauls

 

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Dipylon Krator

Geometric period (greek)

Used as a grave marker

overlapping figures

 

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Mantiklos Apollo (very youthful)

orientalizing

absract

no aurthor known 

bronze

depicts apollo

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Lady of Auxerre

daedalic style

made up of many geometric shaes

Orientalizing period

note the hair

greek

marble

still no Controposto

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Kouros/Kore

archaic period

begins to show naturalism

archaic smile

Chitin/peplos (kore garments)

 

 

 

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temple of hera 1

made of heavy, closely spaced, cigar shaped columns. Doric order

mostly distroyed, to honor hera

archaic

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Siphnisn treasury and frieze sculpture

lion attacking a person

with a chariot and a person behind it

colorful

shows gigantomachy

marble 

archaic

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francois vase

 archiac

found in an etruscan tomb

many mythological figures are shown

krater

shows both geometric and orientalizing features

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black figure/red figure pottery

exekias

archaic

called a bilingual pot

shows ajax and archilles playing cards

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dying warrior - temple of Aphaia

early classical

body lying down more motion (natural posture)

looking other way

 

 

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Temple of hera 2

modeled afer zues's temple at Olympia

doric

early classical

pediment part of a chariot race

 

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sculpture, temple of Zeus, Olympia

big / goldlike

natural

early classical

 

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kritos boy

no more archaic smile

first sign of contraposto

natural standing 

early classical

 

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charioteer (delphi)

circe perdue

made like raice warriors

bronze

was a full chariot set

no contraposto

stiff, early classical

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discobolos

myron

shows motion

lost origonal

orig: bronze new: marble

early classical

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Doryphoros

Polykleitos

Canon's proportion

contraposto

motion

early classical

bronze

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Acropolis (athens)

on a hill 

made up of the parthenon, erechtion, and temple of athena nike

after anthens burned down

early classical

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parthenon

created by mathmatical proportions

iktinos and kallikrates

doric

classical

ionic frieze

 

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panthenaic procession (ionic frieze)

 East pediment depicting birth of Athena!!

West depicting the contest of Poseidon and Athena

reliefs
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sculpture of Athena (by phidias)

used to honor athena for the gift of the olive tree

made of gold and ivory

holding nike staff (victory) in her hand

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Erectheion / porch of maidens

party of the acropolis

early classical

ionic

caryatids (woman columns)

 

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temple of athena nike

used to honor athena

1 cella to honor the gods

ionic

 

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grave stele of hegeso

shows commoner buying jewery

a grave marker

classical

daily life shown

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aphrodite figures 

praxiteles

first female nude

goddess of live

everyday life (realism)

bathing 

late classical

shy by covering herself

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theatre of epidauros

place of gathering and entertainment

on hillside

late classical

 

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tholos temple

a shrine to the gods

round doric outside/ corinthian inside

late classical

 

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dying Gual

shows pain

hellenistic

portrayed by mustaches, neck bands, and bushy hair

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nike of Samothrace

shows the goddess of victory

realistic wind shown

hellenistic

 

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Aphrodite of Melos (venus de milo)

teasing with lower portion covered

eriotic

marble

hellenistic

 

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old market woman

lower class old

not normally shown detail in age

hellenistic

 

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laocoon

shows lacoon fighting of serphant

hellenistic

motion /marble

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fibula with orientalizing lions

etruscan

shows orientalizing influene

found in the tombs

 

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temples/ model

 

 

Greek Temples

Etruscan Temples

Colonnade:

Around entire perimeter.

Columns only in front.

Steps:

Three steps around perimeter.

Steps on in front.

Porch:

In front of, and behind, the cella.

Only in front of the cella.

Podium:

Small, consisting of three steps.

Tall, with steps only in front.

Cella:

One room.

Three rooms.

Pediment:

Closed and decorated with sculpture.

Open and not decorated.

Sculpture:

In pediments, metopes, and frieze.

On the roof.

 

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apollo from veii

more motion

clothed

detail in cloths

controposto

terra- cotta

on temple roof

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necropolis :  cerveteri tombs

above ground tombs, made of natural materials you can actually walk into them, they have main doorways,  everyday objects inside.  ex bushes mirrors, fibula (fastening pin) (orientalizing period idea’s) idea of repousse and granulation 

etruscan
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reclinging couple sarcophagus

Etruscan

terra- cotta, of man and woman together, woman had higher status , cremation, like sitting on a couch, reclining figures,  man/wife liberal and free-spirited, woman had freedom (unlike greek) only civilization that value’s woman


 

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capitloline wolf

etruscan

 nursed by a she wolf- bronze, larger than life (realistic freestanding) linear lines. Context has watchful animal body, shows muscles, mistaken for Roman, the two kids are baby Remus and Romulus (founders of Rome) romulus king of rome.

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chimera of arezzo

( mythical monster - lion head and goat head) depiced as a composite animal, animated and ferocious 

etruscan
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aule metele

bronze 

Etruscan

wears roman cloths

orator

 

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temples of fortuna, virilis

republic era in Rome

combined Greek and Etruscan ideas

ionic

staircase only in front

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sanctuary of fortuna

roman republic

concreate

made up of barrel vaults, terraces, ramps, shops, and porticos. A tholos temple on top

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style 1

geometric shapes

called the masonry style

trys to imitate marble panels using stucco relief

greek origion

 

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2nd style

depicts pictures/ mysteries

wants a 3d world

frieze

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style 3

has a small picture framish picture on the inside/ otherwise solid color

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style 4

a mix of the first styles background with the images of the 2nd style and then has the small pictures of the 3rd style

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v

fresco/mosaics of pompeii

managed to preserve entire city due to volcanic explosion - mount Vesuvius- basilica adjacent to a forum/ decumanus and cardo - 

tells stories

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augustus of primaporta and livia

Augustus- bronze - classical greek style , never ageing, armor, a general, son of a god

livia- hairstyle changes, but never her face. no age. looks like a goddess

 early roman

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ara pacis augustae

inspired by parthenon frieze, shows reconizable people like children

propoganda to promote child bearing

 

early roman

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maison carree in france

Greek corinthian capitals

set on a high podium

front entrance emphasized

walls of cella pushed out to meet the engaged columns , interior expanded to the maximum size allowed beyond the porch

used as a model for the jefferson state capital

early roman

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pont du gard

aquaducts

ashlar masonry

brings water/ proves Roman supremacy

has keystone holding it up

early roman

heavy arches on bottom light on top

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colosseum

actual name is flavian amphitheature

room for 50000people

concrete core, brick casing , travertine facing. 

76 entrences and exits circle facade

interplay of barrel vaults, groin vaults, and arches

ment for entertainment

early roman

 

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portraits, vespasian, flavian woman

marble

idealized beuty long neck, tilted head

cutting edge fashion

hair shows light and shadow

drill used to create hair

early roman

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arch of titus

early roman

domitian erected this arch to honor titus

victory spandrels around passageway

trumpial arch

victory over jewish wars

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imperial forum of trajan

high roman

built with spoils of dacien wars

largest forum

had equestrian statue of emperor, statues of dacian captives, two libraries, and a basilica

 

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column and arch of trajan

has reliefs on both facades

advertising billbord showing emperors achievements

 

high empire

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pantheon

dedicated to all gods

corinthian capital porch in front

two pediments

drain water

has huge oculus

statues of the gods everywhere

big gathering place

high empire

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hadrian bust

first guy to wear a beard- big thing

lover of all greek

bust - marble

classical greek statues

high empire

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petra

a treasury

high empire

rock cut tomb 

used greek ideals

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marcus aurelius

Antoninies

high empire

equestrian portriat

shown as a conqorer

bronze

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funerary art

tons of layers

a sarcophagus

shows a story

burial over cremation

themes of greek mythology, fighting

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heroic portrait of trebonianus gallus

Severian

bronze

over- life - size

nude

brute force

powerful old man

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ludovisi battle sarcophagus

Chaos battle between roman and barbarians. rejection of classical perspective.

extremely overcrowded with figures overlapping

figures lack individuality

confusion of battle is echoes by congested composition

bearded roman army trounces and defeates barbarians

marble

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four tetrarchs, porphyry

shows the 4 kings that rome got broken into

porphyry - purple

faces and everything looks simular

shapeless bodies beneath cloaking drapery

late empire

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arch of constantine

late empire

showed great old empires

and his achievements

3 arches