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02/12/2010

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Term
How did the concept of weight shift evolve throughout the Greek time periods?
Definition
It went from a very stiff and rigid in the Archaic period to being very fluid in the Hellenistic period.
Term
What are the seven distinct time periods in the Greek period?
Definition

  Geometric

  Orientalizing

     Archaic

     Early Classical

     High Classical

     Late Classical

     Hellenistic

Term
What was used during the Greek period to create a perfect proportionate statue and who was it created by?
Definition
A Canon of proportions; Polykeitos
Term
Idealism is to Classical as __________ is to Hellenistic
Definition
Realism
Term

What is the hallmark of many of Praxiteles’ statutes in the Late Classical period?

Definition
S-Curve
Term
  1. What did Classical sculptures use to emphasize the beauty of the female body? Give an example.
Definition

 tight almost transparent “drapery” as if drenched with water; Three Goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?), Nike adjusting her sandal, Grave stele of Hegeso, Nike of Samothrace

Term

What are the three distinct column orders of the Greek period?

Definition

Doric Order, Ionic Order, Corinthian Capital Order

Term

Athena Parthenos was a “chryselephantine” statue. What does this refer to?

Definition
It was fashioned of gold and ivory
Term
What sculpture was the embodiment of Polykeitos’ vision of the ideal statue of a nude male athlete or warrior?
Definition
Doryphoros
Term
What was one of the great achievements of Hellenistic artists? Give an example.
Definition
redefinition of portraiture; Demosthenes by Polyeuktos
Term

What period, in Greek times, contained statues emulating Egyptian stance? Give an example of an art work and describe the stance.

Definition

Archaic 600 BCE- 480 BCE

Term

What emotional expression developed during the archaic period?

Definition

Archaic smile

Term

The gorgon Medusa is located on the west pediment of which temple?

Definition

Temple of Artemis

Term

 Describe the differences between Doric and Ionic columns

Definition

Doric contained echinus and raking; replaced with Ionic volutes

Ionic added a base

Term

During the eighth century BCE, the human figure returned to Greek Art painted on surfaces of ceramic pots. Give an example of an artwork and explain the uses for the pot.

Definition
Geometric Krater- mixing bowl &grave marker
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