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"Temple of Ramses II"

New kingdom

rock cut temple

all images of ramses

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"Interior of the temple of Ramses II"

new kingdom

was dissembled and moved

ramses in guise of osiris

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"Hypostyle Hall, temple of Amen-Re"

new kingdom

metaphor for creation myth

lotus columns

hypostyle = roof on columns.

only priests allowed.

roof raised, creating CLERESTORY

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"Model of the hypostyle hall, temple of amen-re"

new kingdom

sunken reliefs on columns

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"Senmut with Princess Nefrua"

new kingdom

hatshephut's chancellor

block statue

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"Nebamun Hunting Fowl"

new kingdom

tomb of nebamun

scribe.

Canon. figures sized according to rank. animals realistic. fresco secco.

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"Akhenaton, from the temple of aton"

Amarna

androgynous

symmetry

new type of headress: Kot

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THUTMOSE

"nefertiti"

amarna

idealized softness

warmth

made by finger measuremeants

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"Tiye"

amarna

Akhenaton's mother

old age

dark yew wood

remodeled to eliminate deity references

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"Akhenaton, nefertiti, and three daughters"

amarna

sunken relief

relaxed

means to promote fertility maybe

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"innermost coffin of Tutankamen"

Post Amarna

pristine. sarcophogus. expressionless

timeless, idealized

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"Death mask of Tutankamen"

 post amarna

traditional false beard and headress

summetry

in the guise of osiris

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"Last judgement of hunefer"

post amarna

from book of dead

canon.

papyrus

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"Taharqo as a sphinx"

25th dynasty ONLY ONE

african features

one of egypts last great kings

Term
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"Figurine of a woman"

cycladic

schematic

marble

triangular

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"Male harp player"

cycladic

sitting

marble

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"Aerial view of the palace at Knossos"

minoan

king minos

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"plan of the palace at knossos"

minoan

maze like

central feature: rectangular court

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"Stairwell in the residential qurter of the palace"

minoan

complez, 3 stories.

terracotta piping underneath.

columns have bulbous capitals,

taper from wide top to narrower base.

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"minoan woman or goddess"

minoan

composite view

elongated

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"Bull leaping (toreador fresco)"

minoan

fresco

ceremonial

animated

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"Landscape with swallows"

minoan

fresco

pure landscape, no humans

capturing essence, not reality

Term
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"Kamares Ware Jar"

minoan

white and red on black background

fish and fishnet

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"Marine style octopus flask"

minoan

switched scheme here, now its dark painted on light background

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"Snake Goddess"

minoan

faience (glazed earthenware)

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"Harvester vase"

minoan

sculpture in the round. low relief.

not idealized. ribs showing.

1st time expressions are rendered.

optical

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"Aerial view of the citadel at tiryns"

mycenaean.

cyclopean

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"Corbel vaulted gallery in walls of tiryns"

myceanaean.

corbeled arch (pointed)

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":Lion Gate at mycenae"

mycenaean.

largest aegean sculpture relief.

confronted lions.

post and lintel opening, corbel arch above that.

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"Treasury of atreus"

mycenae.

tholos (burial chamber)

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"Interior of treasury of atreus"

mycenaean.

corbel.

dome.

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"Funerary mask from grave circle A"

mycenaean.

repousse(metal sculpture pushed out from back).

1st lifesize representation of face.

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"Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt"

mycenaen.

made by minoan for mycenean.

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"Warriors vase"

mycenaen

krater(bowl).

schematized.

woman bidding farewell

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"Geometric krater"

geometric.

wine for the dead. no bottom.

funerary procession design.

Meander(greek key motif)

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"Hero and centaur"

geometric.

bronze. clumsy.

nude human.

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"Mantiklos apollo"

orientalizing.

bronze. votive.

exaggerated.

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"Corinthian black figure amphora"

orentializing.

scratched design. black slip and engobe-- black figure painting. reduction firing.

lamassu and sirens.

registers.

Term
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"Lintel of temple A, prinias"

orientalizing

1st temple with carved reliefs.

confronted goddesses.

frontal lionesses.

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"Lady of auxerre"

orientalizing.

kore.

mortal. daedelic style. rigid.

encaustic(painted with wax)

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"Kouros from Attica"

archaic.

marble. funerary. egyptian pose, but: free from stone block and nude.

daedelic. motion.

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"Calf bearer."

archaic.

dedicated by rhonbos.

marble. forms "X". votive.

older man, archaic smile.

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"Kroisos, from anavysos"

archaic.

kouros. funerary.

more realistic.

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"Peplos Kore"

archaic

4 garments

polychrome

 

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"Kore in Ionian Dress"

painted. chiton and himation dresses

create patterns

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"Temple of Hera I (basilica)"

archaic.

DORIC.

1:2 ratio. herastyle

cella with cult statue

only in archiac temples: central row of columns divide cella

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"West pediment from the temple of artemis"

archaic

medusa

frontal panther, guards temple

heraldic arrangement

no chronology

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"Restored view of the siphnian treasury"

archaic

IONIC

votive inside

caryatids

gigantomochy

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"Gigantomochy from siphnian treasury"

archaic

painted and labelled frieze

metaphor for reason defeating chaos

gods vs giants

marble

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"Temple of Aphaia"

archaic

DORIC

slender columns

filled with lifesize statues

greeks, trojans, athena

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"model of internal elevation and plan, temple of aphaia"

archaic

DORIC

two rows in middle now, instead of just one

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"Dying warrior, west pediment"

archaic

rigid, frontal torso

archaic smile

marble

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"Dying warrior, east pediment"

archaic

more natural than above.

classical.

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KLEITAS AND ERGOTIMOS

"Francious vase"

archaic BLACKWARE

labelled

200 figures, including sphinx

composite view except centaur

 

 

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EXEKIAS

"Achille and Ajax"

archaic BLACKFIGURE

sophisticated narrative

single panel.

exekias best blackfigure painter

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ANDOKIDES PAINTER

"Athenian bilingual amphora"

archaic BLACK+RED

1st of its kind.

 

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EUPHRONIOS

"Herakles wresting"

Archaic RED

foreshortening

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EUTHYMIDES

"Three revelers"

Archaic RED

wine vessel

foreshortening

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"Temple of Hera II, paestem"

EARLY CLASSICAL

based on zeus

ratio 6:14

long

showed hercules

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"Seer from the temple of zeus"

not idealized

shock

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"Kritios boy"

early classical

severe.

S curve

contra

1st to show how humans really stand

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[image]
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"Warrior from riace"

early classical

s curve

hollow cast

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"Zeus or poseidon"

early classical

frestanding

chiastic (X)

Term
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Definition

MYRON

"Diskobolos"

early classical

copy

chalastic arc

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POLYKLEITOS

"Doryphoros spear bearer"

HIGH CLASSICAL

creation of ATHLETE CANON

ratio.

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KRESILAS

"Pericles"

high classical

original wasnt bust. nude.

herm = bust

idealized

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[image]
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"aerial view of Acropolis"

high classical

includes parthenon

doric

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IKTINOS AND KALLIKRATES

"parthenon"

high classical

DORIC but contains IONIC columns in back

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PHIDIAS

"athena parthenos"

high classical

chrysamth

nike

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"lapith vs centaur"

high classical

high relief

natural

triglythe

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"three goddesses"

high classical

fit in pediment triangle

wet drapery; fedian style

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"Caryatid from erechtheion"

high classical

ionic columns replaced with contrapossto kores

2nd largest building

uneven land

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KALLIKRATES

"temple of athena nike"

high classical

IONIC

amphiprostyle

human event

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"Nike adjusting her sandal"

high classical

relief on wall of stairs

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ACHILLES PAINTER

"warrior taking leave"

high classical WHITE

Lekthios (perfume)

meander

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PHIALE PAINTER

"Hermes brinthe infant"

high classical WHITE

contra

emotion

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"youth diving"

high classical WHITE

tomb slab. mural. framing.

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PRAXITELES

"aphrodite of knidos"

late classical

prax best at females

about to bathe

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PRAXITELES

"hermes and the infant"

late classical

s curve

relaxing the usual canon
long

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LYSIPPOS

"apoxyomenos (scraper)"

new slender canon

s curve

nervous

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GNOSIS

"stag hunt"

late classical

idealized nudes

1st signed mosaic

pebble mosaic

Term
[image]
Definition

PHILOXENOS

"Battle of issus"

mosaic copy using tessarae

foreshortened horses

Term
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POLYKLEITOS THE YOUNGER

"Theater"

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"Altar of Zeus"

Hellenistic

grand scale

atop an acropolis.

IONIC. exaggeration of stylobate(base) and stairs

giants vs gods

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[image]
Definition

"Athena battling alkyoneos"

hellenistic

furious action

deep undercuts

baroque

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[image]
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EPIGONOS

"Gallic chieftain killing kimself and wife"

foreigners

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Definition

EPIGONOS

"Dying Gaul"

foreign gaul. wounded.

exaggerated

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[image]
Definition

"nike of samothrace"

hellenistic

giving crown to captain

s curve, contra

fountain creates atmosphere

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ALEXANDROS

"venus de milo"

hellenistic

sensual

missing arm holding apple

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"Barberini faun"

hellenistic

sexual. drunk. sleeping.

chaistic (x)

 

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"Seated boxer"

naturalism

greeks begin showing imperfect aged bodies

ruthless veracity -->trying for viewer response

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"old market woman"

hellenistic

not portrait, representation.

Term
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POLYEUKTOS

"demosthenes"

real person. orator.

not idealized.

Term
[image]
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ATHAN, HAGE, and POLY

"Laocoon and his sons"

hellenistic

fate of priest of apollo.

serpant killing him

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"Model of a typical etrsucan temple"

etruscan

urn in shape of building. tile. non peripteral. wood columns at front only: "Tuscan order" on bases, wideley spaced, square ratio

3 deities in temple, each with own cella.

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"Apulu (apollo of veii)"

etruscan

looks a lot like archaic age with smile.

clay.

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[image]
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"sarcophagus with reclining couple"

etruscan

terracotta. awkward pose. happy.

stylized portraits.

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[image]
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"tumuli in the banditaccia necropolis"

etruscan

mounds. wanted all stuf with them when die. decorated tombs made of rock. for entire family. cremation.

Term
[image]
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"interior of tomb of reliefs"

etruscan

stucco reliefs represent domestic goods.

Term
[image]
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"Interior of tomb of leopards"

etruscan

confronted animals

happy portrayal of afterlife.

composite view.

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"capitoline wolf"

etruscan

kids are renaissance addition.

hollow bronze cast.

balanced naturalism and stylizism.

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