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Humanities - Greek Art
review for the Greek Art test in Mrs. Ames' Humanities class
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Art History
12th Grade
12/15/2010

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Title: Lyre Player from Keros

Period: Cycladic

Time Period: 2000 BC

 

note: harp, chair, person = 3, which is perfect

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Title: Snake Goddess

Period: Minoan

(1600 BC)

 

Women had an elevated position in Minoan society

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Palace at Knossos

Minoan

1600-1400

Crete

 

8000 sq feet, 1400 rooms. Architectural air conditioning, Grand staircase with windows, used a lot of wood instead of marble- more forgiving and restorable.

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Toreador. fresco

Minoan

1500 BC

 

white figures were female, red were male. motion expressed in picture

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Lions Gate

Mycenean

1250 BC

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Dipylon Vase

Geometric

8th Century BC

 

note: repetition of geometric shapes and patterns

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Standing Youth Kouros

Archaic

600 BC

 

note: curly/plaited hair- archaic

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Kroisos Kouros

Archaic

525 BC

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Peoplos Kore

Archaic

520 BC

 

note: braided hair/vapid eyes- archaic

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The Kritios Boy

Classical

480 BC

 

Much more realistic compared to previous human figures - classical

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Poseidon (Zeus)

Classical

460-450 BC

 

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Discobolus (Discus Thrower)

Classical

450 BC

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Dying Warrior

Classical

490 BC

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Hermes with Infant Dionysos

Classical

340 BC

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Victory of Samothrace (Winged Victory)

Hellenistic

200-190 BC

 

Note: Realistic and emotional*- Hellenistic

*Pathos

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Dying Gaul

Hellenistic

230-220 BC

 

Realistic and emotional - Hellenistic

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Laocoon and his Sons

Hellenistic

2nd-1st Century BC

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