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Quiz 2: Greek Art & Architecture
Virginia Tech
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
03/28/2018

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know these
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know these too
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temple of apollo at thermon
625 BCE
wood & terracotta
origins of the doric order in wood
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temple of hera at olympia
600-580 BCE
peripteral: porch all around exterior
echinuses inconsistent (upgrading? rotting wood?)
more nervous about distance between supports
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temple of artemis at corfu
580 BCE
peripteral
all stone (early)
arch sculpture (pediments)
large scale
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temple of artemis at corfu
580 BCE
pedimental sculpture
medusa, pegasus
huge af
apotropaic
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know these : ionic version
evolved fr wooden prototypes? no transition
maybe from aeolic order
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temple of artemis at ephesos
560 BCE
lower column bases carved with sculpture
dipteral: two rows of columns around outer porch
180 ft x 377 feet (huge af)
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coins from the temple of artemis at ephesos
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Temple of hera at samos
560 BCE
179x365 ft
rhoikos and theodoros temple
dipteral (tripteral on facades)
destroyed by 530 BCE
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delphi
sanctuary of apollo
panhellenic
pythian games
temple of apollo
treasury of the siphnians
treasury of the athenians
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treasury of the siphnians
530 BCE
20 x 28 ft
karyatid porch
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karyatid from siphnian treasury
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continuous frieze from siphnian treasury
battle of gods and giants
gigantomachy
greeks fighting trojans
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pediment on siphnian treasury
struggle for the tripod
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athenian treasury
doric order
490-480 BCE
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carved metopes
from athenian treasury
labors of herakles
490-480 BCE
herakles and the hind of ceryneia
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male sculpture & plural
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kouros (kouroi)
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female sculpture & plural
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kore (korai)
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New York Kouros
600 BCE
6'3"
marble
probably funerary
stylized and formal
symmetrical
emphasis on patern
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sounion kouros
580 BCE
temple of apollo at sounion
9'10"
fishbone anatomy
ear looks like a volute and/or LBJ
huge eyes
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archaic dedications from sanctuary of hera at samos
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kouros from samos
cheramys kore
genelaos group
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kouros from samos
580-570 BCE
15.58 feet
veins in marble used to define muscles
no incised lines
a little more natural
eyes smaller, shape different
from sanctuary of hera at samos
archaic dedication
"isches, son of rhesis, dedicated this"
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Cheramys Kore (Hera of Samos)
dedicated by Cheramys
570-560 BCE
archaic dedication from the sanctuary of hera at samos
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genelaos group
560-550 BCE
gen was sculptor
Eastern thing to be reclining like that
more common on mainland for males to be nude than in the east
archaic dedication from sanctuary of hera at samos
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Ornithe from the genelaos group
rockin a chiton
peplos
mantle/himation
even braids and folds
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know these holla
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kleobis and biton
580 BCE
archaic dedications from sanctuary of apollo at delphi
happy bc they died after praise serving their mother
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Kerameikos Kouros
discovered 2002
horizontal lines, fishbone anatomy
ears like sounion koros
side of face flat plane
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Moschophoros
560 BCE
archaic dedications from the sanctuary of athena, akropolis, athens
calf bearer
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Peplos kore
530 BCE
archaic dedications from the sanctuary of athena, akropolis, athens
would have been brightly colored
drill hole on top of her head for bronze mystery attachment
under life size
smile to create natural depth to face, moving away from flatness
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Anavysos Kouros
aka Kroisos Kouros
530 BCE
died in battle
compared visually to apollo
a little more realistic
not as stark
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Akropolis 681
Antenor's Kore
530-520 BCE
diagonal mantle
organ pipe folds
signed Antenor
dedicated by nearchos
7.07 feet
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Akropolis 674
Euthydikos Kore
500-490 BCE
don't need to smile to make planes of face
more natural and relaxed
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Polyxena Sarcophagus
520-500 BCE
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Why study greek vases
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quantity
distribution
shapes and functions
connoisseurship
iconography
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Attic black figure
dinos "sophilos megraphsen"
600-575 BCE
71 CM tall
sophilos
fragment of a dinos
funeral games of patroklos
"patroxlus atla achiles"
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Francois Vase
volute krater
570 BCE
Florence
signed Kleitias (painter) and ergotimas (potter)
26" tall 22.5" diameter
battle of pygmies and cranes at bottom
orientalizing frieze
achilles and troilos at the fountainhouse
wedding of achilles parents
funeral games of patroklos (acihlles friend)
calydonian boar hunt (achilles dad involved)
Side B changes to theseus and ariadne escaping minotaur, centauromachy, and return of dionysos
everyone labeled
how to read?
smashed and reput together
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Exekias
Ajax and Achilles playing dice
540-530 BCE
heavily decorated with florals and stars
moment he chooses to depict
tension but also calm
holding weapons
"four" "three" being said
even in game achilles is greater
one main panel to focus on
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Exekias
amphora
suicide of ajax
tension before falling on sword
loneliness enhanced by single palm
helmet and armor facing him arranged into ghost of ajax
540 BCE
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Amasis Painter
530 BCE
Wurzburg
satyrs making wine
visual on how to make wine
making work fun
not perfect human proportions
spectrom of satyrs so these don't have hooves
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Arkesilas Cup
from sparta (Laconia)
now in paris
550 BCE
merchant activity
big scale
lil animals all over
deck of ship maybe
made of regional laconian clay
open/closed lotus around outside
"laconic" = reserved
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Hunt scene
Amasis painter amphora
550 BCE
hare: love gift from older to younger men
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Herakles and Bull
520 BCE
Lysippides/Andokides Painter
Bilingual Vases
introduction of red figure technique
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Herakles at Banquet
525 BCE
Lysippides/Andokides painter
bilingual vase
both sides not completely identical
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origins of pottery??
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cheap imitations of metal vessels? red figure technique looks like tarnished silver with bronze inlay
case painters not really mentioned in antiquity
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White ground technique
lekythos (oil jar)
looks like ivory
always used in funerary context
keep lamps burning at tomb
paint colors don't stick to white well
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first generation of red figure painters
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pioneers
explored new technique to extreme
complicated details and body poses
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Interior of a cup by Psiax
520-500 BCE
pioneer painter
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Death of sarpedon
euphronios
520-510 BCE
pioneer
distinctive eyelashes
hermes in center
hypnos and thanatos lifting body off battlefield
bonkers detailed
terracotta crumbs to make curly beard
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Kalyx Krater
Herakles and Antaeus
Euphronios
510 BCE
herakles and giant antaeus
different textures in hair
balanced in triangular composition but giant is actually massive
6 pack abs all around
vase painters looking at torsion where koros figures still are not
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Euthymides
Amphora Revelers
510 BCE
"as never before, euphronios"
come at me bro to his competitor
middle figure torsion hella
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Cup by the Berlin Painter
Ganymede
we out here lookin at ankles
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drawbacks to connoisseurship
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unattested value
application beyond practicality
what it ignores
validity
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local sanctuary to athena
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akropolis
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local marketplace
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agora
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dates of persian wars
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490-480 BCE
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dates of archaic period
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600 to 480 BCE
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hekatompedon pediments
archaic akropolis
limestone lions mauling bulls
570-560 BCE
building known only from inscription
bluebeard group snakey monster vs herakles
bird, wave, wheat
allegory of political union?
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Archaic foundations visible on the akropolis
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old athena temple (dorpfeld foundations)
temple to athena polias
same spot as geometric temple
530-525 BCE
41x20m kinda small but not tiny
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plan of old athena temple
archaic akropolis
limestone with some marble
530-525 BCE
retaining wall under porch of later erechtheion
athena polias (of the city)
cult statue of olive wood only thing they saved in persian akropolis
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Pedimental sculpture from old athena temple
marble
520s BCE
peisistratid, probably
gigantomachy
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pediment: intro of herakles to olympus
540-530 BCE
no remains of builidng
maybe a treasury? parts of at least six smaller buildings
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plan of the older parthenon
489-480 BCE
halfway built when the air nation attacked
foundation walls under classical parthenon
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pan athens festival
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panathenaia
procession through city and agora
carry new peplos to cult statue
every 4 years: great panathenaia (games)
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Panathenaic amphora
525 BCE
TON ATHENETHEN ATHLON (from the games at athens)
always black figure
consistent shape, size, inscription
1200 made for each games, 300 survive
10 gallon capacity
image of fighting athena on one side and sport on the other
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map of agora
important builidngs
altar of the 12 gods
522-521 BCE
fountainhouse
550-500 BCE
fresh water for free
good PR move for tyrant
stoas: porches
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tyrant slayers
tyrannicides
harmodius and aristogeiton
roman copy
killed tyrant hipparchos
OG group in 513 in agora
looted
later version set up 477 BCE
athenian mythmaking
really killed in lover's quarrel
is this an archaic replica or an early classical reinterpretationi
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Delphi
athenian treasury
doric order
490-480 BCE
carved metopes with labors of herakles
deeds of theseus
herakles: panhellenic hero
theseus: attic hero
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Kleophrades Painter
hydria found in nola
sack of troy
500-480 BCE
trojan war as metaphor for persian wars
son of achilles beats priam; death of axtyanax; rape of kassandra by lesser ajax
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Drinking cup
kylix
attributed to brygos painter
wurzburg
490 BCE
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Kritios Youth
Athens
Akropolis
480 BCE
found in persian destruction so must be pre-480 but looks early classical
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What changes are taking place in Athens in 510-480 BCE
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Replace tyranny with democracy
expel persians from greece
artistic shift toward naturalistic representation
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impact of democracy
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athenian superiority
civic engagement important
sophrosyne
hybris
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mental balance, character, strong mind, attitude over action
Definition
sophrosyne
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arrogance based on raw power
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hybris
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Antimenes Painter
520 BCE
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Temple of aphaia at aegina
pedimental sculpture
West pediment
500-490 BCE
would have been painted
costume complexity
archaic
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Temple of aphaia at aegina
pedimental sculpture
East Pediment
490-480 BCE
early classical
using current style
more expression
not matching old side
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Olympia sanctuary of zeus
"the moneymaker"
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Olympia sanctuary
temple of zeus
460 BCE
cult statue (designed by Pheidias as classical afterthought)(one of 7 wonders of ancient world)
east pediment: chariot race of pelops and oinomaos
west: centauromachy
12 metopes: labors of herakles
shelly limestone
largest temple on mainland when built
covered with stucco to look more marbly
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East pediment
temple of zeus at olympia
oinomaos vs pelops chariot race
Iamos (seer) in corner
groom pickin at his toe
pelops is a cheater
this was moment before the race
characters straight and frontal
cheerio hair
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Detail west pediment
temple of zeus at olympia
centauromachy
apollo just chillin
faces not matching action (ex. bitey mcgee)
doughy fabric
wedding of lapith tribe where the centaurs got white girl wasted and trashed it
marble
apollo's hair lookin like a snak #frosting and sitting like a wig
almond shaped eyes with heavy lids v early classical
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12 labors metopes
temple of zeus at olympia
first time they were numbered
maturation process
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delphi charioteer
470-450 BCE
polyzalos of gela
dedication from victor
bronze
male in clothes bc part of identity
huge level of detail but still expressionless
Gala wealthy colony in South italy (tyrant rule) (the breadbasket)
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Artemesion Zeus
460-450 BCE
throwing his thunderbolt
exists in one flat plane
starafishy
helmet hair
arms a little long to enhance composition
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Doryphoros: spearbearer
440 BCE
greek canon of bodily proportion
Polykleitos: sculptor who wrote treatise on the canon
contrapposto
symmetria
mathmatical system of relationships
statue hovering and hard to pin down
concept of restraint
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portrait of perikles
roman copy
460 BCE
facial features not specific at all
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years of periklean building program in athens
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450-400 BCE
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order of people paying tribute to athens
Definition
delian league
athenian league
athenian empire
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years of peloponnesian war
Definition
431-404 BCE
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six, two, one, four
Definition
athens akropolis
6: parthenon
2: propylaeia
1: athena nike temple
4: erechtheion
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years of parthenon
Definition
447-432 BCE
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plan of the parthenon
very wide cella with interior collonnade
made of pentelic marble
architectural refinements
platform bulge
columns with entasis
no 90 degree angle on any block
each stone custom fit
extreme detail
2 carved pediments
92 carved metopes around exterior
continuous frieze under porch
ionic elements: columns in opposthodamus, continuous frieze
bead and reel
parthenos: virgin
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Parthenon
east pediment details
wet style fabric
selene and chariot
horses poppin
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West pediment of parthenon
contest between athena and poseidon
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South metopes of parthenon
centauromachy
scenes can expand or contract with size or space
deep relief, some pieces totally in the round
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parthenon frieze
panathenaic procession
missing metal attachment
each body is crazy different
drapery a little doughier
where's the boat though
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cult statue of athena in parthenon
40 feet tall
gold, ivory, silver over wood
did not survive
nike in her hand life size
gold in lates, needed 2500 lbs
possibly what became of delian league treasury
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person all about connoisseurship
Definition
JD Beazley
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person looking to identify hand of artist
Definition
Morelli
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we will not rebuild: athens
Definition
oath of plateia
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