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750-700 BCE
Athens
"Geometric Period"
full frontal or full profile
any sort of 3d rendition avoided
despite the basic rendering of the human form, deep sense of loss and agony still conveyed
** unlike egyptian, focuses on survivors mourning, not the dead's afterlife |
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550 BCE
@ Paestum, Italy
"Archaic Period"
stylobate= stepped foundation
peristyle= rows of columns
squat, swelling, robust, solid Doric Order columns
****What's the BI???
-maybe, an example of the continually more complex Greek sanctuary turned temple as well and a basic example of the typical greek temple features |
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"High Classical Period"
visual expression of athenian values and civic pride
-triumph of democratic Athens over Persia
-preeminence of athens thanks to Athena
-triumph of enlightened Greeks over barbarism
Includes:
-Temple of Athena Nike
-Nike adjusting her sandal
-Propylaia
-Parthenon
-cult statue of athena
-east pediment sculpture
-metopes from facade
-centaur and lapith fighting
-Pan athenaic frieze |
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425 BCE
by Kallikrates
@ Acropolis
Athenian Victory
relatively small when compared to Parthenon and other structures in acropolis
sleek, slender ionic decoration |
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| Nike Adjusting her Sandal |
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410-405 BCE
@ Acropolis, right outside of Temple of Athena Nike
intricate drapery
looks light, delicate.... discreetly erotic |
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430 BCE
Acropolis
by Athena Nike Temple
unfinished gate house commisioned by Perikles
architect = Mnesikles
dining hall turned first museum ("home of the muses") |
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bulding: 438 BCE
sculpture: 432 BCE
@ Acropolis
ALL MARBLE (even roof)
architect= Pheidias
-perfect proportions
-subtly changed dimensions/aspects to create more vivid, lively view experience (swelling, inward tilting columns , entablature curves slightly upward)
conveys same political and ideological themes the Perikles aimed for all of Acropolis |
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| Reconstruction of Cult Statue of Athena |
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inside Parthenon
colossal gold and ivary statue
shield in one hand, Nike in the other |
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| sculpture from East Pediment of Parthenon |
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447-432 BCE
@ Parthenon
craftily fit human forms into triangular Pediment w various poses
L-- Helios (sun) in horse drawn carriage rising from sea
mid L and R-- 3 goddesses and 1 reclining male figure
Middle-- probs seated Zeus and newly "born"/emerged Athena
R-- Selene(moon) descending w chariotte into sea
**expertly rendered human (female) form beneath drapery |
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| Reconstruction of Metopes from facade of Parthenon |
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447-432 BCE
Centaur vs Lapith
represents triumph of REASON over unbridled ANIMAL PASSION |
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447-442 BCE
metope on Parthenon
dramatic chiasmic composition
pause in a fluid struggle
= triumph of Reason of animal Passion |
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447-432 BCE
from side of Parthenon
demonstrates the Athenian festival where a newly woven wool "peplos" clothes cult statue of Athena
represents ideal city-state, Athenians= healthy, vigorous, united. |
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| Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) |
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450-440 BCE
Polykleitos - "The Canon"
emergence of Greek human idealism/"perfect" features
"ideal human proportions"
dynamically balanced pose |
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