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Greek Art
Early Classical Period 480-450 BC
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
10/16/2011

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Term
Persian Wars
Transitional Period
Severe Style (reserved facial expressions)
Definition
Term
[image]
Definition

Temple of Aphaia 500-490 BC

@ Aegina

 

East and West pediment

Term
[image]
Definition

Dying Warrior

@ West Pediment

 

from the Archaic Period

- has Archaic grin even tho he's dying

-frontal plane

Term
[image]
Definition

Dying Warrior

@ East pediment

 

was damaged 10 yrs later and replaced

from Early Classical Period 

-more natural muscle tension

-no frontal plane

-reserved facial expression (unlike smile)

 

*real space with natural muscle formations

Term
[image]
Definition

Kritios Boy 480 BC

sculptor: possible Kritios (named after him)

 

contropposto - natural standing posture 

- one leg relaxed & the other firm on ground

 

whole body moves in real space

Archaic: curled hair, smile/grin

Classical: severe style, hair looks like a cap,

prominent chin/jaw, inlayed eys

 

"Man is the measure of all thing"

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