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list the Greek periods in order
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Archaic Period, c. 620-c490/480 bce Early Classical Period, c. 480-450 bce “High” Classical Period 450-400 bce Late Classical Period and Hellenism c. 400 bce-31 ce |
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nude:: never unclothed naked:: stripped |
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the stance on a sculpture where the figure has an off axis pose. Polyclitus had it. makes it look more relaxed and natural
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| His most famous statue embodied his ideal of physical perfection. This “canon of Polykleitos,” which emphasized a counterbalance of tension and relaxation through shoulders and hips, known as chiastic balance, became the standard of proportions for sculptors. |
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Kouros, c. 600 bce, marble |
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Kritios Boy, c. 480 bce marble much more lifelike than before. |
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Polykleitos, Spear Bearer (Doryphoros), c. 450-440 bce marble pose w/ weight on 1 leg- contrapposto. Pose is a perfect X this is the perfect sculpture |
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Ajax wants to die in this pic. black-figure vase painting. Legend of the Trojan war. Achilles dies, andhero's armor goes to Odysseus rather than Ajax. 540 bce Exekias
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Red figure vase painting. artemis slaying actaeon. 470 bce. actaeon accidentally sees her bathing. bell krater Pan Painter |
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demos” –people “kratia”--rule came from greece |
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Pericles, 495-429 bce brought the greek city states together. made arcopolis with treasury money of delian. |
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| The Delian League was an association of Greek city-states in the 5th century BC |
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Kallicrates and Iktinos, Temple to Athena Parthenos (Parthenon), Acropolis, Athens 447-438 bce "Perfect structure" |
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| Model of the Acropolis, Athens, c. 400 |
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East Pediment sculptures, Parthenon, 438-432 bce |
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| Lapith Fighting a Centaur, metope relief from Doric frieze, c. 440 bce |
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self depction of themselves
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Nike (Victory) Adjusting Her Sandal, fragment of relief decoration, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, 410-407 bce |
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Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo) c. 150 bce, marble new art with exposed breasts--- wet drapery to make more erotic |
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