KEY IDEAS
APAH 250 Images:
Archaic:
27. Anavayos Kouros
28. Peplos Kore
Dying Warrior East Pediment Aphaia
Dying Warrior East Pediment Aphaia (archaic)
Severe:
Kritios Boy
Delphi Charioteer
Classical:
26. Athenian Agora
33. Niobides Krater
34. Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
36. Grave Stele of Hegeso
35. Acropolis and Parthenon
- Helios, Horses and Dionysus
- Temple of Athena Nike
- Victory adjusting her sandal
- Plaque of the Ergastines
Late Classical:
Aphprodite of Knidos
Hermes and Infant Dionysos
Hellenistic:
37. Nike of Samothrace
38. Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
- Athena (from the Great altar)
- plan of the Great Altar of Zeus and
Athena
41. Seated Boxer
Laocoon and His Sons
Additional Images:
Greek Orders
ANCIENT GREECE
(900 - 31 BCE)
Artworks: kouroi and korai
Descriptions: Idealization, stylized, FRONTAL, rigid
Artists: Kritios
Artworks: Pedimental sculpture of the Temple of Aphaia and the Temple of Artemis, Kritios boy
Descriptions: Contrapposto, movement
Artists: Phidias, Polyklitos, Myron
Artworks: Riace warrior, Zeus/Poseidon, Doryphoros, Diskobolos, Nike Adjusting her Sandal
Descriptions: Idealization, unemotional, PERFECTION, self-contained
Artists: Praxitiles, Scopas,
Lysippus
Artworks: Aphrodite of Knidos, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Apoxyomenos, Farnes Herakles
Descriptions:
NATURAL, humanized, relaxed, elongation
HELLENISTIC
250 BCE- 3rd c.
Pythokritos, Polydorus, Agesander, Athenodorus
Artworks: Dying Gaul, Nike of Samothrace, Barberini Faun, Seated Boxer, Old Market Woman, Laocoon and his Sons
Descriptions:
EMOTIONAL, dramatic, exaggeration, movement, individualistic
- The human figure the ideal of perfection.
- Greek Temples provide a foundation for European architecture and reflects the idea of obtaining perfection with mathematical ratios.
- The Greek time period starts at around 900 BCE, about 200 years after the collapse of the Mycenaeans.
- In the 5th century, the Greeks defeated the Persians, though it left Athens in ruins (rebuilt by Pericles) = Start of the Classical time period.
- Polykleitos's canon of proportions: The head should be 1/7 of the body. The chiastic stance that expresses the alternating relaxed and stressed muscles.
- The Peloponnesian War in 432 BCE (lasted about 27 years) devastated and crushed Athens by the victorious Spartans = Start of the Hellenistic.
- Alexander the Great took over and united the Macedonians with the Greeks in the 4th century and after his death, his empire gave into Roman rule.
APAH 250 Images:
Archaic:
27. Anavayos Kouros
28. Peplos Kore
Dying Warrior East Pediment Aphaia
Dying Warrior East Pediment Aphaia (archaic)
Severe:
Kritios Boy
Delphi Charioteer
Classical:
26. Athenian Agora
33. Niobides Krater
34. Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
36. Grave Stele of Hegeso
35. Acropolis and Parthenon
- Helios, Horses and Dionysus
- Temple of Athena Nike
- Victory adjusting her sandal
- Plaque of the Ergastines
Late Classical:
Aphprodite of Knidos
Hermes and Infant Dionysos
Hellenistic:
37. Nike of Samothrace
38. Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
- Athena (from the Great altar)
- plan of the Great Altar of Zeus and
Athena
41. Seated Boxer
Laocoon and His Sons
Additional Images:
Greek Orders
ANCIENT GREECE
(900 - 31 BCE)
- Archaic Period: ca. 550 BCE- 6th c.
Artworks: kouroi and korai
Descriptions: Idealization, stylized, FRONTAL, rigid
- SEVERE
Artists: Kritios
Artworks: Pedimental sculpture of the Temple of Aphaia and the Temple of Artemis, Kritios boy
Descriptions: Contrapposto, movement
- CLASSICAL
Artists: Phidias, Polyklitos, Myron
Artworks: Riace warrior, Zeus/Poseidon, Doryphoros, Diskobolos, Nike Adjusting her Sandal
Descriptions: Idealization, unemotional, PERFECTION, self-contained
- LATE CLASSICAL
Artists: Praxitiles, Scopas,
Lysippus
Artworks: Aphrodite of Knidos, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Apoxyomenos, Farnes Herakles
Descriptions:
NATURAL, humanized, relaxed, elongation
HELLENISTIC
250 BCE- 3rd c.
Pythokritos, Polydorus, Agesander, Athenodorus
Artworks: Dying Gaul, Nike of Samothrace, Barberini Faun, Seated Boxer, Old Market Woman, Laocoon and his Sons
Descriptions:
EMOTIONAL, dramatic, exaggeration, movement, individualistic
Complete study guide, and finally add the Artworks listed to your flash cards. (BTW the Study Guide has all the answers except for the last two questions, which you can figure out for yourself.) All due by Thursday, September 25, 2019. Read Garner's Art through the Ages Chapter 5, GODS, HEROES, AND ATHLETES: THE ART OF ANCIENT GREECE
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Dr. Robert Croad for workshops, resources and time -
Marsha Russell for your generosity in sharing materials and knowledge -
and to Valerie Park for your AP Art History web site that this website is based upon.
Dr. Robert Croad for workshops, resources and time -
Marsha Russell for your generosity in sharing materials and knowledge -
and to Valerie Park for your AP Art History web site that this website is based upon.