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ARH 391 

Vocabulary words o *Classical – Early/High/Late o *Contrapposto o *Hellenistic o *Nike (Goddess)

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Review last weeks notes

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Dying Warrior is early classical

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Classical Period – Statues start becoming more naturalistic

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Kritios Boy - One of the first to explore this more naturalistic style o Natural movement o Contrapposto – weight shift pose o Breaks strict “frontality” view

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Polykleitos, Spear Bearer o Came to be during the high era of the classical period o More proportional – Proportions are based on math o Contrapposto pose

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Archaic vs Classical

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o Archaic o Rigid o Frontal o Curtain of hair o Bulging eyes o Archaic smile Acropolis – Important City for the Greeks

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Classical Relaxed Breaks frontality Shorter hair

o Parthenon located in Acropolis 

Dedicated to Athena

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Outside is Doric styled – Baseless columns, plain capital

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Ionic style inside

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Precise, mathematical design

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Shrine for Athena – Made of gold and ivory 

Holding Nike (knee-kay) o Nike is the Goddess of victory

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US Supreme Court influenced by Greeks o Ionic Columns o Pediment

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Why do US architects adopt classical forms? o Greeks invented democracy, sort of an ode to them o Its an expression of wealth and power

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Three Goddesses o Forms are naturalistic o Birth of Athena o Wet and *diaphanous – Drappery clings to body o Shadow play

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Elgin Marbles Debate o Video o Who should have marble sculptures, Greece or Britain

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Was the frieze stolen or saved?

Elgin Marble o Ottoman empire gave Elgin (Britain) permission to have the marble frieze o Greece says the “shady” deal shouldn’t count as a legitimate reason and the marble frieze is apart of their history

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Late Classical – Sculpture o Greek civilization is beginning to fall 

As a result, so does greek’s art

o Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos 

Aphrodite – Goddess of love

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Sculpture was so beautiful, people fell in love with this sculpture

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One of the first nude sculptures of a goddess

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Tells a narrative 

Someone sees her nude so she shows modesty by covering up

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Contrapposto pose

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Destabilization of proportions

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Apoxyomenos (oil scraper) vs Spear Bearer

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o Apoxyomenos o Spear Bearer o Hair has movement o Neat, ordered hair o Slenderer o Muscular o Arms interact with space o Arms are composed o In motion o o Fig leaf covers genitalia o Hellenistic Sculpture: How does Hellenistic art differ from the classical art that proceeded it?

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Gallic Chieftain killing himself and wife o Dramatic o Theatrical facial expressions o Expressive

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Hellenistic Art – Dramatic, expressive, comes alive

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Nike alighting on a warship o Base is detailed o Movement of drapery o Tells a story o Emphasis on energy, movement, drama

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Sleeping Satyr o Passed out from drinking too much wine, now he’s sleeping o Eroticism – erotic o Vulnerable position – sexual pose o First nude sculpture exploring sexuality...