Greek Art High Classical Period (450-400 BC) PDF

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Greek Art: High Classical Period (450-400 BC) Wednesday, October 4, 2017

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499-450 BC -- Persian Wars II. Doryphoros - spear bearer - sculptor, Polykleitos a. didn't use models (450-440 BC) i. calculated the perfect ratio between every muscle in the b 1) ideal proportions of the face and body b. Canon - meaning the ideal in Greek c. Might have been meant to represent Achilles d. Roman marble copy III. Tree stumps next to statues ?? IV. Pericles by Kresilas a. Herm - a bust (head and shoulders) placed on a column b. 429 BC c. Marble copy of a bronze original d. Political figure e. Military general, devoted to glorification of Athens f. Wants to rebuild athens? i. Most of the money came from the Delian league - stole the for it V. Athens acropolis a. Temple of Athena b. Parthenon - entirely marble - first of its size built of entirely ma i. Iktinos & Kallikrates ii. 447-438 BC iii. Large size - b/c large statue of athena had to fit inside 1) Phidias (sculptor) - Athena Parthenos (438 BC) I.

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iv. West pediment 1) Gods competing for attention v. Metopes, amazons fighting Greeks 1) Female warriors vi. Lapiths battling centaurs 1) Metopes from the south side of the parthenon 2) Don’t really see that the Greeks are winning - even tho did - one centaur is seen standing over a dead Lapith 3) Why would you repreent your enemy as strong and po it elevates you and makes your victory that much mor vii. East pediment 1) Scene of birth of Athena 2) Glorification of Athens 3) Goddess of messengers - spreading news of Athena's 4) Three goddesses from east pediment a) Aphrodite - in lap of her mother b) Precursor for female nude sculptures in the futur 5) Helios - Sun god coming up (Athena was born at dawn is coming up and the god of the moon? Was fading aw (retreating) VI. 431-40__ - Peloponesian war (between Athens and Sparta) a. Greeks killing Greeks b. Propylaia c. Erechtheion (421-405) d. Grave steele of Hegeso, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens i. 400 BC ii. Marble VII. Niobid painter a. Artemis & apollos slaying the children of niobe b. Athenian red figure C l k

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c. Calyx krater VIII. Phiale painter a. Athenian white-ground calyx krater from vulci italy b. 440-435...