Classical Greek

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College Art 3000 - 27 BCE Mind Map on Classical Greek, created by Meka George on 04/03/2015.
Meka George
Mind Map by Meka George, updated more than 1 year ago
Meka George
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Resource summary

Classical Greek
  1. Geometric
    1. Dipylon Krater

      Annotations:

      • Pilons - large trapezoidic blocks 5 ft. in height Used as grave stone Drain on bottom Registers- horizontal bands Horror vacui High handles for men, low for women Meander- backwards S shape
      1. 700s
    2. Orientalizing
      1. Corinthian Black Figure Amphor with Animal Frieze

        Annotations:

        • Wine Storage Amphora Over-painting- not glazed (not bonded with surface of jar) Animals have naturalistic poses
        1. 600s
      2. Archaic
        1. Ajax and Achilles Playing at Dice

          Annotations:

          • Contains inscriptions that identify figures First story-telling vase Name featured on art (Exekias) Black slip on red clay No- Horror vacui
          1. 500s
          2. Three Revelers

            Annotations:

            • Red figure vase  Three drunk men walking First seen example of foreshortening Unusual views (3/4 and rear view)
            1. 500s
            2. Kouros

              Annotations:

              • Contrapasto pose to show walking Quadrifacial- has four sides Polychromy
              1. 600s
              2. Peplos Kore

                Annotations:

                • Hair, eyes, lips and clothes are tinted pink (Polychromy)   Encaustic painting Female
                1. 500s
                2. Kroisos

                  Annotations:

                  • Buffer Kouros  Muscles are fuller from the back Legs display bent motion Archaic smile  Polychromy seen in hair
                  1. 500s
                  2. Temple of Hera I

                    Annotations:

                    • "The Basillica" Doric Style 9x16 columns Echinus discs look flattened by weight No logical place for cult image
                    1. 500s
                    2. West Pediment Sculpture (Aphaia Temple)

                      Annotations:

                      • Dying warrior trying to pull arrow from chest Archaic smile Adjustment of poses
                      1. 400s
                    3. Transitional
                      1. Kritios Boy

                        Annotations:

                        • Weight shift- contrapposto  Idealism Better depiction of walking No smile because he already seems lifelike
                        1. 400s
                        2. Temple of Aphaia

                          Annotations:

                          • Doric Temple 6x12 for columns Taller than Hera I columns Entasis- columns bulge in middle Colloidal Echinus discs Columns superimposed    - illusionary
                          1. 500-400
                          2. East Pediment Sculpture

                            Annotations:

                            • Development of weight shift Figure clasping shield No smile
                            1. 500s
                            2. Zeus/ Poseidon

                              Annotations:

                              • Meant to either hold a trident or thunderbolt Bronze casting  Free standing 
                              1. 400s
                              2. Doryphorous

                                Annotations:

                                • Polykleitos Soear is missing Made using ratios for easy repetition of ideal proportions Originally cast in Bronze Contrappasto 
                                1. 400s
                                2. The Parthenon Sculpture

                                  Annotations:

                                  • Frieze- continuously wrapped sculpture Engaged columns Gods shown reclining Gods look like big Athenians
                                  • Women shown frontally  1. Love of goddesses 2. Ideal female figure 3. Marketing
                                  1. 400s
                                3. 5th Century Athens
                                  1. Temple of Athena Nike

                                    Annotations:

                                    • Kallikrates Small votive to Athena Originally had a railing Doesn't have porch on all sides Amphiprotic style Ionic
                                    1. 400s
                                    2. Grave Stele of Hegeso

                                      Annotations:

                                      • Hegeso- daughter of Proxinos Under 16 when she died Holding a box, examining her dowry
                                      1. 400s
                                    3. Late Classical
                                      1. Choragic Monument of Lysikrates

                                        Annotations:

                                        • Over-pompous trophy showing Corintian style 
                                        1. 300s
                                        2. Hermes w/ Infant Dionysus

                                          Annotations:

                                          • Praxiteles Originally dangling grapes in front of him Shows shift from rigid to softness Worked in marble
                                          1. 300s
                                          2. Aphrodite of Knidos

                                            Annotations:

                                            • Praxiteles Preparing to bathe One of the first full female nude sculptures
                                            1. 300s
                                            2. Head of a Woman from Chios

                                              Annotations:

                                              • Thought to be Praxiteles original Sense that the figure is looking through a veil Lips are slightly parted
                                              1. 300s
                                              2. Apoxymenos (Scraper)

                                                Annotations:

                                                • Lysippos May have been a public sign Fig leaf over privates Move towards lither figures Illusions of movement
                                                1. 300s
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