Chapter 5 Ancient Greece - Art History



Chapter 5; Art of Ancient Greece

Study Guide

Objectives:

1. Explain the formal and iconographic characteristics of Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic period art.

2. Identify the sources (geographical location), orders, and parts of ancient Greek architecture.

3. Explain the artistic and architectural theories governing ancient Greek art and architecture.

4. Discuss the materials, techniques, and processes used to create Greek art and architecture.

5. Identify historical events and characters that exerted influence on the development of Greek art and architecture.

6. Describe the changes in representations of the human figure from the Geometric to the Hellenistic period.

Terms:

These term are not exhaustive- but are some of the major terms YOU MUST KNOW in order to fully comprehend the significance of specific works of art and to write about them with depth and breadth.

Krater

Amphora

Meander

Pericles

Geometric

Orientalizing

Black-figure painting

Red-figure painting

Cella

Kore/kouros

Archaic smile

Doric order- relevant terms associated with

Ionic-relevant terms associated with

Caryatid

Gigantomachy

Amazonmachy

Severe style

Contrapposto

Wet-drapery

Hellenistic

Polykleitos’ canon

Pathos

Works of Art:

Note the date, period (geometric, orientalizing, archaic, classical-early/high/severe, hellenistic, media, artist name, location (city, country)

Dipylon Vase (5-1)

Corinthian Amphora (5-4)

Matiklos Apollo (5-3)

Kouros (New York) 5-8

Anavysos Kouros (Kroisos) 5-10

Peplos Kore (5-11)

Kore (5-12)

West Pediment from Temple of Atemis (5-15)

Temple of Hera (5-13)

Treasury of Siphnian frieze (5-17)

Achiles and Ajax play dice game (5-19, 5-20)

Column-krater

Herakles wrestling Antaios (5-12)

Dying Warrior, west pediment (5-27)

Dying Warrior, east pediment (5-28)

Kritios Boy (5-33)

Diskobolos (Disk Thrower) 5-37

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) 5-38

Pericles (5-39)

Parthenon, temple of Athena Parthenos (5-42, plan 5-43)

Three Goddesses, east pediment of Parthenon (5-47)

Erechtheion (5-50)

Temple of Athena Nike (5-53)

Nike adjusting her sandal (5-54)

Aphrodite of Knidos (5-60)

Hermes and Dionysos (5-62)

Apoxymenos (Scraper) 5-65

Herakles (5-66)

Pergamon Altar of Zeus (5-78)

Athena Battling Alkyones (5-79)

Dying Gaul (5-81)

Nike of Samothrace (5-82)

Aphrodite (Venus de Milo) 5-83

Seated Boxer

Laocoon and his sons (5-89)

Temple of Apollo (5-74)

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