Aegean, Greek Art

Question 1

5th century BC – an idea from _________

Answer 1

ateca

Question 2

Three Civilizations in Southern Greece

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aMycenaeans

Cycladic

Minoans

Question 3

VISION: Society functions best if all citizens are all equal and free to shape their lives and share in the running of their state. (democracy)

Answer 3

Greek art

Question 4

Architecture, art, drama, and philosophy

Answer 4

Greek art

Question 5

Before: order is important
Individual freedom
After the Athenian war: power sharing

Answer 5

Greek art

Question 6

Excess. A free democracy but we obey the rules.

Answer 6

Greek art

Question 7

unlimited freedom can cause chaos. principles.

moderation, balance, self control (carved into stone)

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Greek art

Question 8

Pericles

Answer 8

Greek art

Question 9

The Ancient Greeks believe that there is a _________ spark to be found within every mortal.

Answer 9

divine

Question 10

Their gods act like humans with human weaknesses (a difference from society’s before)

Answer 10

Greek

Question 11

before the Greek (miracle?), the great civilizations of the world produced art that was rigid, formal, and ___________ rather than realistic.

Answer 11

symbolic

Question 12

portrayed beauty in the image of man, but idealized.

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Egypt

Question 13

no symbols. physical harmony. pure and unadorned.

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Greek art

Question 14

Painting

realistic effect

Answer 14

Greek art

Question 15

gods and heroes of greek mythology and contemporary subjects, warfare and drinking parties.

Answer 15

Greek art

Question 16

earliest based design: _______________ style

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geometric

Question 17

the __________________: great age of painting

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later archaic period

Question 18

(reddish background)

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black figure style

Question 19

(530 BC) black background and details

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red figure style

Question 20

completely nude unlike females. male as athletes, they compete nudely. women’s body be covered up

Answer 20

Greek art

Question 21

The Kourus boy. the way his stand. ____-shape.

Answer 21

S

Question 22

sculptures lose their stiffness; look human

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contrapposto

Question 23

archaic smile disappears

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Classical Style

Question 24

signified by graceful relax poses

Apollo Belvedere. original was destroyed

Answer 24

Classical Style

Question 25

Venus de Milo. symbolizes ideal perfection

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Classical Style

Question 26

far more dramatic and realistic than the idealized classical style

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Hellenistic Style

Question 27

Lincoln Memorial, US Supreme Court, etc.

Answer 27

Greek Architecture

Question 28

Neoclassical architecture The ____________ – patroclus commissioned the building of several temples during the golden age of athens.

Answer 28

Greek Architecture; acropolis

Question 29

– "Patronus" meaning virgin. the crown jewel of the acropolis. dedicated to Athena Patronus or Athena the virgin.

Answer 29

Parthenote

Question 30

Show the strength of Athens White marble parthenote, barely perceptible departures from straight lines. columns curve slightly inward. step platforms are barely arched.

Answer 30

Greek architecture

Question 31

bend straight lines to give the illusion of the upward thrust and solid support for the central mass.

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Greek architecture

Question 32

Monuments as large sculptures

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Greek architecture

Question 33

triangular pediments and horizontal freeze

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Greek architecture

Question 34

– facial features weren't passive (?)

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classic period

Question 35

– another statue (victory) 6ft height and made from gold

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scale

Question 36

Cyclopean masonry (Mycenae, Greece Athinaios)

Answer 36

Aegean Architecture

Question 37

______________ is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar.

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Cyclopean masonry

Question 38

vault formed by layers of stone that gradually grow closer together as they rise until they eventually meet.

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Corbel arch

Question 39

use of buon fresco (true fresco) instead of fresco secco (dry fresco); Minoans (Toreador Fresco, c. 1400 B.C.E., fresco, Archaeological Museum, Herakleion)

Answer 39

Aegean Painting

Question 40

(Funerary Mask). In repousse (“push back” through a hammer) With curlicue ears.

Answer 40

Aegean Sculpture

Question 41

Cyclopean masonry. Corbelled arches. Funerary mask.

Answer 41

Mycenaean Art

Question 42

“to push back,” a type of metal relief sculpture in which the back side of a plate is hammered to form a raised relief on the front.

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Repousse –

Question 43

vault formed by layers of stone that gradually grow closer together as they rise until they eventually meet.

Answer 43

Corbel arch –

Question 44

a type of construction that uses rough, massive blocks of stone piled one atop the other without mortar; named after Cyclops.

Answer 44

Cyclopean masonry –

Question 45

– portable sculptures of stylized standing women and seated men playing musical instruments; linear abstraction, clear lines.

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Cycladic

Question 46

– build palaces, with columns of bulbous capitals, painted features with long sinuous curves and exaggeratedly narrow waists.

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Minoans

Question 47

– cyclopean masonry marked by corbelled vaulting; shaft graves with opulent burial practices.

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Mycenaeans

Question 48

GREEK ART

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(Sparta, Corinth, Athens)

Question 49

Polykleitos, Doryphoros/Canon, c.450-440 B.C.E., Munich Museum, Munich, Germany An exemplum of male beauty. Symmetrical . In contrapposto

Answer 49

Greek Classical Sculpture

Question 50

Realistic. More movement. Great variety of expression

Answer 50

Greek Hellenistic Sculpture

Question 51

Common subjects include childhood, old age, despair, anger, and drunkenness.

Answer 51

Greek Hellenistic Sculpture

Question 52

Employs negative space more freely. Not meant to be placed against a wall. Meant to be seen in the round

Answer 52

Greek Hellenistic Sculpture

Question 53

Reflection of Greek painting. Vessels were everyday items. Served as tomb monuments.

Answer 53

GREEK POTTERY

Question 54

May reflect scene of the deceased lying on a bier surrounded by mourners. Chariots and warriors complete the grieving procession.

Answer 54

GREEK POTTERY

Question 55

Introduced the concept of classical art.

Answer 55

GREEK

Question 56

Temples highly influenced the European architecture; with set of columns embracing the __________ where the god is housed; set apart from the city

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cella

Question 57

Sculpture. Idealized the human form. The beauty of the nude body. Expression of gamut of emotions.

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Greek

Question 58

Used contrapposto

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(Classical and Hellenistic)

Question 59

– upright figures; animating smiles

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Archaic art

Question 60

– contrapposto

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Classical

Question 61

– greater range of expression and movement

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Hellenistic

Question 62

The Greeks emphasize the following:

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- Beauty - Strength - Harmony  - Balance

Question 63

Patronage and Artistic Life. Achievement of artists (Greek potters and painters)

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Greek Art

Question 64

Golden age for artists. Signature as symbol of accomplishment and advertisement

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Greek Art

Question 65

(canon of human proportions)

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Polykleitos

Question 66

(nature of ideal architecture)

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Ictinus

Question 67

(artistic program on the Acropolis)

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Phidias