Ancient Greece-Hellenistic

Question 1

Answer 1

The Theater Epidauros, Peloponesse Hellenistic 3-1 CE

Medium

• Stone

Function

• Serve as entertainment and education for civilians
• depict mythology and teachings in a new way

Appearance & Relavence

• built in 4bc
• Semicircle construciton
• Built into hillside
• Overlooked performance area :orchestra
• Steps to give audience access
• Seats divided into uniform wedge sections

Question 2

Answer 2

Dying Gual (Epigonos?) Hellenistic 3-1 CE

Medium

• Marble

Function

• Commemorate defeat of the guals
• Show non-greeks as non-civilized
• Show enemies as formidable foes
• moment in time of sequence of events

Appearance & Relevance

• Human suffering emphasis
  
  • expression of pain of face
• naturalism yet non classical
  
  • non-ideal body type
  • losing life force sensed
  • struggles for support
  • twisting pose
  • leaning head
• part of large sculputral program
  
  • kills wife then self
• Sense of sequence of events
• Distinctive features
  
  • thick brow
  • thick long hair
  • mustache
  • golden chord
  • wears tort
• Meant to be seen from all side

Question 3

Answer 3

Nike of Samothrace Hellenistic 3-1 CE

Medium

• marble

Function + Subject Matter

• part of larger sculpture
• commemorate victorious greek oficcer at sea battle
• moment in time from sequence of events
  
  • mean to be outdoors

Appearance

• Hold laurel wreath or garland
• on prow of ship
• by fountain surrounding wall
• over life size 9ft
• she was flying then alighted
• shows theatricality
• more naturalistic than normal
• drapery is naturalistic
  
  • sense of blowing wind
• ideal body
  
  • thin drapery folds accentutates forms
• form is sensuous, non-erotic
  
  • follows line of s
• dramatic
• sense of environment/sky
• movement is expressed
• non-contraposto

Question 4

Answer 4

Aphrodite of Melos (Alexandros) Hellenistic 3-1 CE

Medium

• Marble

Function + Subject Matter

• found on Melos island
• godess of love/beauty
• made for wealthy individual
• referenced to iliad
• figure is from narritive
  
  • judgement of paris, began trojan
• sequrence of events

Appearance + Relavence

• life size
• look at refletion in shield (reaveals beauty to herself or lover
• not covered (supposed to be)
  
  • robe rolled down to hip, reveal bod
• sensuous
• neutral expression

Question 5

Answer 5

Seated Boxer from Rome Hellenistic 3-1 CE

Medium

• bronze original

Function + Subject Matter

• Show common man boxer in naturistic setting
• moment in time of sequence of events

Appearance + Relevence

• more naturalistic
  
  • slumped, defeated pose and face
• beard
  
  • used classically for maturity
• body age is apparent
  
  • Diff proportions used
• body is muscular
• Signs of fights
  
  • broken nose
  • califlour ear
  • wooden knuckle

Question 6

Answer 6

Old WomenHellenistic 3-1 CE

Medium

• Marble copy

Function + Subject Matter

• show common elderly on way to religious fest
• demands emotional viewer response
• moment in time of sequence of events

Appearance + Relevence

• Realism
  
  • wrinkled face and nake h
  • unched over
  • bones showing
  • breast is sunken and falling out
  • unfocused stare
• wreath of ivy leaves (connection to dionysis god of wine)
• she is going to a festival b/c
  
  • carries dead chicken
  • carries fruit
  • elegant yet untidy dress
• hair is not in disarray
• forms and texture show virtuosity

Question 7

Answer 7

Laocoon and His Sons from Rome Hellenistic 3-1 CE

Medium

Function + Subject Matter

• moment in time of sequence of events
• homer’s iliad based from
• vergil’s Aeneid from
• prophet and foretold trojan demise
• athena sent serpents

Appearance +Relevance

• contrast with light and shadow
• very dramatic and theatrical
  
  • twisting and curling forms
  • boys on tiptoe
• boys and Laocoon have idealism in naturalism