archaic period Flashcards
Kouros, from Attica, possibly Anavysos
adopted the Egyptian pose for standing figures
influence from cyclades
more natural looking
not meant to last forever
Calf bearer, dedicated by Rhonbos on the Acropolis
archaic smile, to indicate life
wearing some type of robe
Kroisos, from Anavysos, Greece
more natural looking
not as triangular shaped
little bit of color
Peplos Kore
women are always clothed in Archaic statuary
otive statue of a goddess wearing four garments. She held her identifying attribute in her missing left hand.
not quite realistic
Kore in Ionian dress
more detail and accuracy
an of a typical Greek peripteral temple
housed statues of deities, and most were surrounded by columns
mathematically symmetrical
on hill
approached from all directions
not really meant to go inside
temple of Hera
early Doric temple consists of heavy, closely spaced, cigar-shaped columns with bulky, pancakelike capitals, characteristic features of Archaic Greek architecture.
plan for heras tmeple
no real front
as an odd number of columns on the facade and a single row of columns in the cella, leaving no place for a central cult statue.
West pediment, Temple of Artemis
The hideous Medusa and two panthers at the center of this early pediment served as temple guardians. To either side, and much smaller, are scenes from the Trojan War and the battle of gods and giants.
Restored view of the Siphnian Treasury, Sanctuary of Apollo
why banks are made the way they are
Treasuries were storehouses for a city’s votive offering
sanctuary of apollo
straight roads
Gigantomachy, detail of the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury
Gods fighting giants
Kleitias and Ergotimos, François Vase
black figure vase
made with coils
tells story of battle with centaurs
words identifying people
more than 200 mythological figures in five registers
made by Exekias the greatest master of black-figure painting.
Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game
taking a break from fighting
Achilles is winning
black figure
Lysippides Painter, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (black-figure side of an Athenian bilingual amphora)
Around 530 bce, Greek ceramists invented the red-figure technique. Some of the earliest examples are “bilingual vases”—that is, vases with the same scene on both sides, one in black-figure and one in red-figure.
red figure side of bilingual vase
more realistic
Euphronios,
Herakles wrestling Antaios
Herakles was restore to life after defeating him
red figure
attempted to reproduce the way the human body appears from a specific viewpoint.
Euthymides, Three revelers
drunk figures
1st time seeing true 3/4 figures
shown from diff angles
more realistic
