Architectural Sculpture: 2nd LIT Flashcards
Pediment of the Temple of Artemis, Corcyra
Spivey: Medusa is “apotropaic” which means to turn away evil.
Woodford: No effort to represent any of the three stories naturalistically or relate different elements of the pediment.
Metopes of Temple C, Selinus
Woodford: Based on the play of symmetrical forms.
Pediments of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
Woodford: Ebbing life, slipping away is powerfully suggested on the east pediment.
Kleiner: There is no sense whatsoever of a thinking and feeling human being - on the west pediment’s dying warrior.
Temple of Zeus, Olympia
Woodford: West pediment is fully of action and all the figures are interlocked in violent combat.
Politt: The old seer projects a clear state of consciousness, setting him apart from all the other characters in the group.
The Parthenon, Athens (Metopes)
Woodford: At Olympia, artists had to think up of compositions for only 12 metopes; devising them for 92 was a task of far greater magnitude.
Woodford: The animal skin that hangs from the centaur’s arms is a hint of his own bestiality - on metope 28.
The Parthenon, Athens (Frieze)
Woodford: The frieze was extremely long and had to be filled with decoration that was unified but not monotonous.
Stuttard: The frieze could only be seen from relatively close to the temple which made the viewing experience more private and intimate.
The Parthenon, Athens
Woodford: Because the Parthenon pediments were abnormally broad, both the number size of the statues were greater than usual.
Ionic Frieze of the Temple of Apollo, Bassae
Sacks et al: Combination of orders shows a sense of experimentation and innovation.
Robin Osborne: The location of the frieze must have created a play of shadow that would have had a dramatic impact on the viewer.
Robin Osborne: An endless play of violence and heroism in which the viewer’s eyes were allowed no rest.
