ch.5 Greece

Question 1

Anavysos Kouros (c.530 bce)

Answer 1

• Archaic
• found in Anavysos, Greece
• marble and partialy painted
• Kouros - sculture of a young man
• 6ft 4in
• ideal, striding, blocky statue shows Egyptian influence
• differs from Egypt in the softer, more natural look, the arms are not completely connected to the body, and it is nude
• Archaic smile
• may have been a grave marker

Question 2

Athenian agora (650 bce - 150 ce)

Answer 2

• Archaic - Hellenistic
• main square of the city, had many theaters, temples, and stoas; held up by columns
• stoa - a large building with a variety of small shops
• capital - top of a column
• doric - a simple rectangular capital
• ionic - a scroll design capital

Question 3

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis (c.530 bce)

Answer 3

• Archaic
• marble with paint
• 4ft tall
• Peplos - her garment
• may have been an offering to a goddess or the image of a goddess
• the missing arm may have held an offering or a bow
• found in what used to be the acropolis
• intentionallly buried

Question 4

Doryphoros “spear bearer” (c.450-440 bce)

Answer 4

• Classical
• Greek version was made by Polykleitos, the first known artist
• greek original - marble
• roman copy - bronze
• originally named “Canon” or “officially acceptable”
• the original was lost, bronze is meltable
• Romans copied it and placed it in the town square of Pompeii
• found buried in Pompeii
• tree trunk was added for support
• held a spear
• contrapposto
• mathematically balanced

Question 5

contrapposto

Answer 5

standing naturally, weight shifted on one side

Question 6

Niobedes Krater

Answer 6

• classical
• anomymous painter (niobides painter)
• clay
• calyx-krater
• red-figure technique
• used to make diluted wine, since they had harsh wine
• used perspective
• one side shows Artemis and Apollo slaying Niobe’s children
• the other shows people praying to a statue of Hercules and Athena

Question 7

Parthelon In the Acropolis

Answer 7

• Iktinos and Kallikrates developed
• temple to the virgin Athena Parthenos
• marble
• was a mosque when Turks ruled
• filled with explosives and triggered when Venetians invaded
• 40 ft tall golden Athena statue in the center
• cella - room for the statue
• pericles - sponsored construction
• phidias - sculptor who directed construction
• doric columns outside
• ionic inside
• people could only worship outside
• x=2y + 1 ratio
• triglyph
• metope
• one side had the statues depicting Athena’s birth
• the other showed Poseidon and Athenas competition