ch.5 Greece part II

Question 1

Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

Answer 1

• classical
• marble
• designed by Kallikrates
• to the front of the Acropolis
• ionic columns with no peristyle
• relief carving of winged Nike adjusting her sandal on the railing
• one of the first figures of revealing clothes on women
• dynamic and everyday compared to earlier classical works

Question 2

Grave Stele of Hegeso

Answer 2

• classical
• stele
• marble and paint, 5ft 2in
• made by Kallimachos
• Hegeso and her father’s names inscribed at the top
• Athens, Greece
• displays her wealth and property (jewelry box, painted necklace, slave)
• domestic scene

Question 3

Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun

Answer 3

• Hellenistic
• Found in Pompeii
• mosaic (small stones, glass)
• Roman copy of Greek painting
• shows the Battle of Issus
• original may have been made by Philoxenos
• use of shading and perspective

Question 4

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

Answer 4

• Hellenistic
• marble
• sacrifices of animals made on the altar
• people only worshipped outside
• surrounded by a deeply carved frieze
• much more dynamic and emotional that classical times
• ATHENA is fighting Alcyoneus while Gaia looks on in horror, her snake bites him, and winged Nike is about to crown her
• ZEUS fights 3 titans, one is being bitten by an eagle, another is pierced by a thunderbolt, and another is kneeling
• these represent the Greeks(gods) defeating their enemy(titans)

Question 5

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Answer 5

• Hellenistic
• marble, 8ft 1in
• Nike standing on the prow of a warship
• found on Samothrace Island
• placed in a fountain (dynamic, sound effects, water)
• texture of drapery and wings differ
• drapery and wings are sculpted as if pressed back by wind
• Hellenistic art was much more dynamic, emotional, unidealized, feature everyday actions, and showed female nudity

Question 6

Acropolis Statues

Answer 6

• classical
• marble
• Phidias sculpted some statues
• Panathic Processions frieze (around the acropolis)
• Plaque of Ergastines - a group of idealized elite young women who carry the Peplos offering to the olive tree Athena statue

Question 7

Seated Boxer

Answer 7

• Hellenistic
• bronze and copper 4ft 2 1/2in
• hollow
• Greek original
• defeated,older(realistic)
• probably placed in a bathouse
• wrapped hands
• broken nose
• swollen ears
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