Chapter 3-- Greek sculpture Flashcards
genders
male nude, female not
archaic age
weird grin
Greece v. Egypt
freestanding, not locked in stone
model for sculptures
ideal human form; sculpture is most perfect art form
motivations
mainly religious, also honor national achievements, favorite personalities, scholars, athletes, and distinguished citizens
central philosophy
man is the measure of all things
accessory to carving in all parts of bulding
color
sculpture was incorporated into
architecture–Porch of the Maidens
emotion in sculptures
suppressed, which was noble and not barbaric
Praxiteles
foremost artist of golden age–Hermes with the Infant Dionysus is only surviving work
Hellenistic period
vulgar, decadent. Pleasures, not ideals
Lyric
poetry and drama. Sculptures’ suppleness based in poetry
finest Hellenistic sculpture
Nike of Samothrace
Statue of Laocoon
Hellenistic
Discobolus by Myron
golden age