classical part 2

Question 1

Answer 1

Centauromachy

metope on the Parthenon

allude to the Greek defeat of the Persians

sculptor distinguished the vibrant living centaur from the lifeless Greek corpse

Question 2

Answer 2

Helios and his horses, and Dionysos

east pediment of Parthenon

The east pediment of the Parthenon depicts the birth of Athena. At the left, Helios and his horses emerge from the pediment’s floor, suggesting the sun rising above the horizon at dawn.

Question 3

Answer 3

Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon

The thin and heavy folds of the garments alternately reveal and conceal the body forms

Question 4

Answer 4

Three details of the Panathenaic Festival procession frieze, from the Parthenon

The Parthenon’s Ionic frieze represents the Panathenaic procession of citizens on horseback and on foot under the gods’ watchful eyes. The Parthenon celebrated the Athenians as much as Athena.

Question 5

Answer 5

Mnesikles, Propylaia (looking west)

Mnesikles disguised the change of ground level by splitting the Propylaia into eastern and western sections. Each facade resembles a Doric temple but with a wider space between the central columns.

1st art galery

Question 6

Answer 6

Erechtheion

The Erechtheion is in many ways the antithesis of the Doric Parthenon directly across from it. An Ionic temple, it has some of the finest decorative details of any ancient Greek building.

Question 7

Answer 7

Caryatids of the south porch of the Erechtheion

The south porch of the Erechtheion features caryatids, updated Classical versions with contrapposto stances of the Archaic caryatids of the porch of the Siphnian Treasury

Question 8

Answer 8

Kallikrates, Temple of Athena Nike

first ionic temple

The Ionic temple at the entrance to the Acropolis is an unusual amphiprostyle building. It celebrated Athena as bringer of victory, and one of the friezes depicts the Persian defeat at Marathon.

Question 9

Answer 9

Nike adjusting her sandal, from the south side of the parapet of the Temple of Athena Nike

Dozens of images of winged Victory adorned the parapet on three sides of the Athena Nike temple. The sculptor carved this Nike with garments that appear almost transparent.

Question 10

Answer 10

Achilles Painter, Warrior taking leave of his wife (Athenian white-ground lekythos)

White-ground painters applied the colors after firing because most colored glazes could not withstand the kiln’s heat. The Achilles Painter here displayed his mastery of drawing an eye in profile.

Question 11

Answer 11

Niobid Painter, Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe

The placement of figures on different levels in a landscape on this red-figure krater depicting the massacre of the Niobids reflects the compositions of the panel paintings of Polygnotos of Thasos.

Question 12

Answer 12

Phiale Painter, Hermes bringing the infant Dionysos to Papposilenos

In the Phiale Painter’s white-ground representation of Hermes and the infant Dionysos at Nysa, the use of diluted brown to color and shade the rocks may reflect the panel paintings of Polygnotos.

Question 13

Answer 13

youth diving, cover slab of the Tomb of the Diver, from the Tempe del Prete necropolis

symbolizes the deceased’s plunge into the Underworld. The trees resemble those on the Niobid krater