classical period Flashcards
what happens in this period?
Persians come and attack Greece
Temple of Aphaia (looking southwest)
improved construction
better column placement
the Doric columns are more slender and widely spaced, and there are only 6 columns on the facade and 12 on the flanks.
Model showing internal elevation (top) and plan (bottom) of the Temple of Aphaia
Later Doric architects also modified the plan of their temples (compare Fig. 5-15). The Aegina temple’s cella has two colonnades of two stories each (originally with a statue of the deity between them).
Guillaume-Abel Blouet, restored view (1828) of the facade of the Temple of Aphaia
The restored view suggests how colorful Greek temples were. The designer solved the problem of composing figures in a pediment by using the whole range of body postures from upright to prostrate.
Dying warrior, from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia
archaic smile
not in a natural pose
Dying warrior, from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia
more natural
no archaic smile
Temple of Hera II or Apollo
The Paestum temple reflects the Olympia design but lacks the pedimental sculpture of its model
modeled closely to Zeus’ temple
Athena, Herakles, and Atlas with the apples of the Hesperides
Metope from temple of Zeus
Hercules was given challenges as a punishment for killing his family, to gain immortality
this depicts his last challenge, where he has to enter a filed only Atlas is able to get into, so in exchange for getting into the field Hercules has to hold up the world for him, with the help of Athena
Chariot race of Pelops and Oinomaos, east pediment, Temple of Zeus
Zeus in the middle
race to marry Oinomaos daughter
if you lose you die
Pelops bragged for Oinomaos to lose, but didnt pay his bribe
a seer from east pediment in Temple of Zeus
depicting age was unusual
He has a shocked expression because he foresees the tragic outcome of the chariot race
Kritios Boy, from the Acropolis
earliest known example of contrapposto, a relaxed and natural stance
archaic smile is lost
made of marble (Romans), most were bronze
Warrior, from the sea off Riace
made of bronze
most bronze statues have not survived
were able to incorporate diff metals
the bronze Riace warrior statue has inlaid eyes, silver teeth and eyelashes, and copper lips and nipples (Fig. I-17). The contrapposto is more pronounced than in the Kritios Boy
two stages of the lost-wax method of bronze casting
Drawing a shows a clay mold (investment), wax model, and clay core connected by chaplets. Drawing b shows the wax melted out and the molten bronze poured into the mold to form the cast bronze head.
Zeus or Poseidon
very realistic
missing lightning bolt or trident
bronze
Myron, Diskobolos (Discus Thrower)
olympics
people would compete nude
made of marble
has motion and movement
Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
proper way to represent male figure
Kresilas, Pericles. Roman herm copy of the head of a bronze statue
rebuilds part of Athens
aerial view of the Acropoli
Under the leadership of Pericles, the Athenians undertook the costly project of reconstructing the Acropolis after the Persian sack
honors the gods
restored view of Acropolis
Phidias, Athena Parthenos, in the cella of the Parthenon, Acropolis
Parthenon was in honor of Athena
She beat Poisiden in a battle to gain the Partenon, she gifted olive bush he gifted salt water
Erechtheion (looking northeast), Acropolis
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.
