Exam 1: Archaic Greek Art

Question 1

Pottery

Answer 1

• used in all cultures: poor dishes vs. elite (only have elite)

Question 2

Protogeometric

Answer 2

• swirls
• bands
• simple design and color

Question 3

Geometric Style

Answer 3

• Greek: loved the arts
• lots of angled designs
• Busy w/ many registers
• Highly schematic human figures
• Elongated figures

Question 4

Dipylon Amphora

Answer 4

• Geometric
• huge
• open at bottom: grave marker for sacrifices
• scene: funeral - dead and grieving (therapeutic/ respect: tear hair, hands up)
• dead: elite, long skirt: woman (socially important)

Question 5

• Black Figure Wave

Answer 5

• glossy black figures on red background
• positive space painted
• body type lean and strong
• minimal background in main registers

Question 6

Euphiletos Painter

Answer 6

• black figure wave

- panatenaic games black figure ware amphora

Question 7

Red Figure Wave

Answer 7

• negative space painted black

- body type: more naturally modeled)

Question 8

Sarpedon Krater

Answer 8

• red figure wave

- Euxitheos and Euronius (potter and castor) (names = appreciate art)

Question 9

Corinthian Ware

Answer 9

• cream/ buff background
• black, red-purple, white colors
• lots of animals/ flowers
• very busy patterns in main zones

Question 10

Orientalizing Period

Answer 10

• kourous figure: male nude
• kore figures: women, clothed
• similar to early Greek/ Egypt: motion
• unlike Egypt - get ride of negative/ buffer

Question 11

Orientalizing to Late Archaic

Answer 11

• New York kouros
• Anavysos kouros
• more lifelike, buffer