exam 2 Flashcards
- Tomb of Tutankhamen
- Valley of the Kings
- New Kingdom Egypt
Info: untouched for almst 3,000 years. The items that were in the young kings tomb were all things that they believed he would need in the after life.
Tutankhamen and his queen,
-relief on throne
found in the tomb of tutankhamen, valley of kings
New Kingdom Egypt
-painted chest of Tutankhamen
-found in the tomb of tut
New Kingdom Egypt
** the return of heirarchical scale
**seeing him as a super uman figure… “god” like
** return of traditional egyptian gods
Folded Arm Figurine
-from the cyclades
Cycladic
- Marble. All represent women
- They were most llikey painted
- We don’t know the fuction .
- Vary in size. Pointed feet
- We often don’t know where they came from
- Thin from the side view
- Its not known whether of not they should be laying down or standing up straight
- They could be funerary artwork
Palace of Knossos
Knossos
Minoan
was not simply the residence of the royal family but also the political, economic and religious center of Crete
Toreador Fresco
in Palace of Knossos , crete
Minoan
Harvester Vase
from Hagia Triada
Minoan
*** made from stealite
Sarcaphogus
From Hagia Triada
Minoan
** Made from painted Limestone
Citadel of Mycenae
Mycanae
Mycenaen
Lion Gate
Citadel of Mycenae, mycenae
Mycenaean
Treasury of Atreaus (Tomb of Agamemnon)
Mycenae
Mycenaean
- tholos tomb
- corbel vaulted
Mask of Agamemnon
From Grave Circle A at Mycanae
Mycenaean
-gold
Warrior Vase
From Mycanae
Mycenaean
- ceramic pottery
o Punch bowl
o Use wheels to form the pottery.
o Incredibly durable, good for everyday use
o Men going off to war, with a woman tearing out her hair in mourning
Dipylon Krater
From Kermeikos Cemetary, Athens
Geometric
- ceramic potterry
- funeral procession of man ; chariot procession
o Marks the grave of a rich man. Flat perspective,
o Bottom is open for libation and draining
o Used geometric shapes to fill in space
o Narrative scene specific to the man
Dipylon Amphora
From Kerameikos Cemetary, Athens
- ceramic pottery
- funeral for a woman
Prothesis : laying out of the corpse
Ekphora: funeral procession
Polyphemos Amphora
from Eeusis
Orientalizing
o Used as a funerary
o Bones found inside the pot
o It was specially commissioned and created
o Blinding of polyphemos by odyseeus and his crew ON TOP
o Perseus and the Gorgons on BOTTOM
Statue of Apollo
deticated to Mantiklos
FROM Thebes
Orientalizing
, bronze
o Inscription on legs , to god of music
o Votive offering
o Thought to have been a bow in his hands, indicating it was Apollo
o Human body depicted in a elongated form , triangular face , naked, large nose, long hair ( resembles aristocrat)
o Heroic nudity – men’s body is the epitome of beauty , differentiates status. Seperates men from wwomen. Non greeks from greeks. Gods from not gods
Kriosis or Anavysos Kouros
FROM Anavysos
Archaic
- Marble
- Marks a grave for kroisos who died in war
- 6ft 4 inches tall
- archaic smile. Thicker. More realistic
- strive towards naturalism
Peplos Kore
FROM Athenian Acropolis
Archaic
Siphian Treasury
Delphi
Archaic
- Small temples, elaborate, 12 ft, they are to house specific small detications
- Ioncic temple
- Master A and B
North frieze of siphian treasury : Gigantomachy
From delphi
Battle of Gods and Giants
• The giants rise up against the god and try to take control
• All painted
• Hercules, twins, kybele
• Giants are dressed in hoplite armor
• Nostalgia of heroic fighting of the gods
• Warning
Exekias ( Potter and Painter)
Amphora
FROM Athens , FOUND in Vulci
Archaic
- Potters seen as craftsmen. He was a brand name.
- 2 ft tall. Potting more highly valued than painting.
- Black ….
- The background is the color of the clay. Then paint black, the scrape away the black the get details
- A scene from the Trojan War
Andokides ( PAINTER)
Billingual Amphora
From Athens, Found in Orvieto
Archaic
- The jar is painted with two different painting styles. One side is red figure style, and the front is black figure style
- Andokokides signs the pot, but the guy who came up with the red figure style did not sign his name
- Black figure= paint first then carve out. Red= is painting on it with a paint brush red color of the vase.
Euphronios (painter) Euxitheos (potter)
Calyx Krater
FROM athens FOUND in Cerveteri
Archaiac
death of sarpedon
o Special occasion type of a pot
o Death of sarepedon, and zeues could not save his own son. Helpless among fate.
o Attempting to show the body and how it moves in space.
Kritios Boy
FROM Athenian Acropolis
Severe/ Early classical
- It was the first statue to demonstrate how a body actually acts as a system. Everything is anatomically even. He no longer has a smile, but rather a more stone faced look.
- He was made of marble
- 3ft 10 inches
- 480 BCE
- done right before the acropolis was sacked
- Contra- Posto
- Expansion of the ages of the subjects of the sculptures. He looks young
Striding God
FROM Artemisium
Severe/ Early Classical
- Bronze
- Only possible because it was made in bronze
- He was found in shipwreck.
Temple of Aphaia
FROM Aegina
Severe/ Early Classical
o She becomes associated to Athena
o Built right in 514-490.
o Doric temple
o They put sculptures in the 2 pediments
o One pediment in the archaic style, and one pediment in the severe style
East Pediment : Trojan War
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
Severe/ Early Classical
o Severe side, with touches of archaic
Erechtheion
Athenian Acropolis
High Classical
o Most sacred, oddly shaped because it has to accommodate all sacred statues and shrines
o Athena smaller wooden sacred statue lives there
o Alter for sacrifices made for Athenian is infront of the building
o Olive tree, early tombs of early mythical kings , etc
o East side is higher than the west side
KARYTID PORCH
o Large than life size
o Women who take apart in the religious festivals of Athena
o Leg is bent to indicate walking in a procession
o Thick air so the neck wouldn’t collapse underneath the roof
East Pediment : Birth of Athena
Parthenon
Athenian Acropolis
High Classical
Parthenon
Iktonis and Kallikrates ( architects)
Athenian Acropolis
High Classical
o Doric temple. Around 90 apetimes. Ionic continuous freeze all the way around
o There are no straight lines on the parthanon
South BAttle of Lapiths and Centaurs
Parthenon
Athenian Acropolis
High Classical
o Various positions and level of triumph
o Civiliazation vs. civilization. Sticks vs. swords
o Relief is high. Carved on the ground then lifted.
o Figures project from the background . strat with thick marble and chip away.
Cult Statue of Athena Parthenos
Now lost, PArthenon Athenian Acropolis
High Classical
o Ivory, gold
o 40 ft. tall
Ionnic Freeze
Panathenaix procession
PAnthion
High Classical
o Each section was 3 ft high, 120 ft in length.
o All four sides have the same subject matter
o Sculpted in the air to create it
o Looking at a celebration of the Panathenaia ( religious festival celebrating Athena’s bday)
o Women for the first time on the building in the front
o Low relief
o Hard to see , but they put in so much time and effort into something that wasn’t even very noticeably in your face.
Aphrodite of Knidos
Praxiteles ( scultptore)
original lost, but from knidos
Late Classical
Grave Stele of Hegeso
From the Kerameikos Cemetary
Athens
Late Classical
- Marble 5ft 2 inch tall
- Her name and her fathers name
- On her chair at home picking out jewelry with her slave
Alexander Sarcaphogus
FROM Sidon
LAte Classical
- Marble, Hunt scene
- Local loyal king buried in the tomb.
- Distincalyy greek influenced
• Battle between Persians and greeks. Then other two sides show greek and Persians hunting together
NIke of Samothrace
FROM Samothrace
Hellenistic
- Winged victory , marble monument to celebrate a military victory
- Front of a ship with water around it, then above goddess of victory lands on the ship to announce the coming of victory
- Comparison: Paionios, Nike, Olympus (classical)
