Greek Art

Question 1

What are the time periods of Greek art?

Answer 1

Archaic
Classical
Hellenistic

Question 2

What was the key theme of Greek Art?

Answer 2

The Ideal

Question 3

What are the innovations in Greek Art?

Answer 3

Nude body
Switch from marble to bronze
Contrappso

Question 4

What was different about archaic statues?

Answer 4

1. First sculpted human figures to stand freely on their own
2. Nude
3. Arms and legs cut free from the stone
4. Archiac smile

Question 5

Kouros Functions?

Answer 5

1. Monument— grave marker
2. Not a real portrait, but a general representation of the dead

Question 6

Significance of classical sculptures

Answer 6

1. Contrappasta - implies bodily fluid movements
2. Highly idealized
3. Most knowledge of Greek sculptures comes from Roman marble copies of bronze originals
4. Function: to represent an ideal figure that embodies the characterizes of harmony and proportion

Question 7

What book did polykleitos write?

Answer 7

The canon, it was used to illustrate his theories of how you could use math to create the perfect body

Question 8

What is the Hellenistic era?

Answer 8

Refers to the spread of Greek culture beyond Greek

Question 9

Alexander the Great

Answer 9

Was responsible for the spread of Greek culture in the East, when he died the Greek Culture lost stability

Question 10

Greek architecture characteristics

Answer 10

Function; building to house the cult statue of the god the temple was dedicated to
Cella: writhing the temple
Only the priest were allowed inside the temple
Temples were located on a high hill or an acropolis
Sculpture placed on pediments

Question 11

Doric Temples

Answer 11

Doric columns have no base
Unadorned architectures and alternating tru glyphs and metopes

Question 12

What god did Acropolis worship?

Answer 12

Athena

Question 13

Parthenon

Answer 13

Time period: classical
Style : Doric
Location : Highest part of Acropolis
Function : temple to Athena/ Treasury

Question 14

Parthenon was a visual expression of?

Answer 14

The Greeks quest to build a perfectly proportioned, thus ideal temple

Question 15

Plaque of Ergenstines

Answer 15

Time period : classical
Location : Parthenon
Subject : ergastines- young women in charge of weaving Athena’s people

Question 16

What is a panathenaic procession

Answer 16

Held every 4 years to honor Athena

Question 17

Why was the plaque of ergastines important?

Answer 17

First time in Greek Art history showing a depiction of a human event on a temple
An example of the Athenians high sense of self worth

Question 18

The theme of the Parthenon Pediments : Helios, Horses, and Dionysus

Answer 18

The birth of Athena, who is the patron god of Athens

Question 19

Nike adjusting her sandle

Answer 19

Location : Temple of Nike on the acropolis

Question 20

Erectheion: porch of the Maidens

Answer 20

Location : Acropolis
Function : designed to house sacred objects, including a wooden statue of Athena
Carytids : female figure functioning as supporting columns

Question 21

Pergamon

Answer 21

Time period : Hellenistic
Location: turkey
Patron : Alexander the Great wanted turkey to be the new Athens
Function : at the center of the civic ceremonies and altar dedicated to Zeus

Question 22

Neobides Krater (red figure)

Answer 22

Time period : classical
Krater: bowl for mixing wine and water

Question 23

The story behind Neobides

Answer 23

Noibe had 12 kids and boasted that she was superior/more fertile than the goddess Leto, who only had 2 kids
Leto sent her sons Apollo and Artemis to massacre her children

Question 24

Alexander Mosiac

Answer 24

Time period : Hellenistic
Medium : battle between Alexander the Great and The Persian King Darius lll

Question 25

What are the 2 parts of a temple?

Answer 25

Freize and pediment