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

What god did Acropolis worship?

Answer 11

Athena

Question 12

Parthenon

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Parthenon was a visual expression of?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Plaque of Ergenstines

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What is a panathenaic procession

Answer 15

Held every 4 years to honor Athena

Question 16

Why was the plaque of ergastines important?

Answer 16

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 17

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

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Nike adjusting her sandle

Answer 18

Location : Temple of Nike on the acropolis

Question 19

Erectheion: porch of the Maidens

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Pergamon

Answer 20

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 21

Neobides Krater (red figure)

Answer 21

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

Question 22

The story behind Neobides

Answer 22

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 23

Alexander Mosiac

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What are the 2 parts of a temple?

Answer 24

Freize and pediment