Greek Bodies Flashcards
Name: Bell Idol
Date: 750-690 BCE (Geometric Era)
Place: Thebes (boeotia) Egypt
Artist: Artemis?
Medium: Terra Cotta
Name: Archer
Date: 490 BCE
Place: Temple of Aphaia
Name: Loutraki Lion
Date: 550 BCE
Place:
different types of Greek Bodies
The Archaic Body: Schematic and Memorial -Kouros -Kore (750-480 BCE
The Classical Body: Perfect inside and out (500-400 BCE)
The late classical body: expectations disrupted (Appoxymenos) (400-336 BCE)
Hellenistic bodies: Diversity and shock (more old people women, children common stuff) (336-27 BCE)
Name: Palette of Narmer
Date: 3000-2920 BCE
Place:
Name: Menkaure and his wife, Queen Khameremebty
Date: 2515 BCE
Place:
Attributes: Archaic, One foot in front of other, straight arms close to the body, closed fists and stiff, not free standing, no expression
Name: Metropolitan Kouros
Date: 600 BCE
Place:
Characteristics: Archaic Period, straight arms, closed fists, left foot in front of the other, no expression, definition of muscles shown by lines
Name: Kroisos
Date: 525 BCE
Place: kouros Anavysos
Characteristics: Arcahaic, archaic smile, left foot advancing, straight arms, closed fists, a little more muscle definition
Name: Dying Warrior
Date: 500-490 or 470 BCE
Place: West pediment temple of Aphaia, Aegina
Characteistics: Archaic qualities (although dated in early classical) archaic smile, big almond eyes, body in form and position of classical
Name: Berlin Kore
Date: 570-60 BCE
Place: Keratea Cemetery, Athens
Characteristics: Archaic, archaic smile, limbs close to the body erect posture
Name: Peplos Kore
Date: 530 BCE
Place: Acropolis Athens
Characteristics: Archaic, archaic smile, straight erect body
Name: Kritios boy
Date: 480 BCE
Place: Acropolis Athens
Characteristics: Early Classical, shows controposto, face is expressionless, probably had eyes of different material, more naturalistic
Name: Doryphoros
Place: Roman marble copy of bronze original
Date: 450 BCE
Artist: Polykleitos
Characteristics: Early Classical, the ideal body, controposto, very naturalistic, still expressionless
Name: Warrior from raice shipwreck
Date: 460-450 BCE
Place:
Characteristics: Early classical, controposto, the ideal body, expressionless, bronze with bone and glass eyes, silver teeth copper lips, eyelashes, attention to detail
Name: Dying Niobid
Date: 450-440 BCE
Place:
Characteristics: Early classical, although dying still looks peaceful, expressionless, ideal body
Name: Apoxyomenos
Date: 330 BCE
Place: Roman copy of bronze original
Artist: Lysippos
Characteristics: Late classical, shown in vulnerable state, controposto, space interacts with viewer.
Name: Aphrodite of knidos
Date: 350-340 BCE
Place: Roman marble Copy of greek marble original
Artist: Praxiteles
Characteristics: Late Classical, shown in a state of vulnerability, still expessionless, controposto
Name: Dying Warrior
Date: 480 BCE
Place: East pediment of the temple of Aphaia Aegina
Characteristics: Early Classical, expressionless,
Name: Dying Gaul or Dying trumpeter
Date: 230-220 BCE
Place: Roman copy after bronze original
Artist: Epigonos of Pergamon
Characteristics: Hellenistic, shows facial expression, his torc indicates he is not from Rome,
Name: Old Woman
Date: 150-100 BCE
Place: Roman copy of Hellenistic original
Characteristics: Hellenistic, portrayal of old, common people
Name: Nike of Samothrace
Date: 200-190 BCE
Place:
Artist: Pythokritos of Rhodes
Characteristics: Hellenistic
Name: the Laocoon Group
Date: 1st Century BCE
Place:
Artist:maybe Agesander, Athenodorus,and polydorus of Rhodes
Characteristics: Hellenistic, full of expression, compare to dying Niobid
