Hellenistic period Flashcards
Paionios of Ephesos and Daphnis of Miletos
temple of Apollo
ionic
Paionios of Ephesos and Daphnis of Miletos, plan of the Temple of Apollo
had an open roof where a shrine would be
2 rows of columns
“front” enterance
city of Priene
Hepidome plan
strict grid plan conforming to the principles of Hippodamos of Miletos, whom Aristotle singled out as the father of rational city planning
straight streets
urban homes
what is a hepidamien plan?
a strict grid was imposed on a site, regardless of the terrain, so that all streets would meet at right angles.
Stoa of Attalos II
“mall”
every city would have one
Reconstructed west front of the Altar of Zeus, Pergamon
big square
artificial space
frieze on the bottom
statues interacting with stairs
Zeus holding a lightening bolt (torch)
Athena battling Alkyoneos, detail of the gigantomachy frieze, Altar of Zeus
Gaia, the earth goddess and mother of the giants, emerges from the ground and looks on with horror, Athena grabs the hair of the giant Alkyoneos as Nike flies in to crown her
Epigonos(?), Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife
chieftain committing suicide after taking his wife’s life. He preferred death to surrender
Epigonos(?), Dying Gaul
depicted this defeated Gallic trumpeter and the other Gauls as barbarians with bushy hair, mustaches, and neck bands, but also as noble foes who fought to the death.
cord around neck
stabbed self
Nike alighting on a warship (Nike of Samothrace)
Nike alighting on a warship
“wet” look
Wings
in movement
probably blowing a trumpet or holding something
about to land on the ship
heralding a victory
Venus de Milo
Aphrodite
more overtly sexual
The goddess’s slipping garment teases the spectator.
Sleeping satyr
(Barberini Faun)
sleeping not dead
sexuality
represented a restlessly sleeping, drunken satyr, a semihuman in a suspended state of consciousness—the antithesis of the Classical ideals of rationality and discipline.
seated boxer
wrapped hands
cauliflower ear
has wounds
used different metals to make it look like blood
old market woman
poor old lady
sagging face and skin
realism, not perfection
wealthy patron
statues made of people were made fully from head to toe
Polyeuktos, Demosthenes
Roman copy of a bronze original
One of the earliest Hellenistic portraits, frequently copied, was Polyeuktos’s representation of the great orator Demosthenes as a frail man who possessed great courage and moral conviction.
Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, Laocoön and his sons
more realism
The three Trojans writhe in pain as they struggle to free themselves from the death grip of the serpents
