late classical

Question 1

Answer 1

Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos

roman copy

first nude statue of a goddess

not explicitly sensual, was just caught in a moment taking off her clothes

humanizing qualities

not og statue

Question 2

Answer 2

Praxiteles(?), Hermes and the infant Dionysos, from the Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece

copy of a marble statue

Praxiteles humanized the Olympian deities

new standard of adult/child interaction

contrapposto

Question 3

Answer 3

Lysippos, Apoxyomenos

“Scraper”

athletes did not shower, they scrape all the grime off

new canon of proportions

Roman (leaf covers genitals)

encouraged viewing his statues from multiple angles.

Question 4

Answer 4

Lysippos, Weary Herakles (Farnese Hercules)

roman marble copy

holding an apple behind him

so weary that he must lean on his club for support.

Question 5

Answer 5

Head of Alexander the Great,

Lysippos was the official portrait sculptor of Alexander the Great

Question 6

Answer 6

Hades abducting Persephone

characteristics of mural painting at the time of Alexander.

intense drama, three-quarter views, and shading

Question 7

Answer 7

Philoxenos of Eretria, Battle of Issus

thought to be a copy of a painting of Helen of Egypt

King Darius 2 and Alexander the Great

Foreshortening

different perception of horse

a person saw dying in the shield

shadow

Question 8

Answer 8

Polykleitos the Younger

start of theatres

built on hills

seat 12k people

built to hear speaker all around

Question 9

Answer 9

Theodoros of Phokaia, Tholos

round temple

smaller/more intimate

symmetrical

doric columns on the outside

freize

Question 10

Answer 10

Polykleitos the Younger, Corinthian capital, from the tholos

Question 11

Answer 11

Choragic Monument of Lysikrates

earliest example of Corinthian capital on the exterior of a structure

“Trophy case”