Late Classical and Hellenistic Greek Art

Question 1

late classical greek period

Answer 1

400-330 BCE

Question 2

epidauros

Answer 2

sanctuary of Asclepius, major healing center of the Greeks

Question 3

Praxiteles

Answer 3

one of the first to create a nude depiction of a goddess, Aphrodite of Knidos

Question 4

Lysippos

Answer 4

late classical-early Hellenistic, weary Heracles

Question 5

Agread Dynasty

Answer 5

believed themselves to be descended from royalty of Argos (southern Greece) and from Heracles

Question 6

skiagraphia

Answer 6

“writing” with shadows

Question 7

Politts characteristics of the Hellenistic Period

Answer 7

1. obsession with fortune (tyche/luck), 2. theatrical mentality, 3. individualism, 4. cosmopolitanism (citizen of the world), 5. scholarly mentality.

Question 8

Hellenistic period

Answer 8

330/325-50 BCE

Question 9

art that shows…

Answer 9

…emotion can reach to a broader audience

Question 10

Philippic

Answer 10

speech, against someone/something

Question 11

Pergamon

Answer 11

invented parchment and also had a huge ass library

Question 12

La Tene Celtic art

Answer 12

used a lot of spirals (triskele motif)

Question 13

Hellenistic characteristics

Answer 13

taller proportions, smaller head, invited to walk around the sculpture, empathy

Question 14

himantes

Answer 14

boxing gloves

Question 15

mellichai (soft)

Answer 15

early, made of soft hide

Question 16

oxeis himantes

Answer 16

(sharp thongs) used after 4th century BCE, padding reinforced with hard leather

Question 17

Roman caestus (with iron and lead)

Answer 17

reinforced with iron and lead