Lecture notes Flashcards
Geometric Greece (900-700)
Saw the emergence of the polis
Development of state religion and sanctuaries such as Olympia
Development of the alphabet and epics such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
expansion of the Greek world in terms of trade and colonisation.
Dark ages (1100-900)
Skills were lost and there was depopulation.
Protogeometric period (1050-900)
Change from inhumation to cremation.
East meets Greece - the Orientalising period - Corinth
The first city to break out of the geometric style, they developed a new style in 720 BC. They have trading contacts with Syria and they exported widely in the Greek world.
East meets Greece - the Orientalising period - Athens
Developed new style in 700 BC (prottoattic style), they have a grander scale, inventive iconography, fewer animals and are rarely exported out of Attica.
The Analatos painter
Often regarded as the ‘creator’ of this style - curvilinear rather than rectilinear.
Horror vacue
‘Fear of the void’
Middle prottoattic (black and white)
Eleusis Amphora (main case of the Polyphemis painter) which is located at the sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis and is the most famous of the middle period - bones of a ten year old boy were found.
Late Prottoattic (early black figure)
Most famous being Nessos Amphora, the main vase of the Nessos painter
Corinthian vases
Very different from Prottoattic, they are exported widely throughout the world. They dominate pottery production and trade in the 7th century BCE.
Protocorinthian (720-640)
Best work is before mass production, there were early, middle and late periods.
Temple of Apollo, Thermon (630 BC)
Plan shows a peripteral colonnade, a long narrow cella and opisthodomos in antis (back porch made up of extended walls). Everything above the columns is called the ‘superstructure’
Temple of Priniers, Crete (625-600)
The Akroteria is a sphinx. The frieze shows a procession of horsemen armed with spears and shields. The lintel block (rectangular element above the door) shows Panthers and seated females wearing polo is. Standing women on the underside.
Geometric figures
Like the figures on vases (broad shoulders, narrow waste) made using lost wax technique. Expensive to produce as made of bronze.
Daedalic style
Named after Daedalus Break from strict linear form More realistic volume Anatomy through modelling Strict frontal No movement
How can we look at the development of art and archaeology?
Chronologically - by period
Contextually - by change or continuity
Overall - the evolution of styles and techniques
Why is the Francois vase significant?
Introduces new shape - Attic black figure volue krater.
Berlin Painter
also a significant figure in the third generation; he has 300 works attributed to him (490 BCE). His figures are much more delicate and slender. All the emphasis is on one or two figures.
Stylistic characteristics of Daedalic
Triangular face, low forehead, large staring eyes, heavily cut semi-circular brows.
Archaic sculpture
Moves towards naturalism, platform for narratives.
Archaic vase painting
Refinement of black-figure, development of red-figure, Athens as major producer, Mass visual medium
Archaic architecture
Refinement and standardisation of Doric and Ionic.
Black-figure development in Archaic vase painting
Mastery of the human form and movement, increasingly detailed narratives, more complex and naturalistic compositions.
Exekias
He was a potter and painter, very innovative potter but had a short career as a painter (545-530).
The Pioneers
First to learn their craft entirely from red-figure, they appear in 520 but mature by 510. They rival Exekias in draftsmanship, their interest lies in new shapes, new ways to represent. They are the first discernible movement in western art.
3rd generation of red-figure artists 500-490/80
Industry expands, specialisation, increased exports.
Mid 5th century Athens
Athens head of Delian league which aimed to defend Greece. Treasury of Delian league moved to Athens in 454. Portion set aside for Athena. Pericles champions idea that temples destroyed by Persians should be replaced using the treasury money.
