Midtern Flashcards
What can the arts tell us about a society? (3)
The Spear Bearer by Polykleitos
- 1/7 size head-men smarter
- contrapposto-control and balance
- iliac crest-unreachable muscles
- olympian-perfection is ideal
- artist is known-art is important
Aphrodite of Knidos
- 1/8 head-women are less intelligent
- waist to hip ratio-is seen as ideal
- prostitute Phryne is idolized and desired by all
Laocoon and two sons
- God punishes traitors of Greece-morally correct
- venomous snakes are seen as the correct punishment
- Humiliate men for screaming and showing fear (losing control over their emotions
- Expressionism is introduced
- Even young boys (two sons) are extremely muscular (beauty standards for men)
Which time period is most important for understanding our art today? (3)
ANCIENT GREECE
Spear Bearer
- 1/7 head
- calm and expressionless
- male beauty standards
- power and control
- contrapposto pose
- inspired Doric columns
- Realism v Idealism
- artist is known
Aphrodite of Knidos
- 1/8 head
- female beauty standard
- insoired ionic columns
- porn
Proscenium theatre
- theatre
- orchestra
- plot
- emotions
- rest on sunday
- recognition
- reversal
- hero/villain
- free will v fate
Laocoon and his two sons
- expressionsim (over dramatic poses and expressions to show emotion)
- attention to detail (hyperrealism)
How does the Prehistoric World impact us today?
- unrealistic female beauty standards
- agriculture
- religion
- labor
- porn
- survival
- jewelry
- gender roles
- fertility
- power
- after life
- idealism
- universal desire to make something out of nothing
- have your own voice
- need to socialize and work together
Explain development of female form. (4)
Venus of Wilendorf
- unrealistic beauty standard
- obese body is ideal
- little to no facial features
- arms tucked in
Mesopotamian Votive temple statues
- cylindrical bodies
- big bug eyes
- more developed facial features
- beard distinguishes gender
Menkaure and Wife Khamernebty
- breasts present
- more curves on body
- large eyes but not as dramatic as before
- gender roles (menkaure is strong and khamernebty is comforting him) (man is king with power she is just “wife)
Aphrodite of Knidos
- 1/8 head (smaller than men’s because women are seen as less intelligent)
- waist to hip ratio (70%-80%) child bearing hips is ideal beauty
- realistic features and proportions
- contrapposto pose
Explain the development of the male form. (4)
Lascaux Cave Painting
-men were stick figures (thought soul would be captured) with penises
Stele of Hammurabi
- 1st depiction of God is male
- cylindrical bodies
- beard distinguishes gender
- composite pose (to distinguish between mand and animals) (ten fingers)
Menkaure and wife khamernebty
- toned arms
- broad shoulders and small waist
- arms tucked to the side
- more developed facial features
- man is in power (pharaoh)
- portrayed as powerful and strong (seperate gender roles)
The spear bearer
- 1/7 head sizen(men are smarter than women)
- iliac crest (unachievable muscles)
- contrapposto pose (balance and control)
- calm and collect (control over emotions shows intelligence and power) (seperate gender roles)
- Olympian gold medalist (perfection is key) to show men are not only smart but strong and beautiful.
How does ancient mesopotamia impact us today?
-agriculture
-labor
-religion
-irrigation system
-gender roles
-laws
-taxes
wheel
-writing
-domesticated animals
-social classes
god as male
-60 mins in an hour
-superstition on 13
-heros/villains
-illustrated stories (narrative registers)
What can we learn about the values of ancient greek? (4)
spear bearer
- men are superior than women (1/7 head)
- men should be so fit their muscles look like steel armour (iliac crest)
- men should be calm in control and balanced (contrapposto pose)
- only 1st place is applauded mediocracy is not allowed (first gold medalist olympian)
- art is important therefore artists are now known
aphrodite of knidos
- women are less intelligent than men (1/8 head)
- a female prostitute is glorified and admired by all for her grace and beauty
- the ideal female figure is waist to hip ratio 70%-80%
- admired for beauty not accomplishments like the spear bearer (gender roles)
laocoon and his two sons
- traitors should be punished to death (venomous snake)
- god is allowed to kill those who betray greece
- men are not allowed to lose control over emtions
- even young boys are expected to be super muscular and ripped
PROSCENIUM theatre
- theatre only place for men to cry and show emotion
- closed on sundays
how does ancient greek impact us today? (4)
spear bearer
- 1/7 head
- contrapposto pose
- men muscular standards of beauty
- olympics
- doric columns
- realism v idealism
aphrodite of knidos -1/8 head -waist to hip ratio ideal -ionic columns -porn gender roles
PARTHENON
- democracy
- ionic columns in gov buildings
- post and lintel
PROSCENIUM theatre
- obscenity
- theatre
- orchestra
- rest on sunday
- revelation
- reversal
- plot
- show emotions in a theatre
Why do we celebrate Parthenon as the best building?
- symmetric/perfect ratio (x=2y+1)
- illusion to seem perfect at a distance and at angle
- ionic columns in government buildings
- doric columns=strength,power, and protection
why does the architecture of Washington DC look like it does?
White House
- ionic columns in white house were used in democratic buildings in ancient greece (1st democracy)
- ionic columns are decorative
- unlike doric columns, ionic columns represent aphrodite of knidos in that it is soft, beautiful, graceful, and curvaceous. making it best suitable for a building that is supposed to “for the people”
Lincoln Memorial
- calm collect face much like ancient greek’s
- Modeled after Statue of Zeus at Olympia
- head is too big for body (spear bearer) (shows intelligence)
- statue is larger than life (shows power and dominance over the people like Statue of Zeus at Olympia
if you could only pick one greek artwork to represent the culture and era which would it be and why?
Parthenon
- Doric columns -strength (spear bearer)
- Ionic columns -beauty (aphrodite of knidos)
- Illusion of perfection (Greeks standards of perfection)
- gift for defeating the Persians (Greeks love winning and being the best) (Olympics)
- showed democracy
- columns were 1/7 of building (spear bearer)
- post and lintel
- mathematically harmonious x=2y+1
what modern ideas derive from ancient greece?
- democracy
- irrigation systems
- rest on sundays
- seperate gender roles
- men should not cry
- female beauty standards (curvy)
- male beauty standards (muscular)
- plot
- theatre
- recognition
- reversal
- olympics
- gyms
- ionic columns in gov buildings
- 1/7 male head
if you were an artist in the ancient world which era would you decide to live in and why? (gender race and wealth)
I am a middle class Hispanic female artist. I would prefer to live in the Prehistoric era because that is when female artists were valued the most. The men would depend on the women to draw out what they wanted their men to hunt (sympathetic magic).
