Power And Triumph: Monumental Sculpture In Classical Greece

Question 1

When was the Persian invasion and what monuments were erected after the event?

Answer 1

480, victory monument at Platea

The temple of Aphaia 480/70 shows the sack of Troy, Greeks vs. Persians, superiority of the Greeks

Question 2

What are 2 key structures that define 6th century monumental sculpture on temples?

Answer 2

• Temple of Artemis, Corfu, 590 - medusa with lions on either side
• 560 blue beard temple

Question 3

Two archaic art examples

Answer 3

• Late geometric II Leuterion - kidnap of Ariadne, first mythological scenes begin to appear in art
• 7th century black figure amphora, Hercules and Nessus

Question 4

Main artistic features of the temple of Zeus, Olympia

Answer 4

East pediment - the defeat of king Onomarchus by Pelops, who then wins Hippodameia
West pediment - Theseus and the Lapiths, he saves all the women at a wedding from being captured

Question 5

What are the two main treasury’s at Delphi and what art do they depict?

Answer 5

Siphnian treasury, 525 - frieze of Parthian marble, Greeks vs trojans, gods vs giants
490 athenian treasury, defeated Persians at Agathon, metopes are the deeds of Heracles and Theseus

Question 6

Two main mythological scenes from a kylix and a temple

Answer 6

• 440-430 - red figure kylix, Theseus of Athens cutting the legs off of a trickster
• Early 500 BC - temple of Athena Polieas, Athena showing a snake to a fallen giant

Question 7

What are the main 4 features of the acropolis?

Answer 7

• the propylaea, 437, monumental gateway (Pericles re-did Peisistratus’ work)
• temple of Athena Nike, Mycenean wall foundations, scenes of marathon invasion, 427
• Erechtheion, 3 levels for 3 cults, 526-422, olive wood statue
• Parthenon, constructed by Pericles in 447-443

Question 8

What are the main artistic features of the Parthenon?

Answer 8

-made of marble, Doric temple with an Ionian frieze showing the panatheniac procession
-decorative metopes
-the arathonomachoi - 192 men
Pediments - one of Athena vs. Poseidon, another for the birth of Athena
-Chryselephantine Athena, used as a bank

Question 9

Describe the art of the decorative metopes on the Parthenon.

Answer 9

South - Greeks vs centaurs
East - Gigantomachy
West - Greeks vs Amazons
North - Greeks vs Trojans

Question 10

Academic opinion

Answer 10

Taylor-Hunt

• Daedalus influence of wavy hair and a slender body
• Egyptian profiles are seen in Greek art
• temple of Aphaia has a mixture of styles from different periods

Question 11

Name a style of sculpture that was popular in the classical period

Answer 11

-Daedalus sculpture, 640-470