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What makes up most of cycladic art?

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largely marble idols found in tombs

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Cycladic art is largely made up of what kind of figure?

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standing nude female figures with arms folded across the chest

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Where were the Minoans located?

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Crete

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Where was the most ambitious palace of the Minoans?

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Knossos

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Who excavated the palace at Knossos and when?

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Sir Arthur Evans, 1900

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What are four main characteristics of the palace at Knossos?

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complicated maze of rooms, multi-story, CHARACTERISTIC DOWNWARD TAPERING COLUMNS, THRONE ROOM

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When was the Bronze Age?

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c. 3000-1000 B.C.

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What is the most important Minoan sculpture known and when was it created?

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faience snake goddess

c. 1600 B.C.

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During which age did the Minoans exist?

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Bronze Age

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Where was Mycenae?

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mainland Greece

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What adjective was used to describe the walls of Mycenae and why?

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“cyclopean” due to their immense size

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What shape is a tholos tomb?

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bee-hive shaped

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What is one example of a tholos tomb from Mycenae?

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the Treasury of Atreus

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Who discovered the Mask of Agamemnon and where?

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Heinrich Schliemann in shaft graves

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Who excavated Pylos?

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the American archeologist Carl Blegen

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Who deciphered Linear B tablets and when?

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Michael Ventris in the 1950s

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When was protogeometric pottery popular?

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c. 1000-900 B.C.

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What are the characteristics of protogeometric pottery?

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decorated with black bands, wavy lines, and simple geometric designs, concentric circles

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When was the geometric style of pottery popular?

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c. 900-700 B.C.

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What characteristics are typical of geometric pottery?

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human and animal figures, meander pattern (the wave pattern thingy), triangles

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What was added to geometric pottery that was not present in protogeometric pottery?

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animal and human figures

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What purpose did the Dipylon vase serve?

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it was a grave monument

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What is depicted on the Dipylon vase?

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a funeral scene

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When was the Orientalizing period in pottery?

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c. 700-600 B.C.

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In what period did pottery begin to show influences from the East?
Orientalizing
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What are characteristics typical of the Orientalizing period?
decorative floral motifs, animals
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What is depicted on the Eleusis Amphora?
the binding of Polyphemus by Odysseus
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When and where was black figure technique developed?
c. 700 B.C. in Corinth
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What is black figure technique?
the design is silhouetted in black against the reddish clay, details are scratched in with a needle
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Who painted the Francois vase?
Kleitias
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What does the Francois vase depict?
the wedding of Peleus and Thetis
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What type of vase was "Ajax and Achilles Playing Dice"?
an amphora
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Who painted "Ajax and Achilles Playing Dice"?
Exekias
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When and where was red figure technique invented?
Athens ca. 530 B.C.
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What is red figure technique?
the figures are left red and the background is black, allows for greater details and foreshortening
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What type of vase was "Death of Sarpedon"?
a krater
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Who painted "Death of Sarpedon"?
Euphronios
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What is the name of a two-handled vase used for storage and transport?
an amphora
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Which vase is used for mixing wine with water?
a krater
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What two vases were used as drinking cups?
kylix and kantharos
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What is the name for a vase that was used for oils and perfumes, and for pouring funeral libations?
lekythos
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When was the Archaic period in sculpture?
c. 600-480 B.C.
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What was a kouros?
a youth, male, free-standing nude
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What are the characteristics of a kouros?
one foot forward, stiff hair (formalized and wig-like), an unnatural looking "archaic smile"
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What physical feature is typical of Archaic period sculpture?
an archaic smile
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When was the New York kouros made?
c. 600 B.C.
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When was the Anayssos Kouros made?
ca. 525 B.C.
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What was a kore?
a maiden, female, free-standing, but always clothed
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When was the Peplos kore made?
ca. 530 B.C.
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When was the Calf-Bearer made?
ca. 570 B.C.
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Where is the "Battle of the Gods and Giants"?
the Siphnian treasury (Delphi)
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When was the "Battle of the Gods and Giants" made?
ca. 530 B.C.
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What kind of artwork is the "Battle of the Gods and Giants"?
a frieze
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On what temple was the Dying Warrior found?
On the pediment of the temple of Aphaea at Aegina
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What sculpture marks the end of the Archaic and the beginning of the Classical Period?
the Critias Boy
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What is contrapposto?
a figure not looking or walking straight ahead, his head and the upper part of his body are turned, his weight shifts from one leg to another another and his hips move
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What stance was the Critias Boy in?
contrapposto
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When was the Classical Period in sculpture?
the 5th century
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Who sculpted the Parthenon?
Phidias
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How many metopes are on the Parthenon?
92
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What are on the north, east, south, and west pediments of the Parthenon?
Trojan War, Gigantomachy, Lapiths and Centaurs, and Amazonomachy (respectively)
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What is depicted on the inner frieze of the Parthenon and what kind of relief is it?
the Panathenaic procession, done in low relief
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How long was the inner frieze of the Parthenon?
500 ft
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What was depicted on the west pediment of the Parthenon?
competition between Athena and Poseidon for patronage of Athens
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What was depicted on the east pediment?
the birth of Athena
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What figures survive from the east pediment on the Parthenon?
Dionysus, Demeter, Persephone, Iris, and three goddesses
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How would describe the statue of Athena kept in the Parthenon?
a massive chryselephantine (gold and ivory) statue (does not survive)
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Where was the statue of Athena kept in the Parthenon?
the cella
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What are the east pediment statues of the Parthenon known as today?
the Elgin Marbles, named for Lord Elgin
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Where are the east pediment statues now and when were they taken there?
the British Museum, the 19th century (taken there by Lord Elgin)
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What are the benefits of using bronze instead of marble for statues?
lighter, allows for a variety of poses, the statues show movement
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What does Discobolus mean?
discus-thrower
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Who made the Discobolus?
Myron
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What form of the Discobolus survives?
a Roman marble copy
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What does Doryphorus mean?
spear-bearer
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Who made the Doryphorus?
Polyclitus
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In what form does the Doryphorus survive?
marble copies
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What was significant about the Doryphorus?
perfection of contrapposto, shows ideal proportions of the human body
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What was Polyclitus's book on proportions called?
Canon
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When was the Late Classical Period?
4th century B.C.
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Who sculpted "Hermes and the Infant Dionysus"?
Praxiteles
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What characteristics are used to describe "Hermes and the Infant Dionysus"?
elongated body, extreme contrapposto stance (s curve)
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Who sculpted "Aphrodite of Cnidos"?
Praxiteles
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What was significant about "Aphrodite of Cnidos"?
first life-size female nude, renowned for her beauty
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In what form does "Aphrodite of Cnidos" survive?
known only through copies
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Who was Alexander the Great's greatest sculptor?
Lysippus
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How was Alexander the Great depicted in most of his statues?
god-like, with tousled hair and eyes looking upward
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Who sculpted Apoxyomenos?
Lysippus
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What does Apoxyomenos mean?
the Scraper
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In what form does Apoxyomenos survive?
Roman copies

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