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Relief sculpture Flashcards

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Challenges of metopes

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> Small, square
Difficult to creata dynamic story
Not many characters can fit
Hard to utilise space and present action that looks dynamic

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Challenges of Grave Stelai

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> Meant to reflect and encapsulate the deceased
somber yet celebratory
Recognisable but respectful

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Challenges of friezes, specific to Parthenon

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>160m, 1m of ribbon needs to be filled
>avoid monotony and repetition
>Recognisable scenes
>Cater for corners
>Many different sculptors working on it have to use the same style so it gels
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Challenge of pediments

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> Unity of scale
recognisable scenes
Sense of movement and actions
relevance to area

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What date is the pediment of the Temple of Aephaia

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510- archaic

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What does the west pediment on the Temple of Aephaia show

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The second trojan war

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Who is at the apex on west pediment on the Temple of Aephaia show

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Athene

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Characteristics of west pediment on the Temple of Aephaia show

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>Balanced
>Not symmetrical
>Movement towards corners (everyones looking out)
>Unity of scale, dynamic looking
>No figures touch
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What does the easthaia show

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The First Trojan war, 490

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Characteristic of east pediment on the temple of Aephaia

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> Balanced, not symmetrical
Unity of scale>Sense of action, heads face all directions
More dynamic
Not as perfectly arranged at West per, more realistic
severe style

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Similarities of

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Man filling the corner

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Differences of the man filling the corner of East and West of Aephaia

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> Feel pathos for figure on east ped
More realistic body position on east, looks limp, due to relaxed musculature
No archaic smile or hair on east

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Date of Metopes of Temple of Zeus

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457BC

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How many metopes on temple of zeus and what do they depict

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12- 12 labours of Heracles

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name four of the main metopes

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The Nemean Lion, Cretan Bull, Stable of Augeus, Apples of Hesperides

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What does the Nemean lion show about Heracles

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A softer side, this is done by clever characterisation:Body position, young looking, humanisation, care from Athene

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What does the Cretan Bull show about Heracles and what is the composition

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Heracles looks strong and powerful- peak of labours.

CHIASTIC

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What does the Stables of AUGEUS show about Heracles and composition

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He is old and more mature looking

Athene’s arm and his arm are parallel, showing connection

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What does the Apples of Hesperides shows about Heracles

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He is weak, since he now needs help from gods, he is obviously favoured by gods, more humanised

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How is Heracles characterised

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> Age
Maturity (facial hair)
Softer and strong side to him
Humanization

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What story is shown on the east Pediment of The Temple of zeus at Olympia

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Cahriot race of Pelops

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Characterisation on East ped on Temple of Zeus

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Characterization:
Oinomaos looks confident.
Pelops looks guilty
Hippodomia looks disinterested(Closed position
Sterope looks worried (closed position)
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Good example of characterisation of age, east per T of Zeus

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Slave boy and seer- musculature shows age

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Who’s at the apex of of the East per of the temple of Zeus

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Zeus

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Who’s shown at the apex of both of the temples of Aephaia

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Athene, looks more involved in east ped

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Baisc story of Chariot race of Pelops and Oinomaos

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Oinomaos wants to find a man to win the hand of his daughter, so challenges all the suitors to a race, Pelops know he is going to cheat, so looks guilty, Oinomaos looks confident because he hasn’t lost yet and the sterope looks nervous, Hippodamia looks disinterested since she has watched so many

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What story is depicted on the west pediment of T of Z

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Wedding of Perithous and Hippodamia- fight of lapiths and centuars

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Story of Wedding of Perithous and Hippodamia

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Centuars invited to wedding, when they get drunk they get violent (representing Persians and enemies of greece), fight men, rape women, try and steal hippodamia away

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Who is at the apex of the west pediment on T of Z

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Apollo

30
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West pediment of T of Z faces

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Severe style, lack of emotion?

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External metope on the Parthenon show

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Greeks vs Centuars, spaced filled using whole body of centaur and cloaks

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Why are the external metopes not so affective

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Repetitive metopes, scenes do not make sense together, do not gel well, boring?

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East pediment of Parthenon

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Birth of Athene

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How is the spread of news shown (E per Par)

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using a technique called ‘ripple of awareness’

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How is movement shown (E ped Parth)

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motion lines and movement lines

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What does the horses head do (E per Parth)

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gives depth

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size

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160 *1m

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What does the

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Panthenaic procession and men and horses going to battle (horses carved to different extents ives depth)

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How are the gods presented on Frieze on the Parthenon

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humanized, but still obvious that they are gods by their size

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Three grave steles studied

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Hegeso, Dexileos,Illissos’ river stele

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Hegeso

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400 BC
Shows the lady is :
>wealthy due to head piece, slave and jewels
>Drapery is exaggerated and stylised
>Idealised portrait- shows her to be the perfect wife and women- perfect features
>Shows she is a priestess
>With slave girl

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Dexileos

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394 BC
Shows exiles brave beating down a random Corinthian soldier
>Space filled soldier and cape
>wants to be remembered as brave
>Idealised- crushing enemy, hero of democracy
>3 other men got these special steles, made by family- others got a group grave

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Ilissos River Stele

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340 BC
>Young man is deceased, son crying of him, father and dog looks sad- characterisation
>Solemn mood- sense of pathos
>Deceased is distant

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