Sculpture of Ancient Greece Flashcards

Lapiths versus the Centaurs
Marble
Metopes

Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite
Material: Marble
[East Pediment: Parthenon]

Ilissos, river God of Athens
Material: Marble
[West Pediment: Parthenon]

Reconsruction of the Eastern and Western Pediment
Material: Marble
Date: 432 BCE

Maidens bringing peplos to chief priest: seated deities (Athena and Hephasitos) (East)
Marble
Parthenon Frieze

Sacrifical animals and unmounted Horsemen (North)
Parthenon Frieze
(1/3)

Sacrifical animals and unmounted Horsemen (North)
Parthenon Frieze
(2/3)

Sacrifical animals and unmounted Horsemen (North)
Parthenon Frieze
(3/3)

Maidens With Incence and sacrifical vessels
Marble
Parthenon Frieze
(Study Guide says North but Powerpoint says east)

Horsemen Marshal Prcoession (West)
Marble
Parthenon Frieze

Horsemen Marshal Prcoession (North)
Marble
Parthenon Frieze

Kallikrates, Temple of Athena Nike,
part of the Acropolis
Athens,Greece

Nike Adjusting her Sandal
Located in Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis
Material: Marble

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
Marble
Artist: Polykleitos
[example of early classical image]

Kouros
Marble

Hermes and Infant Dionysos
Romany copy of classic 4th BCE origional
Marble
Artist: Praxiteles
[example of late classical]

Apoxyomenos (The Scraper)
Marble
Artist: Lysippos
[Example of late classical]