Week 6 Flashcards
What are the hetairai?
Prostitutes that also offered insightful conversation
What is pornoboskos?
Pimp
What is opsis?
Sight, appearance
What is logos?
Word, verbal expression
What is sycophantes?
Vexatious litigants, informers
What is kosmos?
Ordered world
What is kalos?
Beautiful
What is aischios?
Ugly
Who is polykleitos and what did he do?
Sculptor responsible for diadoumenos (stature of effeminate youth) and doryphoros (statue of youth with manly stature)
What is symmetria?
Proportions
What is mimesis?
Faithful imitation of nature?
What happened until 5th century greece?
Inscriptions identified each figure
What is an example of intentional ugliness?
Red-figure hydria with Thersites insulting Agamemnon
Meaning and origin of caricature?
Italian caricatura, exaggeration/overloading
Example of caricature?
Caricature of a sophist