Ancient Greek Art I: Archiac

3 Major Types of Ancient Greek Art Periods

- Archaic

- Classical

- Hellenistic

Democracy

power to the people

Greeks and non Greeks were called what?

- Greeks= Hellas

- Non Greeks= barbarians

What was used to make statues in Greece?

Stone as it's environment was close to the mountains, i.e marble and other stone materials

Aphrodite

Goddess of love and beauty

Athena

Goddess of wisdom and war

Zeus

King of the gods

Ares

God of war

Artemis

Goddess of the hunt & the moon

Hera

Goddess of marriage

Poseidon

God of the sea

Geometric Krater

- Large vessel that is used to mix water & wine

- This is a funerary marker

- Abstract looking

- Story is seen, specifically a funeral scene of a deceased person

Kouros

- One of the earliest life size statue of a peep

- Man seems fit, and formal pose (like the egyptians)

- Monumental statue

- Facial features look more stylistic

- Male is presented nude

Kouros

Young man

Kroisos from Anavysos

- Another statue of a kouros

- Much more realistic & detailed

- Facial features are more proportianite

- More life like

- Tomb marker for Kroisos, who died in battle

- Nude

Peplos Kore

- Fully clothed woman

- Similar hair style to the Kouros

- Kore is wearing a peplos (garment)

- Missing left hand

Kore

Young woman

Greek Temple plan

Peristyle

a colonnade (columns) surrounding all 4 sides

Cella/naos

the chamber at the center of an ancient temple holding a cult statue

Pediment

A triangle area between the roof & the entablature frieze

Entablature

part of the temple between the columns & roof

Frieze

ornamental horizontal band on a wall

Different Types of Column Orders

- Doric

- Ionic

- Corinthian

Doric

simple capital, frieze of metopes & triglyphs

Ionic

Volute capital, continuous frieze

Corinthian

Leaf like capital, con't frieze

Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy

- Doric Style

- Swelling like columns (Entasis)

- Closely spaced columns

Entasis

a swelling like appearance to the column

Kleitias & Ergotimos, Francois Vase

- Volute Krater

- Black Figures (meaning the figures were painted black)

- Kleitas painted me & Ergotimos made me (signed by them)

Euthymides, Three Revelers (red-figure amphora)

- Revelers= dancing peeps

- Red figures (meaning the figures are left red, everything else is painted black)

- "Euthymides painted me as never Euphronios [could do]" basically saying that Euthymides is better painted than Euphtonios

Different Krater Types

- Amphora= storage jar

- Hydra= container for water

- Krater= container for mixing water & wine

- Kylix= Drinking vessel

- Pyxis= Jewelry box w/ lid

Dying warrior, from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece,

- Fallen warrior with the Archaic style braids and smile

- More movement like

- Doesn't really seem like a dying person

Dying warrior, from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

- Has armor

- Classical era features are shown

- Posture looks realistic, seems more defeated

- Defeated look

- This & the other Dying warrior shows the transition from Archaic to Classical era

How do we know that statues didn't look white and in fact has color?

By using ultraviolet light, the patterns, shapes, designs, and the color that was once on the statues is revealed to us