UNC Flashcards Photos

Stela of Akhenaten and his Family

• Sun god Aten (Symbol of Life) above

• Akhenaten, queen Nefertiti, and Children 

• Used for personal worship in a private home

• Amarna Period

Bust of Nefertiti

• Wife of the Akhenaten

• Amarna Period

Male Lyre Player from Keros

• Male figure playing a lyre

• Cycladic

Palace of Knossos

• Minoan civilization during the Bronze Age

• Ceremonial and political center

• Minoan Art

Minoan Bull-Leaping Fresco

• Wall painting from the Palace of Knossos

• Depicts three figures (1 Male 2 Female) and a charging bull

• Minoan Art

Lion Gate

• Main entrance to the citadel

• Sculpture of two lionesses standing on either side of a central column

• Mycenean Art

Mask of Agamemnon

• Greek Bronze Age

• Single thin sheet of gold that was hammered into shape

• Mycenean Art

Dipylon Krater

• The main scene depicts a prothesis surrounded by mourners

• Geometric period

Temple of Hera II

• 6 fluted columns on the front and back

• 14 columns along each side

• Archaic Period

Kroisos Kouros

• Used as a grave marker for a fallen young warrior

• Archaic smile

• kouros / kouroi = Greek for young man

• Ideals of physical beauty and nobility

• Archaic Period

Peplos Kore

• Kore / korai – Greek for woman

• Named for her peplos

• Archaic smile

• Archaic Period

Suicide of Ajax

• Ajax preparing to take his own life by burying his sword in the ground

• Ajax committed suicide after he was denied the armor of the deceased Achilles

• Archaic Period

Doryphoros

• Greek ideals of beauty and physical perfection

• Mathematical Proportions 

• contrapposto

• High Classical

Relief sculpture of Athena Adjusting her Sandal

• Late Classical

Aphrodite of Knido

• Goddess Aphrodite preparing for a bath

• Cult image in a temple at Knidos

• Late Classical

Alexander the Great

• King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedo

• Late Classical

Ludovisi Gaul or Galatian Suicide

• Gallic man in the act of plunging a sword into his own chest while holding the body of his dying wife

• Hellenistic Art

Pergamon Altar

• Gigantomachy — mythical battle between the Olympian gods and the Giants

• Hellenistic period

Tomb of the Reliefs

• Carved from the local volcanic rock, stuccoed, and painted

• Designed to resemble dining couches (klinai) for the deceased

• Etruscan Art

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

• Custom of shared banquets

• Relative freedom enjoyed by Etruscan women

• Etruscan Art

Amarna Period

Art: Naturalistic and expressive

Cycladic Period

Art: Stylized, geometric, figures

Minoan Period 

Art: Large, complex palaces

Mycenean Art

Art: Stylized, geometric, and less naturalistic, favoring abstract

Geometric period

Art: Distinctive use of geometric patterns and motifs on pottery and other artifacts

Archaic Period

Art: more realistic style in sculpture and pottery (Black Figure Painting)

High Classical

Art: Idealized representation of the human form, with focus on grace and beauty

Late Classical 

Art: Emphasis on anatomical accuracy (Introduce Emotion)

Hellenistic Period

Art: Emotional and Diverse

Etruscan Art

Art: Tombs depicting subjects reflecting on the enjoyment of life