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Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
450-440 BCE
The Parthenon
447-410 BCE
Niobides Krater
460-450 BCE
Ancient Mediterranean, 3500 BCE - 300 CE
Content Area
480-323 BCE
Greek Classical Art
323-30 BCE
Greek Hellenistic Art
Niobe
the model of a grieving mother; after boasting of her fourteen children, jealous gods killed them
Triglyph
a projecting grooved element alternating with a metope on a Greek temple
Peplos Kore
530 BCE
Classical Sculpture
Characterized by more fluid, relaxed stances and idealized forms ("heroic" bodies); canon of proportions dictated the head to be 1/7 the body
Helios, horses, and Dionysos/Heracles
438-432
Plaque of the Ergastines
447-438
Victory adjusting her sandal
410 BCE
Grave Stele of Hegeso
410 BCE
Winged Victory of Samothrace
190 BCE
Athena, from Great Altar of Zeus and Athena
175 BCE
Athenian Agora
600-150 BCE
Temple of Athena Nike
427-424 BCE
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena
175 BCE
600-480 BCE
Greek Archaic Art
Acropolis
literally, a "high city," a Greek temple complex built on a hill over a city
Agora
a public plaza in a Greek city where commercial, religious, and societal activities are conducted
Amphiprostyle
having four columns in the front and rear of a temple
Amphora
a two-handled Greek storage jar
Architrave
a plain, unornamented lintel on the entablature
Athena
Greek goddess of war and wisdom; patron of Athens
Canon
a body of rules or laws; in Greek art, the ideal mathematical proportion of a figure
Caryatid (male: atlantid)
a building column that is shaped like a female figure
Cella
the main room of a temple where the god is housed
Contrapposto
a graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees
Corinthian
an order of ancient Greek architecture similar to the Ionic, except that the capitals are carved in tiers of leaves; this type of temple pillar was developed last
Cornice
a projecting ledge over a wall
Doric
an order of ancient Greek architecture that features grooved columns with no grooved bases and an upper story with square sculpture called metopes; resonates with mainland Greece and its settlements
Encaustic
a type of painting in which colors are added to hot wax to affix to a surface
Entablature
the upper story of a Greek temple
Frieze
a horizontal band of sculpture
Gigantomachy
a mythical ancient Greek war between the giants and the Olympian gods
In situ
a Latin expression that means that something is in its original location
Ionic
an order of Greek architecture that features columns with scrolled capitals and an upper story with sculptures that are in friezes; preferred by Greek island architects
Isocephalism
the tradition of depicting heads of figures on the same level
Kiln
an oven used for making pottery
Kouros (female: kore)
an archaic Greek sculpture of a (frontal) standing youth
Krater
a large ancient Greek bowl used for mixing water and wine
Metope
a small relief sculpture on the facade of a Greek temple
Mosaic
a decoration using pieces of stone, marble, or colored glass, called tesserae, that are cemented to a wall or a floor
Nike
ancient Greek goddess of victory
Panathenaic Way
a ceremonial road for a procession built to honor Athena during a festival
Pediment
the triangular top of a temple that contains sculpture
Peplos
a garment worn by women in ancient Greece, usually full length and tied at the waist
Peristyle
a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a courtyard
Propylaeum (plural: propylaea)
a gateway leading to a Greek temple
Relief sculpture
sculpture that projects from a flat background. A very shallow relief sculpture is called a bas-relief
Shaft
the body of a column
Stele (plural: stelae)
an upright stone slab used to mark a grave or a site
Stoa
an ancient Greek covered walkway having columns on one side and a wall on the other
Tholos
an ancient Greek circular building
Zeus
king of the ancient Gods; known as Jupiter to the Romans; god of the sky and weather
cire perdue
the lost wax process. A bronze casting method in which a figure is modeled in clay and covered with wax and then recovered with clay. When fired in a kiln, the wax melts away, leaving a hollow channel between the two layers of clay which can be used as a mold for liquid metal
Archaic Sculpture
Characterized by grave monuments such as kouros and kore figures made of primarily marble decorated with metallic accessories; one foot in front of the other and typically incorporates negative space; naturalistic expressions
Anavysos Kouros
530 BCE
Hellenistic Sculpture
Explores themes untouched in prior eras, offering a wider range of realistic modeling and movement; not meant to be placed near a wall (all angles visible), and emotional themes such as childhood, old age, despair, anger, and drunkenness are common
Seated boxer
100 BCE
Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun
100 BCE