Greek Art Exam 2

Temple of Artemis, Corcyra

• early archaic (590)

• stone

• Corcyra/ Corfu

• pediment shows medusa holding her son, panthers on either side, and gigantomachy

• octostyle peripteral temple with pronaos and opisthodomos distyle in antis and a cella with a double internal colonnade

Temple of Hera, Samos

• 575-550 (early-mid archaic)

• Samos

• Rhoikos (and Therodos?)

• one of most famous sanctuaries in Ancient world; everyone came here

• Octostyle dipteral ionic temple with pronaos and cella with double internal colonnade

Temple of Artemis, Ephesos

• mid archaic (560)

• Ephesos

•  theodoros, kherisphron, metagenes

• Octostyle Dipteral ionic temple

• one of 7 wonders of the Ancient world; size of football field

• City of Ephesos used the temple on its coin

Naxian Sphinx

• mid archaic (570-560)

• Naxian marble

• Delphi

• a capital (sits on top of column); votive dedication

Temple of Apollo, Delphi

• 548, late 6th C, 4th C

• marble, limestone

• Delphi

• late 6th C: Alkamainoid family

• built 6x (3 mythical, 3 real)

• first destroyed in fire, then earthquake

Chryselephantine cult statues

• 6th C (before 548)

• Chryselephatine (gold+ivory)

• Delphi

• Of Apollo, Artemis and Leto

• Eyes made out of glass paste (inset in); almond shape, archaic smile

Siphnian Treasury, Delphi

• 525

• marble

• Delphi

• Entrance faces west; so you see it when you leave Delphi

• Caryatid

• East pediment: Apollo and Herakles fighting over tripod cauldron; Athena stands in middle allowing Apollo to get cauldron

• East frieze: Used paint to add names; gathering of Gods during Trojan war; koros; use of shadows for depth

• North frieze: gigantomachy

Temple of Hera (I), Poseidonia

• mid archaic (550-520)

• Poseidonia

• “The Basilica”; two doors to get into the cella and adyton

• Doric; columns get fatter as it goes down

Andokides bilingual amphora (x2)

• late archaic

• Andokides painter (and Lysippides painter?)

• bilingual

• the second one (not pictured): Scene of symposium with Athena

Euphronios krater

• 520-510

• Athens

• Euphronios (part of the Pioneer group)

• red figure; shows two messengers: Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death) sent by Zeus, to pick up Sarpedon out of the battlefield; escorted by Hermes

• found in Etruria

• directionality with the blood streaks; dilute blood and added red

Berlin Painter Amphora

• 490

• Berlin painter

• normal man playing lyre (not a hero/ God)

Berlin Painter Amphora

• 500-475

• Berlin painter

• two men and deer stacked up on top of each other; shows depth

Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

• 500-475

• Aegina

• Doric; off centered door and has a ramp

• West pediment: body had Archaic smile and frontality

• East pediment: body had aloof face and torsion

• debate on when it was built or if there were multiple builders

White-ground kylix

• 490

• introduction of white-ground

Kritios Boy

• 480-460

• marble

• Akropolis (Athens)

• contrapposto; right leg forward, slight head tilt, little knob coming out of leg to keep arms from falling off

Euthydikos Kore

• 490-480

• marble

• Akropolis (Athens)

• Euthydikos is the person who dedicated her; contrapposto; no archaic smile

Artemision Zeus

• 470

• bronze

• Artemision (off the coast of mainland Greece)

• found in a shipwreck

• either Zeus throwing a lightning bolt or Poseidon throwing a trident

• more attention to adult bearded male figure

Delphi Charioteer

• 475-466

• bronze

• Delphi

• wearing a chiton; Dedication for the person who won the chariot races in Pythian games

• missing pieces; used to be horses and another man connected

Tomb of the Diver

• 470-460

• stone

• Paestum/ Poseidonia

• Stone walls and lid were painted; typical Etruscan decoration (not common for Greeks); mixture of cultures

• shows a symposium with kylikes and a volute krater

• Kottabos: Ancient Greek drinking game; holds kylix by the edge

Motya Youth

• 470-450

• Parian Marble

• Carthage (nearby Motya)

• Heavy torsion; shown by clothes as well

• Pouty lips; break of frontality; smaller almond shaped eyes

Marble Lekythos

• 475-450

• the lekythos itself was a grave marker

Temple of Zeus at Olympia

• 470-456

• local limestone covered with plaster (with a bit of marble)

• Olympia

• Libon of Elis

• largest Greek temple on mainland Greece at the time

• fossiliphorus; empolium cutting;

• metopes were made out of marble to they can make detail

The Riace Warriors (A and B)

• ca 460

• bronze

• Riace (off coast of Italy)

• very detailed face with other colors (silver teeth, copper nipples, glass paste eyes)

• Contrapposto

• left hand probably held a hoplon

• Warrior A: right hand held a spear

• Warrior B: less curly and shorter hair

• more attention to adult bearded male

Niobid Painter krater

• 460-450

• Niobid Painter

• Shows Apollo and Artemis killing Niobid’s 8 children (the children have torsion; ¾ view, while Gods have frontality)

• Uses thin lines as landscape; adds depth

• Also shows gathering of normal people and Apollo and Herakles (with older features rather than youthful)

Doryphoros (spear-bearer)

• 460-440

• bronze

• Polykleitos (artist)

• 24 copies of this; no original

• “Polykleiton canon”: 7:1 ratio; contrapposto

• Chiasmus (x shape)

• bronze is more sturdy and durable; stone breaks

Temple of Hera (II), Poseidonia

• Classical (450)

• Poseidonia

• (or Zeus or Poseidon)

• Capitals are firmer and straighter compared to Hera (I)

• moving towards symmetry

Achilles painter Lekythos

• 440

• Kerameitos cemetery (in Athens)

• Achilles painter

• shows departure of loved one

Achilles painter lekythos

• 440

• Athens

• Achilles painter

• added color; shows different types of fabric

Achilles painter lekythos

• 440

• Athens

• Achilles painter

• depiction of the funerary ritual of pouring out libations

Kylix by Codrus Painter

• 450-430

• terracotta

• Codrus Painter

• Picture of man consulting the Pythia; sitting on tripod cauldron holding a laurel branch; chews on laurel leaf to get into a trance to answer the questions