Quiz/Test1 Greek Art/Arch

Amphora by the Dipylon Master, Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, LG, ca. 750 BCE

-best painter of large funerary vases

-grave marker

-belly handle amphora, for a woman

-enitre vase is decorated

-Band in middle shoes prothesis scene;part of funeral where the body is layed out for people to pay respects

-body would normally be covered by shroud

-show people in composite view

-secondary decoration

Palace at Knossos,LM, ca. 1550-1375 BCE

-largest palace in crete, most likely ruled by ruler of the area

-minoan

-residence, administrative center, manufacturing, storage center, agricultural goods, religious center

-ahslar masonry:rectangular blocks laid in horizontal pattern, no mortar

-unfortified

-Hall of Double Axes: double axis cut into stone walls, two large rooms connected by pier and door partitions

Bull Leaping Fresco from Knossos LM I, ca. 1550-1450 BCE

-show typical minoan man

-difference in gender based on color

-showing tradition of bull leaping

, Mycenae Citadel Wall Phase I: (LH IIIB): ca. 1300-1200 BCEca. 1380 BCE Phase II: ca. 1250 BCE Phase III ca. 1200 BCE,ashlar, cyclopean masonry, Cyclops

Lion Gate, Mycenae, LH IIIB, ca. 1250 BCE,projection bastion, makes soilders file into small space, relieving triangle and lintel block, decorated with a pair of lions, possible could have been griffins, minaoan style column.

Palace at Pylos, LH IIIB, ca. 1300-1200 BCE

-on a hiltop, unfortified, violently destroyed by fire, ashlar block masonry , rubble and framework for houses,2 flights of stairs,coutryard, megaron

Snake Goddess/Priestess from the Palace of Knossos MM III, ca. 1700 BCE

-bare breast, bell shaped skirt, tight belt and apron

-snakes around arms, waist and shoulders

Plan and Reconstructions of the “Heroon” at Lefkandi, 10th c BCE EG

-apsidal

-largest known building from the dark age

-dtone sockle with mudbrick walls

-funeral complex

-center pit with north and south compartments

-for human remains and horse

-there is room for a pyre, where human remains are burned

-a heroon is a shrine where a hero was worshipped

-most likely was owned by a rich family

-cemertary beside heroon where phoenician seal was found, eqyptian necklace menaing there was trade

Protocorinthian Olpe, ca. 650-625 BCE Late Procornithian

-pitcher, used to pour out liquis at symposium

-black figure technique

-animal style decoration

-incision and added red

-typical of procorinthian style

-rosettes

Marble Statue of Nikandre, Delos, ca. 640 BCE, H. 5’ 9”

-found at island that is sacred to apollo

-statue shows two innovations: statue is over life sized + use of marble, show influence of egyptian

-Statue is Kore: standing clothes fmale

-Daedalic stule: triangle head, hair, clothes

-possible to be godess, nikadre, or worshipepr

-has text inscribed onto statue: boustrephedon, egyption custom

Bronze Horse Votive, Olympia, ca. 750-700 BCE Geometric

-possible significance of horse votive

-stylized, depicted an artificial way of drawing horses

-similar to style that was painted on hoses

-geometric period

-Late Geometric Period

Chigi Vase (Olpe), by the Macmillan Painter, Corinth, ca. 650 BCE

-not typical for procorintian style

-division into small friezes seen in animal style but is with humans

-showing narrative scenes with oplites and earliest depiction of them through art

-a lot of amount of overlap

-use of different colors, yellow, brown, which is unusual in black figure painting

-includes procession of horemen hunting

Vapheio Cups in a Mycenaean tomb, but probably of Minoan manufacture, gold, LM I, ca. 1550-1450 BCE

-evidence of trade and contact

-tecnique of reposse, hammering back to raise pattern

-showing peace vs violent capturing of bulls

Treasury of Atreus,LH IIIB, ca. 1250 BCE,

-built into existing hillside

-tholos tomb

-dromos view:entrance leading to the tomb

-lined with ashlar masonry

-entry has a lintel block and relieving triangle'

-corebelled masonry

-has original relief decoration:m green marble,engaged columns

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Bronze Dagger Blade with a Lion Hunt,Grave Circle A, Mycenae, LH I, ca. 1550-1500 BCE

--style of dagger is minoan seen in waist and flying gallop pose

-owner is mycenean

-show influx of wealth in mainland greece

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“Very Rich Athenian Lady,” Athenian Agora, MG, ca. 850 BCE, lady was very rich, 50 vessels, gold jewelry, belly handle amphora, decoration accents imporant of vase.

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Late Protoattic/early Black Figure amphora by the Nessos Painter, Orientalizing Period, ca. 625-600 BCE

-balck figure technique

-shows mercules fighting centaur nessos and shows gorgons

-insciptions on vases start to become popular

-centaur is grabbing beard in pleading motion

-pose of gorgons are in knee running position

-belly amphora

Cf. Temple of Apollo at Thermon, ca. 625 BCE (Orientalizing Pd.)

-stone bottom and mudbrick walls

-structure of wood and terracotta tiles for roof

-temple is long and narrow, typical

-houses cult statue

-back porch

-Early Doric style

-colmuns would be in doric style as metope has a wooden triglyph and narratives of greek yths

Bronze Statuette dedicated to Apollo by Mantiklos, from Thebes, ca. 700-680 BCE, H. 7 4/5”

-has lingering traits of geometric style shown in triangle chest

-eyes were inlayed with contrasting material

-unknown who it represents base on hole in hand

-lines at wasit and shoulder show may have been wearign chestplate

-inscription on legs is one of the first greek sculpture inscribed with dedication

-writing on body gives orientalizing style

-writing on base is greek while this inscription shows “quid pro quo” which is gift for gift,

-bourstrophedon, epyptian inspiration

Limestone Statuette from Auxerre (France), ca. 640 BCE, H. 25 ½”

-limestone

-most likely made in crete

-in gesture of worship

-deadalic style triangles

-suggests artist who had woodwrokign skills could do this

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