Greek Art Midterm

Folded Arm figure, marble, Keros-Syros (c. 2600 - 2200 BC)

Unknown use, often found in grave context, musicians warriors and folded arm figures, some with red paint (mourning lacerations?) Striking group, popular figurines with contested legit, lots of interpretations

'Frying pan' with running spiral design, Early Cycladic I (c.2700 BCE)

Early sign of experimentation with decorative material culture, unknown purpose but not cooking

Fortified settlement at Kastri on the island of Syros (c.2300 BCE)

Early complex settlement: housing, production buildings, graves

'Throne room' at Knossos showing a seat of some kind flanked by griffins, Late Minoan I (c. 15 century BCE)

No evidence of residence or royalty, throne room fabricated by Arthur Evans

Plan of the palace at Knossos

Development of uniform palace designs: main courtyards west wing storage, maze like layout, N/S aligned, multistoried, workshops, scary facade. Complex with multiple functions: economic, political, religious

Bull leaper fresco from Knossos, Late Minoan II (c. 1450 BCE)

A ritual performance at the 'palace' gender difference in performers and attendants. religion?

Snake goddess figure from the Temple Repositories, Knossos, Middle Minoan III (c. 1600 BCE)

Excavated from a shrine/santuary showing ritual deposits, room with lustral basin, also made up by Arthur Evans. religion?

Fresco from the lower floor of Xeste 3 in room with lustral basin, Akrotiri, C. 1600 BCE

Displaying women in connection to saffron collection, a women only space and high level of value

Gold death mask from the shaft grave V at Mycenae, Late Helladic I

Sign of major wealth of some in Mycenae and burial demonstrating wealth and status

The Early Helladic developments at the site of Lerna (c. 2500-2200 BCE)

Best known Early Bronze Age settlement with rapidly increasing hierarchy. Home to the house of the tiles (purposefully destroyed, possibly economic function)

Bronze knife blade with inlay in gold, silver, niello showing lion hunt, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Late Helladic I (c. 1700-1600 BCE)

Lion hunting dagger further illustrates the development of an elite who engaged in internationally recognized elite activities

The fortifications at Mycenae and the famous Lion Gate, c.1230 BCE

Part of a Cyclopean fortification, one of the only adorned, and connotes power

Plan of palace at Pylos (c. 1300-1200 BCE)

central megaron with direct access, courtyards for lesser elites, accomidate large groups for feasting, pantries and storage, megaron constructed first

Attic Late Geometric krater, Kerameikos cemetary, Athens (c. 760-735 BCE)

Displays a funerary procession to burial ground with the decreased drawn by horses and accompanied by mourners: ekphora. burial marker

Attic Late Geometric amphora, Kerameikos cemetary, Athens (c. 760-735 BCE)

Displays a scene of a woman on a bier under a funeral veil with mourners, representing prosthesis, during a shift in burial practice from inhumation to cremation. burial marker

The Chigi olpe, Protocorinthian style (c. 7th century BCE)

Displays hoplite warfare that is representative of new civicmindedness in battle aligning with growing interest in the polis. Communal effort, anon indivudals, open to all fighters. Displays the evolution of a young. man's life and military role

So-called 'Ram Jug', Protoattic, Aegina, (c. mid-7th century BCE)

Similar to the Wild Goat style but includes a narrative piece - this is Odysseus and gang clinging to the sheep to escape the cave. shift to narratives and new tech.

Protoattic amphora showing the binding of Polyphemus, Eleusis (650-625 BCE)

Displays another scene of Odysseus' escape, the blinding of Polyphemus. And Jason killing the gorgon, the style of a gorgon is not decided and is almost displayed as a cauldron with protoms for a head

Metope from the Temple of Thermon (c.680 BCE)

Displays Jason fleeing with the head of Medusa (bagged up to keep her from turning people to stone) - possible coordination with other scenes in metope

Development of the temple at Thermon (c. 630 BCE)

Early temple that was constructed on the site of an absidal megaron - row of columns down the center as they try to experiment with how to deal with heavy roofs. new tech and social org.

Kouros dedicated by Iskhyas at santuary of Hera, Samos (c.560 BCE)

Youth, male, nude, long boxy hair, rigid - possible representation of the ideal man, or the ideal man became modeled after that. Signed on the thigh with a dumpy

Funerary kore of Phrasikleia, Merenda Attica (c. 540 BCE)

Maiden, female, clothed, drapery, long hair, praying, holding offerings. Votive offerings, grave markers. This one is a grave marker of a young girl who died before marriage (virgin) holding a lotus

Early Corinthian krater (c. 600 BCE)

Depiction of Herakles going on a hunt then to the symposium where he gets too drunk and kills his friend cause he likes his sister -warning to not over drink

Middle Corinthian aryballos (c. 590-570 BCE)

Perfume/lube vial. The text becomes part of the image itself! "Pyrvias leading the dance - to him a pot"

Attic black-figure eye cup by Exekias (c. 540 BCE)

Emergence of individual artists and signed works.

Kylix for drinking at symposium that masks face when drinking. Displays narrative of dionysos turning pirates to dolphins when they kidnap him

Temple of Hera, Olympia (c. 590 BCE)

Original building in horse shoe plan, rectangular building placed on top. Wooden columns gradually replaced through donations by city-states and individuals. Cool akroterion.

Plan of the sanctuary at Olympia showing Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic developments

Site of the Olympic games, site develops as a panhellenic sanctuary over time, important neutral spaces for unifying the Greek world. Atis (sanctuary precinct), treasuries, and stadium. Ash Altar!

Painted terracotta roof decoration of the Treasury of Gela (650-625 BCE)

Opportunity to display pride and wealth. Oldest and most elaborate. Distinctive Sicilian painting provides visual branding, pleasing to the gods

Reconstruction of the Siphnian Treasury, Delphi (c. 525 BCE)

Fanciest treasury at Delphi! High number and variety of treasuries at Delphi highlights how important it is. built after the small island discovers gold and silver resources. Ionic temple style. First example of Caryatid.

Detail of the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury (c. 525 BCE)

Battle of gods and giants, gods attack from left (victors) in one on one combat of the heroic style while giants are a hoplite phalanx. Critique of military and Athens. Increasing use of sculptural relief on temples sets tone for the Classical period.