Greek Archaeology and Art Exam 2 Archaic - Classical period

Temple of Artemis @ Corcyra

Early Archaic Doric Temple

Medusa and Gigantomachy

Naxion Sphinx

Mid-Archaic

Example of Ionic order column and capital

Heraion at Samos

Early-mid Archaic 

dipteral ionic temple

built by Rhoikos and maybe Theodoros

Temple of Artemis at Ephesos

Mid-Archaic

Built by Theodoros, Khersiphron, Metagenes

HUGE size of a football field

example of the sacredness of location

Man consulting the Pythia

3rd quarter classical

Red-figure Kylix tondo

Codrus painter

Siphnian Treasury

at Delphi

Late Archaic

Ionic temple

girls called caryatid

Would have been best seen on the way out

Siphnian Treasury East Pediment

Herakles and Apollo fight over tripod cauldron

Siphnian Treasury East Frieze

depicition of Gods gathered during the Trojan war

labeled using paint

playing with depth by overlapping pieces

Siphnian Treasury North Frieze

Gigantomachy

action and chaos —> wide stances and overlap

painted, inscribed, and metal attachments

Temple of Apollo at Delphi

3 mythical phases and 3 real

Archaic temple burnt down in mid-Archaic, Late Archaic temple collapsed in an earthquake early 4th century and then there was the 4th century temple

Doric temple

Extra-long to accommodate Adyton and Oracle

Late Archaic

Fragments of Chryselephantine Cult Statues

depict Apollo, Artemis, and Leto

inlaid features

Kritios Boy

Marble

Athens/ Akropolis

Late Archaic - 1st quarter Classical

Under- lifesize

Contrapposto stance

Right foot forward, arms loosely at the sides

Severe Style (pout, aloof)

Euthydikos Kore

Late Archaic/ 1st quarter Classical

Under lifesize

Marble

Arkopolis

Contrapposto position

Severe Style 

Rethinking ideal women capturing musculature

Delphi Charioteer

Bronze

2nd quarter classical

votive dedication

multifigure piece with over-lifesize animals, people, objects

made through lost wax technique

inlaid silver in headband

wearing a kyton

Andokides painter possibly Lysippides Painter

Late Archaic

neck amphora

example of bilingual pottery

red-figure becomes more popular due to being more painterly

Bilingual amphora

Andokides maybe lysippides

Late Archaic 

symposiumm and intersection with divine - Athena

Euphronios Sarpedon Krater

Late Archaic

Etruria

Part of Pioneer group

depth/perspective ex.

Hypnos, Thanatos, and Hermes take Sarpedon from battle

lighter details w/ diluted gloss, added paint, insriptions

Tomb of the Diver

2nd quarter classical

Cyst Grave (greek tomb) in Poseidonia

Etruscan practice of paint

Symbolic?

Walls decorated w/ symposium and Kottabos (drinking game)

Temple of Hera I

Poseidonia

Mid Archaic Doric temple

“The Basillica”

double doorway into cella

including Adyton

Temple of Hera II

Poseidonia

Mid- Classical

for Zeus or Poseidon

Doric temple w/ 2 staircases inside

Motya Youth “Charioteer”

2nd quarter classical

Parian Marble

found in Carthage colony

greek work —> severe style, contrapposto positioning, implicit movement, torsion,

break from frontality

Berlin Painter

Lyre Player Amphora

Late Archaic/ early classical

self-absorbtion, isolation, every-day people doing things

Berlin Painter

neck amphora

Hermes and Satyr

1st quarter classical

floating ground line

focused view

squished depth

Niobid painter

calyx krater

2nd quarter classical

depiction of the death of the niobid children, faint ground lines—> landscape

Gathering of warriors, Athena and Herakles

Herakles may be a statue - warriors watched over by athena waiting for battle

Kylix w/ white ground tondo

late-archaic/early classical

Achilles Painter

White-ground lekythos (oil container)

3rd quarter classical

used in funeral practices —> buried

found near dipylon gate

soldier arriving/departing

attention to setting and gaze

Achilles painter Muses lekythos

added color

funerary context

outdoor setting

3rd quarter classical

Funerary lekythos

Achilles painter?

depicts funerary practice

15 inches

Marble lekythos

2nd quarter 4th century

3’ 3” grave marker

Temple of Aphaia on Aegina

Late Archaic- 1st quarter classical

debated due to differing pediment styles

doric temple

ramp

door to opisthodomos off center

West Pediment of Temple of Aphaia

depicts Athena and trojan war

added paint and bronze additions

still in archaic style

East pediment of Temple of Aphaia

Similar scene to west, but more classical in style

soldier twisting head turned toward ground breaking traditional frontality

Artemision Zeus

1st quarter classical

over - lifesize

bronze

adult, bearded male

used lost wax technique

arms spread for balance

Riace Warrior A

2nd quarter classical

Bronze statue

hero of trojan war?

adult male

demonstrate torsion and sever facial freatures

contrapposto positioning

defined musculature

likely had helmet, spear, shield (left arm) etc.

inserted elements for details

Riace Warrior B

2nd quarter classical

Bronze statue

demonstrate torsion and severe facial features

contrapposto positioning

missing metal additions

missing wolf-skin cap?

Doryphoros - Spear bearer

Roman marble copy of bronze original by Polykleitos

Mid classical 2nd- 3rd quarter classical

over-lifesize

implicit movement

contrapposto positioning

head tilted

stone copy needs more support, harder to execute details

hair shorter

Polykleiton canon for proportion: 7:1, exaggerated contrapposto, chiasmus X

Temple of Zeus at Olympia

largest temple on mainland Greece

Built of plastered limestone offering space for paint

by: Libon of Elis

2nd quarter classical

doric temple

columns had empelium cutting to increase survivability

Temple of Zeus at Olympia

West Metope of Interior porch

Herakles and the bull

Chiasmus X

imported marble relief sculpture

2nd quarter classical

Temple of Zeus at Olympia

East Metope on interior porch

Herakles w/ Athena holding up the world for Atlas

(larger to show status)

marble relief 

2nd quarter classical