Greek AH

black-figure: Greek ceramics were often painted with slip (very watery clay) that turned black during the firing process; black-figure refers to Greek ceramics in which the figures were painted with slip while the surrounding ground was left unpainted; the resulting ceramics had black figures against a reddish ground  

colonnade: a row of columns supporting either a straight lintel or a series of arches

contrapposto: a composition for representing walking movement in a human figure by counterbalancing bent and straight limbs as well as turns of hips, shoulders and head around a central axis (also known as “chiastic pose”)

kore (pl. korai): an ancient Greek statue of a standing young woman

kouros (pl. kouroi): an ancient Greek statue of a standing nude young man

red-figure: Greek ceramics were often painted with slip (very watery clay) that turned black during the firing process; red-figure refers to Greek ceramics in which the figures were unpainted except for lines and details, while the surrounding ground was painted with slip; the resulting ceramics had reddish figures against a black ground; the technique had largely replaced black-figure by 500 BC

Map:

Alexandria (Egypt)

Athens

Pergamon

Troy

Art & Architecture:

Note that the names of the period style appear in parentheses after each entry. These are for reference only:you will not be asked to memorize these terms in parentheses for the quiz.

Please be able to identify the architectural order of the three temples:

Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian

Dipylon Krater, Athens, c. 750–735 BC (Geometric Style)

Orientalizing Amphora, c. 600 BC (Orientalizing Style)

Exekias (painter and potter), Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game, black-figure amphora,

Athens, c. 540–530 BC (Archaic Style)

Phrasikleia Kore, marble, c. 550–540 BC (Archaic Style)

Anavysos Kouros, marble, c. 530 BC (Archaic Style)

Euphronios (painter), Death of Sarpedon, red-figure krater, Athens, c. 515 BC (Archaic Style)

Zeus (Poseidon?), cast bronze, c. 460–450 BC (Classical Style)

Polykleitos (artist), Doryphoros (Spear-bearer), Athens, c. 450 BC (Classical Style)

Iktinos and Kallikrates (architects), The Parthenon, Doric/Ionic temple, Athens, 447–432 BC

(Classical Style)

​—plan

—exterior view

—Phidias (sculptor), reconstruction of Athena Parthenos statue

​—Centaur battling a Greek, frieze

​—Horsemen from the Panathenaic Procession, frieze

—Phidias (sculptor), Three Goddesses, pediment

Praxiteles (sculptor), Aphrodite of Knidos, original from c. 340–330 BC (Late Classical Style)

Lysippos (sculptor), Apoxyomenos (The Scraper), c. 330 BC (Late Classical Style)

Drunken Old Woman, c. 200 BC (Hellenistic Style)

Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, c. 175–150 BC (Hellenistic Style)

​—exterior view of west front with stairs

—Athena Battling Titans, frieze sculpture from the Great Altar of Zeus

Seated Boxer, bronze, c. 50 BC (Hellenistic Style)