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AP Art History
AP
(900 - 31 BCE)
ANCIENT GREECE
Archaic Period: ca. 625-480 B.C.E.
Early Classical Period: ca. 480-450 B.C.E.
High Classical Period: ca. 450-400 B.C.E.
Late Classical Period: ca. 400-330 B.C.E.
Hellenistic Period: ca. 330-31 B.C.E
27. Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble with remnants of paint, height 6’4”. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.
28. Peplos Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble, painted details, height 4’. Akropolis Museum, Athens, Greece.
34. Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos. Original 450–440 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze). Height 6’11”, tree trunk and brace strut are Roman additions. National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy. Other Roman copies: Basalt torso, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy; Copy 120-150 B.C.E., height 6’4”, Pentelic marble, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
36. Grave stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410 B.C.E. Marble and paint, 5’2” high. From the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.
33. Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c. 460–450 B.C.E. Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights) , 21 ¼” x 22”. Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.
CONTENT: What do you see?
FORM: The details (what you see more exactly). How the artist delivers the content.
CONTEXT: Everything NOT observable.
FUNCTION: The intended purpose of the work.
Assignments:
READINGS:
UNIT SHEET: below
SNAPSHOT Sheet:
Greek Unit Sheet
Archaic:
27. Anavayos Kouros
28. Peplos Kore
Dying Warrior East Pediment Aphaia
Dying Warrior East Pediment Aphaia (archaic)
Severe:
Kritios Boy
Delphi Charioteer
Classical:
26. Athenian Agora
33. Niobides Krater
34. Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
36. Grave Stele of Hegeso
35. Acropolis and Parthenon
- Helios, Horses and Dionysus
- Temple of Athena Nike
- Victory adjusting her sandal
- Plaque of the Ergastines
Late Classical:
Aphprodite of Knidos
Hermes and Infant Dionysos
Hellenistic:
37. Nike of Samothrace
38. Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
- Athena (from the Great altar)
- plan of the Great Altar of Zeus and
Athena
41. Seated Boxer
Laocoon and His Sons
Additional Images:
Greek Orders
APAH 250 Images:
Key Ideas
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Greeks are interested in the human figure and the idea of perfection.
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Greek Temples provide a foundation for European architecture and reflects the idea of obtaining perfection with mathematical ratios.
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The Greek time period starts at around 900 BCE, about 200 years after the collapse of the Mycenaeans.
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In the 5th century, the Greeks defeated the Persians, though it left Athens in ruins (rebuilt by Pericles) - this is the beginning of the Classical time period.
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Polykleitos's canon of proportions: The head should be 1/7 of the body. The chiastic stance that expresses the alternating relaxed and stressed muscles.
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The Peloponnesian War in 432 BCE (lasted about 27 years) devastated and crushed Athens by the victorious Spartan - this is the beginning of the Hellenistic period.
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Alexander the Great took over and united the Macedonians with the Greeks in the 4th century and after his death, his empire gave into Roman rule.
Greek Unit Sheet:
Archaic
550 BCE- 6th c.
Artists: unknown
Artworks:
kouroi and korai
Descriptions:
Idealization, stylized,
FRONTAL, rigid
The Path of the Greek Human Figure and Obtaining Perfection
Classical
450 BCE- 5th c.
Artists: Phidias,
Polyklitos, Myron
Artworks: Riace warrior,
Zeus/Poseidon,
Doryphoros,
Diskobolos, Nike
Adjusting her Sandal
Descriptions:
Idealization,unemotional,
PERFECTION, self-contained
Severe
480 BCE- 5th c.
Artists: Kritios
Artworks: Pedimental sculpture of the Temple
of Aphaia and the
Temple of Artemis,
Kritios boy
Descriptions:
Contrapposto, movement
Late Classical
350 BCE- 4th c.
Artists: Praxitiles,
Scopas,Lysippus
Artworks: Aphrodite of Knidos,Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Apoxyomenos,
Farnes Herakles
Descriptions:
NATURAL, humanized,
relaxed, elongation
Hellenistic
250 BCE- 3rd c.
Artists: Pythokritos, Polydorus, Agesander, Athenodorus
Artworks: Dying Gaul,
Nike of Samothrace,
Barberini Faun,
Seated Boxer,
Old Market Woman,
Laocoon and his Sons
Descriptions:
EMOTIONAL, dramatic, exaggeration, movement, individualistic
Classical VS Hellenistic Sculpture
Annotate both images of Discobolus and the seated boxer.
In what ways do these depictions of athletes reveal the artistic and cultural concerns of their respective periods?
(Adapted from Dr. Robert Coad)