Exam 2 Art History

Title: Kritios Boy

Period: Early Classical

Date: 480-450 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Greek

Comments: Kritios Boy was the first to capture the human body in motion naturalistically. The archaic smile disappears, head turned to one side not looking straight ahead like a Kouros, curve in the spine counters light shifting of hips, engaged leg bends, a contrapposto statue

Title: Charioteer from Delphi

Period: Early Classical

Date: 480-450 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Greek

Comments: Hollow bronze casting is used and a new development of casting, the technique allowed sculptors to more easily experiment with less rigid poses, this is a statue of a man driving a chariot - the victory of the chariot, wearing a chiton and thin tunic, his proportions are awkward through the belt high up making him have along torso and only seeing the waste up

Title: Riace Warrior

Period: Early Classical

Date: 480-450 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Greek

Comments: Medium=bronze, idealized naturalism, the body is perfect, the statue has idealized anatomy: eyeballs of bone and colored glass, eyelashes and eyebrows cast fine strands, copper lips and nipples, silver teeth, contrapposto pose

Title: Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia: Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs

Period: Early Classical

Date: 480-450 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Greek

Comments: God involved is Apollo (god of everything), built to honor the chief of gods, The pediment shown represents the battle of Lapiths and Centaurs - The fight erupted at the wedding feast of Pirithous, king of the Lapiths, when the centaurs became intoxicated and tried to carry off the women, including the bride. The subject later came to symbolize the human struggle between bestial inclinations and civilized behavior. New elements of pediment sculpture included one scene/subject covering the entire pediment, all figures are the same size

Title: Acropolis

Period: High Classical

Date: 450-400 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Ancient Greek

Comments: Perkiles rebuilt Acropolis which was destroyed by Persians. Signals the sign of a new age. The people in charge of the reconstruction were Phidias, and Athenian sculptor, and Ictinus. In the sixth century A.D., after Rome converted to Christianity, many temples at the Acropolis became Christian churches.

Parthenon (virgin Athena)

Propylaia - massive gateway to the temple

Temple of Athena Nike

Erechtheion - housed many different shrines

Colossus Statue of Athena - colossal gold and ivory statue

Title: Propylaia

Period: High Classical

Date: 450-400 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Ancient Greek

Comments: A monumental gateway, serves as the entrance to the Acropolis of Athens. Series of gateways, Doric order, has a portico that formed the entrances to Ancient Greek temple, a big porch with columns.

Title: Parthenon

Period: High Classical

Date: 450-400 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Ancient Greek

Comments: Dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena (Athena the Virgin), considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order. Symbolized the power and wealth of Athens the leading position of Athens among Greeks glorious victory over foreign invaders. Optical refinements include: long horizontal lines are slightly domed (stylobate and entablature), columns slightly lean inwards towards the cella, four corner columns are made slightly thicker

Title: Parthenon's East Pediment

Period: High Classical

Date: 450-400 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Ancient Greek

Comments: Monumental, interlocked figures, slow graceful movement harmonious flow, unity of composition, chitons slipping off shoulders, symmetry and rhythm, idealized naturalism

Title: Metopes of Parthenon: Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs

Period: High Classical

Date: 450-400 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Ancient Greek

Comments: Legendary battle scene, Lapiths were intoxicated and became barbarians and started to rape women and the centaurs fight back, Zeus, Apollo, and Athena helped with the victory

Title: Ionic Order Frieze of Parthenon

Period: High Classical

Date: 450-400 BCE or 5th Century

Civilization: Ancient Greek

Comments: IONIC ORDER, celebrate Athena's birthday, Athens celebrated the Panathenaia, a great festival that represented Athen's power and its devotion to its patron goddess. The procession was part of a festival in honor of Athena held every year. The procession was held on the last day of the festival, and the ritual bringing of a new peplos, or cloak, to the ceremonial statue of Athena.Every 4th year a giant peplos was represented to Athena inside the Parthenon.