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Reading schedule and packets
Pick up a packet We will deal with short answer questions in a few minutes Read through Enduring Understanding and Essential Knowledge Look at the new image set for Greece and Rome
Introduction to Greek Art
The Aegean Milder climates than Egypt or Mesopotamia Mountainous Islands Independent City-States (Polis)
Early Civilizations Cycladic Civilization
Cycladic Civilization c. 3000 BCE to 1100 BCE Likely Economic Activities? Why Marble? Geometric quality to art
Syros Woman c. 2600 2400 BCE 24 ¾ in Abstract with carefully measured proportions Note the protruding stomach
Keros Musician (Harpist) c. 2800-2300 BCE
c. 2600 BCE 1400 BCE Minoans
Linear A Minoan Writing
Linear B
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Pottery Kamares Style (Ka-mares) Polychromatic (Multicolored) Light colors on dark background Likely elite table-ware
Curvilinear design Curved Lines Abstract
Kamares Style
Marine Style Late Minoan Note the reversal of color pattern
Terra-Cotta
Harvesters Vase c. 1500 BCE Bas-relief Ceremonial Vessel Traditional combined profile and frontal views
Profile Torso How does this guy differ? Emphasis on muscle and skeletal structure
Frescoes Egyptian = Fresco Secco (dry fresco) Minoan = True (wet) Fresco Advantages and disadvantages to both
La Parisienne C. 1400 BCE Follows convention of Egyptian art but..
Knossos
Labyrinth
Double Headed Ax Recurring Motif Labrys
Sir Arthur Evans
Bull Jumping
Toreador Fresco
Toreador Fresco (Leaping Bull Fresco) Dress Code Violation Toreador Fresco
Toreador Fresco (Leaping Bull Fresco) c. 1400 BCE Scene in profile Meaning? Frieze Long, horizontal strip of artwork
Ladies in Blue
Minoan Snake Goddess c. 1600 BCE
Two goddesses (?) and child c. 1400-1250 BCE Ivory (Imported) Mycenae, Greece
Thera Eruption 1600 BCE
Theron Culture Akrotiri Minoans Closely associated with Minoan culture Certainly Artistically Maybe Politically (Thera is only 60 miles away)
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Early Mycenaean Culture and Architecture
Mycenaean Civilization Mainland City-States
Heinrich Schliemann
Mycenae Excavations began in 1870s Estimated Population of 30,000 Decline Attacks from the north Climate Change Disruption of trade Inhabitants likely moved from the Greek mainland to Anatolia (Turkey)
Bronze Age Regional Collapse c. 1200-1100 BCE
Grave Circle A (c. 1600 BCE-1600 BCE)
Findings Funerary Stele 8 Men, 9 Women, 2 Children
Findings Funerary Stele Funerary Diadem Crown or headband
Knossos c. 1500 BCE Grave Circle A c. 1500 BCE
Golden seal with the labrys
Death Masks
Napoleon
Benjamin Franklin Life mask
Robespierre
George Washington Life mask
Agamemnon?
Mask of Agamemnon Funerary mask from Grave Circle A Mycenae, Greece c. 1500 BCE
Tutankhamun s tomb, innermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1323 B.C.E. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones.
Memento Mori
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Repoussé Pushed up Hammered on reversed side to create bas-relief chasing Sharpen the design on the front
Architectural Characteristics
Cyclopean Masonry
Cyclopean Masonry
The Lion Gate Mycenae, Greece c. 1300 BCE Limestone
Distinctive Minoan Column
Corbeling
Corbel Arch Tholos (Beehive Tomb) Treasury of Atreus Mycenae, Greece 1250 BCE Plundered in antiquity
True Arch Ruins of Arch of Septimius Severus, Turkey Early 200s CE
Don t feel bad for him this is the Arch of Severus in Rome
Early Greek Art
Herakles and Nessos (Hercules and Nessus) c. 800-700 BCE Man and centaur Crude but with clear geometric designs
Orientalizing Greek Art 700-600 BCE Clear influence from Egyptian and Mesopotamian traditions
Greek Amphora (pl. amphorae)
Diplyon Amphora c. 750 BCE Monumental Funerary Amphora Hole in the bottom for drainage of ceremonial libations (drinks) Terra Cotta
Scene of Mourning
Geometric Style Rigid motifs Simple patterns The Mourning of the Dead c. 700 BCE
Scene of Mourning
Geometric Style Abstract, Angular Bands Meander = Key pattern
Before Greek Artistic Innovation Strict, Sacred Rules
Archaic Style c. 600-480 BCE Diversion from Egyptian and Mesopotamian Conventions Figures are more three dimentional
The Greek Kouros Breaking away from traditional styles Increasingly, art based on visual appearance, not just knowledge and skill handed down
Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble, painted details.
Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble with remnants of paint
The Progression of Sculpture
Similarities? Differences?
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Tomorrow Read pgs 92-101 Quiz
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Greek Painting
Archaic Style c. 600-480 BCE Figures shown more three dimensional
Exekias c. 500s -520s BCE
Black-Figure Pottery (Archaic Period)
Red-Figure Pottery
Artists begin painting what they actually see
Foreshortening Warrior s Leave-taking Look at his left foot The shield? Not everything must be in its most clearly visible form Repetitive style and detail in art is no longer sacred Does that mean the art is no longer sacred?
Athena Parthenos
Hercules Carrying the Heavens Temple of Zeus at Olympia C. 460 BCE Egyptian influence is still evident
Christian Backlash and the worship of idols
The Greek Body
New York Kouros Archaic Greek C. 590 BCE Marble Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c. 530 BCE Marble Warrior from Riace Early Classical c. 460-450 BCE Bronze
Contrapposto a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs
Contrapposto?
Contrapposto?
Contrapposto?
Contrapposto?
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos. Original 450 440 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze).
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Greek Canon Perfect human form based on math Contrapposto Gives a sense of counterbalance and harmony
Most examples of Greek original bronze sculpture are now lost. Much of what we see are marble copies of Greek original works made during the Roman Era.