Greek Art Or, the Art of Man St. Lawrence, 9/20/2015 Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Course Outline The Heroon The Greek Orders The Parthenon Theatres Colossal buildings The Stoa Urbanization Key Notions -Capital -Cella (naos) -Colonnade -Entablature -Entasis -Heroon -Pediment -Stoa 1
Greece and Region Source: 3 The Heroon Or, an homage to ancestors 2
Heroon Lefkandi, c. 1000-950 BCE Source: 7 & 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Heroon Lefkandi, c. 1000-950 BCE Source: 7 & 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic The Orders Or, building according to established forms 3
The Orders (or Forms) Source: 18 Archaic period (700-500) -The emergence of temples and treasuries 4
Temple to Apollo Thermos (Aetolia), 640-630 BCE Proportion: 3:1 Source: 8 & 9 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Temple of Aphaea Island of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE Temple of Aphaea Island of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE Proportion: 2:1 Source: 3 & 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic 5
Temple of Aphaea Island of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE Source: 15 & 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Temple of Aphaea Island of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE Source: 11 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Classical period (480-338) -The Acropolis, a question of refinement -The emergence of theatres 6
Classical Greek Temple: Vocabulary Proportion: y=2x+1 where x is # of columns on facade; y, # of columns on side Phidias The Acropolis, Athens, 460 430 BC Source: 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Ictinus and Kallicrates, Parthenon 447-432 BCE, marble, 72 x 33 x 10,4 m 7
Aphaea and Parthenon Parthenon: Plan Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Parthenon: Subject of Sculptures 8
Parthenon: Parts of the Frieze Cavalcade, south frieze, British Museum Preparations, west frieze, British Museum Parthenon, Golden Rule Kallicrates, Temple of Athena Nike Acropolis, Athens, 427-424 BCE Source: 16 & 17 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic 9
Mnesicles, Erechtheion 420-409, marble, 24,4 x 27,4 m Source: 8 & 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Erechtheion South view, caryatids Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Polycleitus the Younger, Theatre Epidaurus, 350 BCE Theatron (or Cavea) Orchestra Skene 10
Hellenistic period (338-31) -The colossal temple -Proliferation of the Corinthian order -The emergence of the stoa -Monumental sculpture -Urban organization Paionios and Daphnis, Temple of Apollo Didyma, 313 BCE Proportion: y=2x+1 Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Temple of Zeus (the Olympeion) Greece, Athens, 41,1 x 107,8 m, marble, 174 BCE-132 AD Source: 13 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic 11
Temple of Zeus (the Olympeion) Greece, Athens, 41,1 x 107,8 m, marble, 174 BCE-132 AD Source: 15 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Stoa of Attalos Athenes, 150 BCE Stoa of Attalos Athenes, 150 BCE Source: 15 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic 12
Grand Altar of Pergamon 180 BCE, Marble, 36 x 34 m, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin Source: 14 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Grand Altar of Pergamon, detail, Gigantomachy, and Replica of City Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic City of Priene 4th BCE, Antikenmuseum, Berlin Temple of Athena Theatre Agora Temple of Zeus Stoae Gymnasium Stadium Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic 13
Suggested readings -Gombrich, The Story of Art, p. 63-91 -Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p. 84-113 -Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 1. p. 67-128 -Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages, p. 105-169 Bibliography and Sources 1. Brommer, Discovering Art History 2. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 1 3. Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages 4. Gombrich, The Story of Art 5. Rogers, Art, a World History 6. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction 7. Schnapp, Préhistoire et antiquité 8. University Laval Course Notes 9. www.atthalin.fr 10. www.whitman.edu 11. http://commons.wikimedia.org 12. www.techno-science.net 13. www.chem.uoa.gr 14. sitemaker.umich.edu 15. www.wikipedia.com 16. www.sikyon.com 17. www.ne.jp 18. www.britannica.com 14