Ancient Greece Unknown period of history of Greece from end of Mycenaean civilization to Classical civilization-approximately 1100-700 BCE Steady, unbroken progression and evolution in art from about 700 BCE to about 400 CE Independent city-states with a different form of government in each-kings, nobles, tyrants, democracy, etc. Interest in humanity “Man is the measure of all things”-Protagoras, 5th century BCE Progression styles attempt to reach the “ideal”

Greece, Dipylon Vase, 740 BCE, Geometric Krater Meander/keys Entire surface given over to decoration-abstract bands, meander Geometric characterized by shapes rather than naturalistic forms Schematic naive representation of the human body-silhouettes, eye in center, little depts, 2d images Scene of a generic funeral, body on bier-prothesis, procession, gestures of greif-human has place of importance Lower register-battle scene, horses, shields are Mycenaean-not used in 8c greece Artist is placing the scene in Homeric society of long ago-time of heros and ancestors Narrative value of funeral of this person, wishing to heroze him-gestures of greif, Human has place of importance

Greece, Amphora with Animals, 625 BCE Horror Vacui

Exekias, Amphora with Ajax and Achilles Playing Draughts, 540-530 BCE Black figure painting

Euthymides, Amphora with Three Revelers, 510 BCE Red Figure painting Hubris Red figure: Black glaze outlines figures, detail painted on rather thanincized Foreshortened forms, 3/4 view, body in twists and turns Hubris-Euthymides painted me as never Euphronios could do

Euphronios, Krater with Achilles Wrestling Antaios, ca. 510 BCE

Achilles Painter, Lekythos, ca. 440 BCE White Ground

Meidias Painter, Hydria with Garden of Hesperides, 410-400 BCE,

Greece, Lady of Auxerre, 7th century BCE, Oriental Daedalic Very geometrical appearance-columnar and cylindrical Head is a series of triangles perhaps a kore figure-gesture of prayer Doesn’t look like a portrait or narrative-image of woman Decoration throughout-face, hair, dress

Menkaure and his Wife, 2460-old kingdom Would have been in complex with pyramid Foot advances-only image of movement

Greece, Peplos Kore, Archaic, 530 BCE Kore figure peplos

Greece, Calf Bearer, 560 BCE, Archaic Kouros figure Rigid, linear muscle depiction Geometric and symmetric hair not exact proportions of human body

Greece, Kroisos, Archaic, 530 BCE

Greece, Kritios Boy, Classical, 480 BCE

Riace Warrior, 460-450 BCE Lost-wax bronze casting

Polykleitos, Greece, Doryphoros, (Cannon) 450-440 BCE, Classical Contrapposto Antithesis Chiastic Doryphoros, Polykleitos, classical, 450-440 bc Stood in Pompeii as model to athletes Polykleitos’ idea of perfection, form of male nude based on harmonic numerical rations final step in perfection of greek statuary of human anatomy Contrapposto, stands naturally Chiastic organization of figure’s parts” left limbs echo opposite-one is weight bearing, other at rest-diagonally charged harmony of opposites gesture and movement-breaks from frontal position Mere mortal becomes almost divinized

Myron, Greece, Diskobolos, 450 BCE, Classical Myron, Diskobolos Illustrates Roman desire for Greek styles To be interpreted in three dimensions, from all sides Vigorous action statue, frozen action at hightest point of tension in body Two intersecting arcs-interest in mathematics-recalls tension of bow and arrow Athelete based on geometry, but lacks expression and view Shows interest in human achievement-divinization of mortals and athletes as superhuman

Praxiteles, Hermes and Dionysos, 340 BCE

Lysippos, Apoxymenos, 330 BCE

Epigonos (?), Dying Gaul, 230-220 BCE

Laocoon Group, 1st century CE

Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, 350-340 BCE

Nike of Samothrace, 190 BCE Part of fountain on cliff overlooking sea to welcome naval officers

Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander, Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo), 150-125 BCE Archaism

Greek, Aphrodite and Pan, 100 BCE

Old Market Woman, 150-100 BCE Realism

Greece, Barberini Faun, ca. 200 BCE Relationship between physical and mental state