Greek Art History
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Thera (Modern Day Santorini)
Greek God Family Tree
Mythical Greek Beasts
Democracy (500 B.C.) Demos = The People Kratos = Power Power to the people
Acropolis of Athens Model of the Acropolis B.C.
Parthenon Acropolis, Athens, Greece Ictinus, Callicrates, and Karpion Doric ( B.C.) Marble & Limestone
Athena (Ivory& Gold) Statue of Athena, Parthenon Nashville, Tennessee (1897 A.D.)
Doric Influenced by the South (Egypt, and Mycenae)
Ionic Influenced by the East (Persia, Mesopotamia)
Corinthian Originally used for décor inside, eventually replaced Ionic on the outside of buildings
Porch of Maidens (Erechtheum) BC BC Acropolis, Athens Marble
Standing Youth (Kouros, means youth) 600 BC 600 BC Archaic Archaic Marble Marble
Female Figure (Kore, means Maiden) 650 BC ArchaicLimestone
Standing Youth (Kritios Boy) 480 BC SevereMarble Acropolis, Athens
Charioteer 470 BC Bronze (Life size votive offering) Severe Found at the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi
Zeus / Poseidon Athens Museum 460 BC, Severe Bronze (6’10”)
Discus Thrower (Discobolus) 450 BC Roman Marble Copy Classical Original in Bronze By Myron
The Three Goddesses 438 – 432 BC Classical Marble (East pediment of Parthenon) Shows the birth of Athena/ Wet Drapery
Nike of Samothrace Hellenistic BC Marble, 8’