Chapter 5 Classical Period
Flashcard Temple of Hera II Gardner’s 12th ed., p. 127
East Pediment, Temple of Zeus Flashcard faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Egyptian/Egyptian.html Gardner’s 12th ed www.archimuse.com/.../kenderine/kenderdine.html http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/greek/4/pdf/archaeological_basis.pdf
Seer, east pediment Temple of Zeus Gardner’s 12th ed
Severe Style Athena, Herakles, and Atlas with Apples of the Hesperides Herakles cleaning Augean Stables: Labor #5 www.archimuse.com/.../kenderine/kenderdine.html www.odysseyadventures.ca/articles/greektemple... classics.uc.edu/.../heracles_images/labors.jpg
Flashcard Kritios Boy http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Chapter5.htm Gardner’s 12th ed www.utexas.edu/courses/classicalarch/images.html
CONTRAPPOSTO CONTRAPPOSTO (or COUNTERPOISE), an Italian word, describes the stance of the human body in which one leg bears the weight while the other is relaxed. An asymmetry is created in the shoulder-hip axis. This is a natural, relaxed body pose. Early sculptures of human figures, while anatomically correct, appeared stiff and unnatural
CONTRAPPOSTO Here is an example of an Egyptian sculpture from the 4th Dynasty, c. 2500 BCE., Menekaura and a Queen. Notice the unnatural stiffness of the figures.
...the shoulders are level CONTRAPPOSTO If we look at the early Greek sculpture, the Anavysos Kouros (c 525 BCE), the unnatural stiffness is still present. ...the shoulders are level ...the hips are level ...both fists are level ...even the knees are level ...but the left leg is thrust forward. The left leg is forward and would have to be six inches longer! Does the Anavysos Koursos statue demonstrate contrapposto? The Answer is NO.
Contrapposto first appeared in classical Greek sculpture. ...the left shoulder is higher than the right shoulder ...an angle from the right shoulder to the left hip. The leg is relaxed and the hip bone is lower. ...the right leg bears all the body’s weight. Also notice how the knees are not level and at an angle. The shoulders counterbalance the hips. If the hips and shoulders were parallel, we could not balance and would fall over!
CONTRAPPOSTO The classical Greeks progressed to where they were able to model the human in a nonsymmetrical, relaxed stance that appears much more realistic. This was lost during the Middle Ages and was rediscovered by artists like Donatello during the Renaissance
Warrior, from the sea off Riace http://mil.ccc.cccd.edu/classes/art100/module5.htm http://www.livius.org/a/1/greece/siphnos.jpg
Charioteer
Zeus (or Poseidon?)
MYRON, Diskobolos (Discus Thrower)
POLYKLEITOS, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
Chiastic (cross balance) Chiastic (cross balance) is asymmetrical balance …right arm and leg rigid & stiff creating columnar stability and anchoring …the bent left arm and leg …head turns right, hips twist left, back foot turns outward creating a twist in the body
KRESILAS, Pericles
Aerial View & Model of the Acropolis
IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES, Parthenon www.utexas.edu/courses/classicalarch/images.html www.columbia.edu/.../syllabus/syllabus97.html picasaweb.google.com/.../7HcF7AcM6TqhilvE5xxkOg www.dkimages.com/.../Plans-and-Drawings-4.html 4 puffin.creighton.edu/eselk/intro-phil_on-line... http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Parthenon/Parthenon1.jpg
PHIDIAS, Athena Parthenos Marble copy Flashcard http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/sculpture-slides.html harpy.uccs.edu/greek/sculpturefemale.html PHIDIAS, Athena Parthenos
Flashcard Lapith versus centaur Stokstad, p. 191 faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Egyptian/Egyptian.html www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.htm mandarb.net/virtual_gallery/sculptures/gaul.shtml l www.sacred-destinations.com/greece/athens-par... www.utexas.edu/.../img18parthmetoprcon.html flickr.com/photos/75048666@N00/2247900527 www.sikyon.com/athens/Parthenon/parthenon_eg.html
Flashcards Helios and his horses, and Dionysis Three Goddess (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?) 1. Helios 4. Nike 7. Hera 10. Atlas 2. Herakles 5. Athena 8. Hephaistos 11. The Hesperides 3. The Fates 6. Zeus 9. Hermes 12. Nyx www.solvinglight.com/features/0404/reconstruc... www.theplaka.com/athens/acrop/parthenon.htm www.utexas.edu/.../img18parthmetoprcon.html
Parthenon, West Pediment: Athena vs. Poseidon www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html
Details of the Panathenaic Festival procession frieze www.dkimages.com/.../Plans-and-Drawings-4.html 4 Gardner’s Art Through the Ages
Erechtheion and Plan Erechtheion from the west www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html Gardner’s Art Through the Ages
Caryatid from south porch of Erechtheion
Flashcards Nike adjusting her sandal KALLIKRATES, Temple of Athena Nike Nike adjusting her sandal dl.ccc.cccd.edu/.../art100/imageindex.htm
Grave stele of Hegeso Flashcard
ACHILLES PAINTER, Warrior taking leave of his wife Lekythos White-ground Foreshortening Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 137
NIOBID PAINTER, Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe Krater NIOBID PAINTER, Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe 3-Quarter Profile web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/apollo_i.html
Youth Diving
Late Classical
Flashcard Aphrodite of Knidos Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 139 www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts
Hermes and the infant Dionysos Flashcard http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/lateclasssculpt.html Gardner’s 12th ed., p. 146
Apoxyomenos ("The Scraper") Flashcard Stokstad, p. 204 http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/lateclasssculpt.html
Farnese Herakles http://homepages.ius.edu/RVEST/alexander.caracalla.jpg www.art.com/.../_/crid--34404/Lysippos.htm traumwerk.stanford.edu/philolog/2005/11/glauk...
Alexander the Great Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 144
Stag hunt Pebble mosaic Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 145
Battle of Issus, (AKA Battle of Alexander the Great and Darius) Flashcard Battle of Issus, (AKA Battle of Alexander the Great and Darius) Schneider Adams, p. 151
Theater, Epidauros Flashcard http://mil.ccc.cccd.edu/classes/art100/module6.htm Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 146 Stokstad, p. 210 www.tronchin.com/Art1A/lecture10.htm
THOLOS, SANCTUARY OF ATHENA PRONAIA at Delphi http://mil.ccc.cccd.edu/classes/art100/module6.htm Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 147
Choragic Monument Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 147