Differences? Archaic Hellenic Hellenistic
Greek Art & Architecture Hellenic to Hellenistic
Greek Archaic period Influenced by Minoans & Mycenaean Mosaics Frescos Pottery Sculpture Figures in profile, but correctly drawn – not like the Egyptians
The Kore / Korai
7th century
Archaic Bas Relief sculpture
pottery
Classical Hellenic Greek ideal – harmony, beauty, perfection – the “ideal” The Golden Mean / golden ratio Relief sculpture in triangle – to fit pediment
frieze
Corinthian style – Greek creation but used mostly by the Romans
Myron – The Discus thrower -tension -energy -power -ideal of the athlete
Female Nude “Dying Naobi”
Busts of Leonidas & Pericles
The Athenian Acropolis
The Parthenon
Doric order
Athena – recreation one was in the Parthenon Phidias
Ionic Order
Great Altar of Zeus
Temple of Athena Nike
Erechtheion
Relief Sculpture from Temple
Aphrodite Praxiteles? Contra posto
Hellenistic Period Perfect technique applied to exaggerated pain Extreme of everything Harmony & perfection becomes emotion and “reality” Reflects cultural diffusion and loss of ideal
Dying Gaul
Dying Gaul - detail 3rd century BCE
Nike of Samothrace
Aphrodite of Melos 2nd century aka “Venus de Milo”
Laocoon and his sons c. 175-150 BC
Old Market Woman