Art History Greek Art
Archaic Period ► B.C.
Archaic Period ► Kouros- a nude male athlete or god ► Kore- the draped female counterpart of a kouros
Auxerre Kore
Athena (Nashville style)
Athena sculpted by Phidias
Classical Period 500 – 323 B.C.
Discus Thrower
Charioteer of Delphi
Hellenistic Period ► B.C.
Hellenistic Period ► Dying Gaul
Winged Victory ► Winged Victory also known as Nike of Samothrace is one of the greatest bronze works from the Hellenistic period.
Seated Boxer
Dying Niobid
Zeus
Greek Architecture
The Acropolis “sacred hill”
The Parthenon
Pediment
Frieze
Temple of Athena Nike
The Erechtheion ► Cayatides ► Porch of maidens on south side ► Dedicated to two gods ► Attica ► Poseidon-Erechtheus
Doric and Ionic Order
Columns/order
Theatre of Dionysos
Temple of Zeus
Roman Art ► 44 BC – 1457 AD
Roman Coliseum
Architecture ► Concrete arches ► Concrete vaults ► Concrete walls ► Velarium (awning) ► 1,000 men to raise ► Doric, Ionic, and corinthian order
The Pantheon
142’ Dome made of Concrete
The Capital
Arch of Constantine
Baths of Caraclla
Aqueducts ► A system that carried water from mountain streams into cities by using gravitational flow. ► miles long ► 270 gallons of water everyday
Sculpture ► Constantine the Great ► Honor their emperors ► Portrait sculpture ► Part of an enormous sculpture ► Eyes where carved to show iris and pupil
Painting ► Lady Playing the cithara ► Found in Pompeii ► Fresco- wet plaster with pigment. ► “open windows”