Greek Visual Art Sculpture & Architecture
Archaic Beginnings of realism Contrapposto: naturalistic/one leg carries the weight, one leg free Read pg
Kouros figures -male -standing -used as grave markers -hands to sides -left foot in front of right -has weight points -movable/flexible -nude -began advances in sculpture -naturalistic, truthful -archaic smile
Kritios Boy 480 BC
Kore -female counterpart to Kouros -fully dressed -contrapposto
Vase Painting Given as trophies Amphora
Classical & Hellenistic Read pg Intellectual & formal in design Classical moved towards Hellenistic style Read pg Hellenistic: more emotional
The Discus Thrower Myron 450 BC Classical the original was bronze perfect balance and harmony composed face geometric form: built on sequence of triangles/S-curve glorifies the athlete
Winged Victory or Nike Hellenistic sculpted around 180 BC
Venus de Milo Hellenistic greatest surviving sculpture of the Greeks could be from a set portrait of a person
The Orders of Greek Architecture Doric Ionic Corinthian
Doric The first order of column was the Doric order, it was known for being used by the Spartans. The top part of a column is called the capital. The capital of a Doric column is very simple. The capital is made of a round pad with a square block over it. The Doric column has no base.
Ionic the capital has two rounded spirals which look like a wrapped scroll viewed from the end. The small Temple to Athena Nike at the Acropolis is Ionic in style.
Corinthian The third order of Greek column is the Corinthian. The capital of a Corinthian column is carved to look like layers of acanthus leaves. There are carved rings at the base.
Roman Pantheon Ordinary classical temple type-- rectangular with a gabled roof supported by a colonnade on all sides. The dome was the largest built until modern times.
Roman ColoSseum Third floor: pilasters Second floor: Corinthian First floor: Ionic Ground floor: Doric