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Chapter Two- Part 2 Greece – Mycenaean, Archaic Period Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner
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Prehistoric Aegean: Mycenaean Dates and Places: 1700-1200BCE Peloponnesos (Mainland Greece) People: Kings and warriors Prosperous Ancestors of the Greeks Funerary mask, ca. 1600-1500BCE. Fig. 2- 13
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Prehistoric Aegean: Mycenaean Lion Gate, Mycenae, ca. 1300-1250BCE. Fig. 2-10.
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Prehistoric Aegean: Mycenaean Example: Citadel built of Cyclopean masonry Corbeled arch Relief sculpture on relieving triangle Inside: tholos with dome housing funerary goods Lion Gate, Mycenae, ca. 1300-1250BCE. Fig. 2- 10.
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Greek Art Dates and Places: 900-30BCE Greek mainland and nearby outposts Inside: tholos with dome housing funerary goods People: Democratic city-states Human-centered Poetry, philosophy, Olympic games Worship of gods Kritios Boy, ca. 480BCE. Fig. 2-31.
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Greek Art Themes: Humans Mythology Trojan War Forms: Conceptual→Optical Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders Mathematical proportion Restored façade of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, ca. 500-490BCE. Fig. 2-28
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Greek: Geometric and Archaic Geometric krater, ca. 740BCE. Fig. 2-14.
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Greek: Geometric and Archaic Example: Abstracted human figure Storytelling Registers of meander patterns Two-dimensional Grave marker Geometric krater, ca. 740BCE. Fig. 2- 14.
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Greek: Geometric and Archaic Kroisos, ca. 530BCE. Fig. 2-17 and Peplos Kore, 530BCE. Fig. 2-18.
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Greek: Geometric and Archaic Example: Archaic kouros (female version is kore) Egyptian pose but with motion Nude hero Archaic smile and paint to look lifelike Kroisos, ca. 530BCE. Fig. 2-17.
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Greek: Geometric and Archaic Temple of Hera, ca. 550BCE. Fig. 2-21.
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Greek: Geometric and Archaic Example: Doric temple Mathematical order and proportion Peripteral colonnade, entablature, pediment Cult statue and pediment frieze reliefs Temple of Hera, ca. 550BCE. Fig. 2-21.
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Greek: Geometric and Archaic Euthymides, Three Revelers, ca. 510BCE. Fig. 2-26.
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Greek: Geometric and Archaic Example: Red-figure vase painting Signed by artist Narrative with varied poses Red-figure painting allows for more detail Foreshortening Euthymides, Three Revelers, ca. 510BCE. Fig. 2-26.
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