Post on 12-Jan-2016
Differences?
Archaic Hellenic Hellenistic
Greek Art & ArchitectureHellenic 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
•Myron – The Discus thrower
-tension-energy-power-ideal of the athlete
Female Nude“Dying Naobi”
Busts of Leonidas & Pericles
The Athenian Acropolis
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 - detail3rd century BCE
Nike of Samothrace
Aphrodite of Melos2nd century
aka “Venus de Milo”
Laocoon and his sons
c. 175-150 BC
Old Market Woman