Ancient Greece

• “Man is the measure of all things”

Geometric Krater

from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens

ca. 740 B.C.E.ceramic40 1/2 in. high

Mantiklos Apollo

ca. 700-680 B.C.E.bronzeapproximately 8 in. high

Orientalizing

Lady of Auxerre

Crete

ca. 650-625 B.C.E.limestoneapproximately 2 ft. 1 in. high

ArchaicDescriptions: Idealization, stylized, frontal, rigid

Kourous

ca. 600 B.C.E.marble72 1/2 in. high

Calf Bearer (Moschophoros)

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 560 B.C.E.marble65 in. high

Kroisos

from Anavysos, Greece

ca. 530 B.C.E.marble76 in. high

Peplos Kore

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 530 B.C.E.marble48 in. high

Exekias

Achilles and Ajax playing dice

from Vulci, Italy

ca. 540-530 B.C.E.ceramicapproximately 2 ft. high

Dying warrior

from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

ca. 500-490 B.C.E.marbleapproximately 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. long

SEVEREContrapposto, movement

Dying warrior

from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

ca. 490-480 B.C.E.marbleapproximately 6 ft. 1 in. long

Kritios Boy

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 480 B.C.E.marble34 in. high

Contrapposto

Warrior

from the sea off Riace, Italy

ca. 460-450 B.C.E.bronze78 in. high

CLASSICALDescriptions: Idealization, unemotional, perfection, self-contained

Charioteer

Delphi, Greece

ca. 470B.C.E.bronze78 in. high

Myron

Diskobolus (Discus Thrower)

ca. 450 B.C.E.Roman marble copy after a bronze original61 in. high

Polykleitos

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

ca. 450-440 B.C.E.Roman marble copy after a bronze original83 in. high

Nike Adjusting her Sandal

From the south side of the paraper of the Temple of Athena Nike

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 410 BCE

Phidas

Athena Parthenos (model)

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 438 B.C.E.38 ft. tall

chryselephantine

HIGH CLASSICAL

Helios and his horses, and Dionysos (Herakles?)

From the east pediment of the Parthenon

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 438-432 BCE

Three Goddesses (Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite?)

From the east pediment of the Parthenon

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 438-432 BCE

Caryatids from the South Porch of the Erechtheion

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 421-405 B.C.E.marblefigures approximately 91 in. high

Praxiteles

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus

Ca 4th century B.C.E.Marble

7’1”

LATE CLASSICALDescriptions:Naturalism, humanized, relaxed, elongation

Praxiteles

Aphrodite of Knidos

ca. 350-340 B.C.E.Roman marble copy after a bronze original80 in. high

Lysippos

Apoxyomenos (Scraper)

ca. 330 B.C.E.Roman marble copy after a bronze original81 in. high

Lysippos

Weary Herakles (Farnese Herakles)

ca. 320 B.C.E.Roman marble copy after a bronze original

10 ‘ 5” high -- HUGE

Philoxenes of Eretria

Battle of Issus

From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy

ca. 310 B.C.E.tessera Mosaic8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.

HellenisticDescriptions: Emotional, dramatic, exaggeration, movement, individualistic

Athena battling Alkyoneos from the Altar of Zeus

From Pergamon, Turkey

ca. 175 B.C.E.

Nike of Samothrace

from Samothrace, Greece

ca. 190 B.C.E.marble97 in. high

Epigonos (?)

Dying Gaul

ca. 230-220 B.C.E.Marble, Roman marble copy of a bronze original3’6”

Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander

Aphrodite from Milos (Venus de Milo)

ca. 150-125 B.C.E.marble79 in. high

Sleeping Satyr (Barberini Faun)

ca. 230-200 B.C.E.marble85 in. high

Seated Boxer

From Rome, Italy

ca. 100-50 B.C.E.bronze4’2”

Old Market Woman

ca. 150-100 B.C.E.marble54 in. high

Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes

Laocoön and his sons

1st century C.E.marble94 1/2 in. high

Greek Architecture

Temple of Hera I

Paestum, Italy

ca. 550 B.C.E.

Fluted columnsEntabulature

ARCHAIC

Doric order Corinthian orderIonic order

West pediment from the Temple of Artemis

From Corfu, Greece

ca. 600-580 B.C.E.Limestone9’4”

pediment

Temple of Aphaia

Aegina, Greece

ca. 500-490 B.C.E. Severe

Temple of Hera II

Paestum, Italy460 BCE

AcropolisAthens, Greece

Iktinos and Kallikrates

Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

447-438 B.C.E.

Temple of Athena Nike

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 421-405 B.C.E.

Erechtheion

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 421-405 B.C.E.

Propylaia

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 437-432B.C.E.

Polykleitos the Younger

Theater

Epidauros, Greece

350 B.C.E.

LATE CLASSICAL

Reconstructed west front of the Altar of Zeus

From Pergamon, Turkey

ca. 175 B.C.E.HELLENISTIC

The ETRUSCANS

THEME: LIFE in DEATH

Apulu (Apollo)

from the Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy

ca. 510-500 B.C.E.painted terracotta71 in. high

Models of Etruscan temples

as described by Vitruvius

ca. 6th century B.C.E.

Sarcophagus with reclining couple

From Cerveteri, Italy

ca. 520 B.C.E.painted terracotta

Tumulus

from Cerveteri, Italy

7th to 2nd centuries B.C.E.

Diving and Fishing, detail of a mural painting in the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing

Tarquinia, Italy

530-520 century B.C.E.

Capitoline Wolf

from Rome, Italy

ca. 500-480 B.C.E.bronze31 1/2 in. high

ROME

MERIT: Monuments, Engineering, Realism, Interior Space, Temples

Temple of “Fortuna Virilis”

from Rome, Italy

ca. 75 B.C.E.

REPUBLIC

Head of a Roman patrician

ca. 75-50 B.C.E.marbleapproximately 1 ft. 2 in. high

verism

Barrel vaults and groin vaults

First Style wall painting

fauces of the Samnite House, Herculaneum, Italy

late 2nd century B.C.E.fresco

Cubiculum (bedroom), 2nd style

from the villa of P. Fannius SynistorBoscoreale, Italy

ca. 40-30 B.C.E.fresco

Detail of Third Style Painting

From cubiculum 15 of the Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Boscotrecase, Italy

ca. 10 B.C.E.fresco 7’8”

Fourth Style wall painting

From room 78of the Villa of Domus Aurea (Golden House) of Nero, Rome Italy

ca. 64-68 B.C.E.fresco

Portrait of Augustus as general

from Primaporta, Italy

ca. 20 B.C.E.marble80 in. high

IMPERIAL ROMAN ART

Ara Pacis Augustae

Rome, Italy

ca. 13-9 B.C.E.marble63 in. high

Ara Pacis Augustae

Rome, Italy

ca. 13-9 B.C.E.marble63 in. high

Ara Pacis Augustae

Rome, Italy

ca. 13-9 B.C.E.marble63 in. high

Pont-du-Gard

Nimes, France

ca. 16 B.C.E.

Colosseum

Rome, Italy

ca. 70-80 C.E.

Portrait bust of a Flavian woman

from Rome, Italy

ca. 90 C.E.marble25 in. high

Portrait of Vespasian

ca. 75-79 C.E.marble1’4”

Arch of Titus

Rome, Italy

81 C.E.

Column of Trajan HIGH EMPIREForum of Trajan

Rome, Italy

112 C.E.

Apollodorus of Damascus

Markets of Trajan

Rome, Italy

100-112 C.E.

Pantheon

Rome, Italy

ca. 118-125 C.E.

Pantheon

Rome, Italy

ca. 118-125 C.E.

Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina

from Rome, Italy

ca. 161 C.E.marble

8’1”

Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius

from Rome, Italy

ca. 175 C.E.bronze11 ft. 6 in. high

Portrait of Carcalla

ca. 211-217 C.E.marble14 in. high

LATE EMPIRE

Plan of the Baths of Caracalla

Rome, Italy

212-216 C.E.

Battle of the Romans and barbarians (Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus)

From Rome, Italy

250-260 C.E.marble5’

Portraits of the four tetrarchs

St. Mark’s, Venice

ca. 305 C.E.porphyry51 in. high

Arch of Constantine

Rome, Italy

ca. 312-315 C.E.

Portrait of Constantine

from the Basilica Nova, Rome, Italy

ca. 315-330 C.E.marblehead approximately 8 ft. 6 in. high

Aula Palatina (Basilica)

Trier, Germany

early 4th century C.E.