Chapter 5

Classical Period

Gardner’s 12th ed., p. 127Temple of Hera II

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Gardner’s 12th ed

East Pediment, Temple of Zeus Flashcard

faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Egyptian/Egyptian.htmlGardner’s 12th ed http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/greek/4/pdf/archaeological_basis.pdfwww.archimuse.com/.../kenderine/kenderdine.html

Seer, east pediment Temple of Zeus

Gardner’s 12th ed

Athena, Herakles, and Atlas with Apples of the Hesperides

www.archimuse.com/.../kenderine/kenderdine.html www.odysseyadventures.ca/articles/greektemple...classics.uc.edu/.../heracles_images/labors.jpg

Severe Style

Herakles cleaning Augean Stables: Labor #5

FlashcardKritios Boy

http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Chapter5.htmGardner’s 12th edwww.utexas.edu/courses/classicalarch/images.html

CONTRAPPOSTOCONTRAPPOSTO

CONTRAPPOSTO (or COUNTERPOISE), an Italian word, describes the stance of the human body in which one leg bears the weight while the other is relaxed. An asymmetry is created in the shoulder-hip axis. This is a natural, relaxed body pose. Early sculptures of human figures, while anatomically correct, appeared stiff and unnatural

Here is an example of an Egyptian sculpture from the 4th Dynasty, c. 2500 BCE., Menekaura and a Queen. Notice the unnatural stiffness of the figures.

CONTRAPPOSTOCONTRAPPOSTO

If we look at the early Greek sculpture, the Anavysos Kouros (c 525 BCE), the unnatural stiffness is still present.

CONTRAPPOSTOCONTRAPPOSTO

...the shoulders are level

...the hips are level

...both fists are level

...even the knees are level

...but the left leg is thrust forward. The left leg is forward and would have to be six inches longer!

Does the Anavysos Koursos statue demonstrate contrapposto?

The Answer is NO.

CONTRAPPOSTOCONTRAPPOSTO

Contrapposto first appeared in classical Greek sculpture.

...the left shoulder is higher than the right shoulder

...an angle from the right shoulder to the left hip. The leg is relaxed and the hip bone is lower.

...the right leg bears all the body’s weight.

Also notice how the knees are not level and at an angle. The shoulders counterbalance the hips.

If the hips and shoulders were parallel, we could not balance and would fall over!

CONTRAPPOSTOCONTRAPPOSTO

The classical Greeks progressed to where they were able to model the human in a nonsymmetrical, relaxed stance that appears much more realistic. This was lost during the Middle Ages and was rediscovered by artists like Donatello during the Renaissance

Warrior, from the sea off Riace

http://mil.ccc.cccd.edu/classes/art100/module5.htmhttp://www.livius.org/a/1/greece/siphnos.jpg

Charioteer

Zeus (or Poseidon?)

MYRON, Diskobolos (Discus Thrower)

POLYKLEITOS, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

Chiastic (cross balance)

Chiastic (cross balance) is asymmetrical balance

…right arm and leg rigid & stiff creating columnar stability and anchoring

…the bent left arm and leg

…head turns right, hips twist left, back foot turns outward creating a twist in the body

KRESILAS, Pericles

Aerial View & Model of the Acropolis

IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES, Parthenon

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PHIDIAS, Athena Parthenos

FlashcardMarble copy

http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/sculpture-slides.html

harpy.uccs.edu/greek/sculpturefemale.html

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Stokstad, p. 191faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Egyptian/Egyptian.html www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.htmmandarb.net/virtual_gallery/sculptures/gaul.shtml l www.sacred-destinations.com/greece/athens-par... flickr.com/photos/75048666@N00/2247900527 www.utexas.edu/.../img18parthmetoprcon.html www.sikyon.com/athens/Parthenon/parthenon_eg.html

Lapith versus centaur

Three Goddess (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?)

Flashcards

Helios and his horses, and Dionysis

1. Helios 4. Nike 7. Hera 10. Atlas

2. Herakles 5. Athena 8. Hephaistos 11. The Hesperides

3. The Fates

6. Zeus 9. Hermes 12. Nyx

 

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Parthenon, West Pediment: Athena vs. Poseidon

www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html

Details of the Panathenaic Festival procession frieze

www.dkimages.com/.../Plans-and-Drawings-4.html 4

Gardner’s Art Through the Ages

Erechtheion and Plan

Erechtheion from the west

www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.htmlGardner’s Art Through the Ages

Caryatid from south porch of Erechtheion

KALLIKRATES, Temple of Athena Nike

Nike adjusting her sandal

Flashcards

dl.ccc.cccd.edu/.../art100/imageindex.htm

Grave stele of Hegeso Flashcard

Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 137

ACHILLES PAINTER, Warrior taking leave of his wife

LekythosWhite-ground

Foreshortening

NIOBID PAINTER, Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe

Krater

web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/apollo_i.html

3-Quarter Profile

Youth Diving

Late Classical

Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 139

www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts

FlashcardAphrodite of Knidos

Gardner’s 12th ed., p. 146

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http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/lateclasssculpt.html

Hermes and the infant Dionysos

Stokstad, p. 204

http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/lateclasssculpt.html

FlashcardApoxyomenos ("The Scraper")

http://homepages.ius.edu/RVEST/alexander.caracalla.jpg

www.art.com/.../_/crid--34404/Lysippos.htm

traumwerk.stanford.edu/philolog/2005/11/glauk...

Farnese Herakles

Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 144

Alexander the Great

Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 145

Pebble mosaic

Stag hunt

Battle of Issus, (AKA Battle of Alexander the

Great and Darius)

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Schneider Adams, p. 151

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http://mil.ccc.cccd.edu/classes/art100/module6.htmGardner’s 11th ed., p. 146

Stokstad, p. 210

www.tronchin.com/Art1A/lecture10.htm

Theater, Epidauros

http://mil.ccc.cccd.edu/classes/art100/module6.htmGardner’s 11th ed., p. 147

THOLOS, SANCTUARY OF ATHENA PRONAIA at Delphi

Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 147

Choragic Monument