Classical comparisons

Shariq Hirani

Emily Meier

Erechtheion

Supposedly the battle site between Athena and Poseidon, with an olive tree and a saltwater spout located nearby.

The caryatids in the Erechtheion serve as a means of supporting the top, as well as concealing a large support beam

Caryatids – a draped female figure supporting an entablature in the place of a column or pilaster

Hadrian’s Pleasure PalaceHadrian’s villa exhibited Greek and Egyptian influences, with caryatids and statues of Egyptian gods

Aphrodite of Knidos

The first fully nude and life-sized female form.

Initially rejected version by Praxiteles

Joshua Reynold’s Lady Sarah Bonbury Sacrificing to the Graces

dressed in long robes, not unlike those of classical times

Lack of facial expression makes her resemble a Greek statue rather than a person

The forward step exhibits a shift in weight, similar to the contrapposto used in classical Greek art.

Pantheanaic Procession

Early Classical frieze found on the Parthenon at the Acropolis

Depicts various gods as spectators to the procession

Displays a sense of acceleration and deceleration, where men on horseback are depicted at the back, and a long line grinds the procession to a halt as they approach the statue of Athena

Seated Buddha from Pakistan

From Gandhara, Pakistan

Draw heavily from Hellenistic influences brought over by incursions by Alexander the Great.

Significant amount of attention is given to the robes, which is reminiscent of Greek depictions of people with clothing (Phidian Drapery)

Sleeping Satyr

Hellenistic

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel

Hellenistic piece depicting a drunken being

(maybe a man) who has collapsed

The spread legs are meant to draw attention to the genitals

Adam’s in a classical reclining pose, not unlike that of the Sleeping Satyr; however, the attention is not his genitals, but the arm reaching out to God

Apollo Belvedre

Depicts the Greek god Apollo firing an arrow at a serpent monster.

He has apparently just fired an arrow, as the muscles are still tensed.

Duer’s Adam and Eve

Adam’s musculature is displayed

Adam is in an incredibly similar pose to Apollo.

Both depict a serpent, one at Apollo’s right, and the other in front of Adam

Choragic Monument of Lysikrates

Near the Acropolis

One of the earliest Greek monuments built in the Corinthian Order.

Sant’ Andrea by Alberti

Built by Alberti during the Early Renaissance.

In addition to having a classical temple front, the columns used are also engaged and of the Corinthian Order.

The circular similarity (circled in red)

The façade of Sant Andrea combines triumphal arches with the classical pedimented Greek temple

Venus De Milo

Made by Alexandros of Antioch.

Cut from 6-7 blocks of Parian Marble.

Canova’s Pauline Borghese By Antonio Canova

Pauline Borghese is supposed to be pretending to be Venus, with the same half-nudity and drapery at the waist.

Pauline Borghese is depicted holding an apple, as the Venus de Milo was originally

Stoa of Attalos

Façade columns are Doric on ground level and ionic on the seconds level

National Pompidou Center

Anatomy of building is fully exposed

Colored pipes correlate with function

Cultural supermarkets and similar functions.

Multi leveled shopping centers

Funerary Mask from Grave Circle A

Mycenaean.

Pointed beard and a handlebar mustache has drawn questions about authenticity of the piece.

Lindau Gospels

Created in the 9th century, used to awe the masses.

The figure of Christ, as well as the angels and Mary done with repousse

Made with beaten gold, a technique known as repousse.

Treaury of Atreus

The beehive tomb is a Mycenaean design, and is one of the earliest uses of a circular structure.

Created by the superposition of progressively smaller rings of stones or mud-brick, making a false dome.

Santa Constanza

Built under Constantine in the Late Roman Empire

Both use circular structure

Porta Maggiorre

One of the gates from Aurelian Rome.

Inscriptions on the attic praise Vespasian, Claudius, and Titus for their work on aqueducts.

Momumental double Arches.

Michelozzo

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

The windows are pedimented.

Utilize the same alternating arches.

Colosseum

Early Empire structure designed as a stadium. It is made of concrete, a Roman invention, and contains multiple layers and is in a distinctly circular shape.

John Wood the Younger

Royal Crescent

It was made in 1775.

The Circus Bath was designed by his father.

Drawn heavily from the Roman Structure.

The Circus Bath was influenced by the Colosseum.

Perugino’s Christ Delivering the Keys to St. Peter

Fresco in the Sistine Chapel

Utilizes linear perspective, an innovation during the Early Renaissance.

Arches in background are modeled after the Arch of Constantine in Rome.

Show close ties between Constantine and Saint Peter.

Arch of Constantine

Great triple passageway arch.

Late Roman architecture.

Roman Pantheon

Temple for all gods

Shows full potential of concrete buildings

Brunelleschi Florence Cathedral

Wide area (140 ft) covered by the dome.

Not Brunelleschi’s real style

Use Roman construction to solve problem of wide space.

Create linear perspective after studying Roman art

Impact of centrally planned buildings.

Maison Carree

Preserve Forum of Augustus.

Admired by Jeffereson and used to model state capitol in Virginia.

The building is pseudoperipteral, and made of covered concrete.

Pierre Vignon

La Madeleine

Temple to glorify army of Napolean

Pediment frieze as well as a podium and a single entrance all point towards earlier works

Peirre copy antique Roman temple

Use of Corinthian columns

Pont Du Gard

Roman aqueduct

Held down by weight of the water which carries it

Consecutive decline

Darby and Pritchard

First used iron in bridge design

Coalbrookdale Bridge

Style of graceful center arches taken from Roman aqueducts.

Similar functions; Pont Du Gard carries water, Coalbrookdale carries people.

Pompeii wall fresco

Taste for illusion

Creatures, birds, and other motifs

Landscapes

Robert Adam’s Etruscan Room

Symmetry and rectilinearity

Creamy white walls

Etruscan took decorative motifs from Roman art and spread them out on neutral space with margins

Flavian amphitheater

Resembles Greek theaters.

Elliptical cavea required building an artificial mountain.Palazzetto dello sport, Italy Originally a boxing arena for the Olympics designed by Pier Luigi Nervi.

It is made of a prefabricated concrete dome.

Both built of concrete.

Built in a circular shape.

Served as a sports arena.

The seats are raised above the main floor.

Apollodorus of Damascus

Glorify Trajan’s victories.

Use a huge basilica rather than a temple for the center.

Charles Moore Piazza de Italia

Eclecticism and dialogue between traditional and contemporary elements.

Made for the Italian community in America.

Piazza closely related to the Greek agora or Roman forum.

Impressive gateway arch entrance

Marcus Aurelius, High empire

First Roman work to portray leader as

weary, saddened, and even worried.

Gattamelata by Donatello

Control by force of character rather than size.

Gattamelata first to rival portraits of antiquity like Marcus from Italy.

Unlike Marcus, Gattamelata not represented as superhuman and more than life size

The horses raised hoof is a sign of victory