Greek Art

Stokstad Chapter 5

Greek Art 1:Geometric to Archaic Periods

• 5.5 Funerary vase (Krater), from the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens. C 750-700 BCE

• 5-26 Exekias. The Suicide of Ajex, c. 540 BCE• 5-13 Siphnian Treasure, Delphi, c. 530-525 BCE.

Marble• 5-18 Kroisos (?), Kouros, from Anavysos, c. 530

BCE, Marble

Terms

• Important cities: Athens, Sparta, and Corinth• Monotheistic religions: Olympian gods (Zeus and

Hera, Apollo, Aphrodite, Athena), Giants (or Titans are Earth gods) and Sky Gods (resided in Mount Olympia); temples are home for the gods

• Architectural elements: Greek orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), pediment, frieze, Column, capital, portico, caryatids

• Sculpture: Kouros (male) (Plural:kouroi), Kore (female) (Plural: Korai)

5.5 Funerary vase (Krater), from the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens. C 750-700 BCE

5-26 Exekias. The Suicide of Ajex, c. 540 BCE

Model of a temple, Mid-8th century BCE, Terracotta

5-13 Siphnian Treasure, Delphi, c. 530-525 BCE. Marble

5-13 Siphnian Treasure, Delphi, c. 530-525 BCE. Marble

5-14 Battle between the Gods and the Giants, Treasury of the Siphnians

5-18 Kroisos, Anavysos Kouros, c. 530 BCE, 1.93 m.

5-20 Peplos Kore, c. 530 BCE, 1.23 cm

Greek Art, 2: Early Classical Sculpture

5-33 Kritian Boy, c. 480 BCE, Marble (116 cm.)5-35 Warrior A, c. 460-450 BCE Bronze (2.03 m)5-31 Apollo with Battling Lapiths and Centaurs,

Temple of Zeus, Olympia, West pediment, c 460 BCE

5-32 Athena, Herakles, and Atlas, Doric Metope, Temple of Zeus, Olympia, c. 460 BCE

5-33 Kritian Boy, c. 480 BCE, Marble (116 cm.)

5-35 Warrior A, c. 460-450 BCE Bronze (2.03 m)

5-2 Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi. 6th-3rd century BCE

5-31 Apollo with Battling Lapiths and Centaurs Temple of Zeus, Olympia, c 460 BCE

5-32 Athena, Herakles, and Atlas, metope relief from the Temple of Zeus, Olympiac. 460 BCE, Marble (1.59 m)

5-32 Twelve labor, Athena, Herakles and Atlas, Metope, 460 BCE