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Greek Art

Or, the Art of ManSt. Lawrence, 2/8/2016

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012Course Outline

The Heroon

The Greek Orders

The Parthenon

Theatres

Colossal buildings

The Stoa

Urbanization

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Key Notions

-Capital-Cella (naos)-Colonnade-Entablature-Entasis-Heroon-Pediment-Stoa

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Timeline

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Greece and Region

Source: 3

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The Heroon

Or, an homage to ancestors

Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence, 2016-02-08, BeaudoinSource: 7 & 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

HeroonLefkandi, c. 1000-950 BCE

Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence, 2016-02-08, BeaudoinSource: 7 & 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

HeroonLefkandi, c. 1000-950 BCE

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The Orders

Or, building according to established forms

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The Orders (or Forms)

Source: 18

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Archaic period(700-500)

-The emergence of temples and treasuries

Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence, 2016-02-08, BeaudoinSource: 8 & 9 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

Temple to ApolloThermos (Aetolia), 640-630 BCE

Proportion: 3:1

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Temple of AphaeaIsland of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Temple of AphaeaIsland of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE

Source: 3 & 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

Proportion: 2:1

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Temple of AphaeaIsland of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE

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Temple of AphaeaIsland of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE

Source: 11 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Classical period(480-338)

-The Acropolis, a question of refinement

-The emergence of theatres

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Classical Greek Temple: Vocabulary

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

Proportion: y=2x+1where x is # of columns on facade;

y, # of columns on side

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PhidiasThe Acropolis, Athens, 460–430 BC

Source: 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Ictinus and Kallicrates, Parthenon447-432 BCE, marble, 72 x 33 x 10,4 m

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Aphaea and Parthenon

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Parthenon: Plan

Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Parthenon: Subject of Sculptures

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Parthenon: Parts of the Frieze

Cavalcade, south frieze, British Museum

Preparations, west frieze, British Museum

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Parthenon, Golden Rule

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence, 2016-02-08, BeaudoinSource: 16 & 17 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

Kallicrates, Temple of Athena NikeAcropolis, Athens, 427-424 BCE

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Mnesicles, Erechtheion420-409, marble, 24,4 x 27,4 m

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ErechtheionSouth view, caryatids

Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Polycleitus the Younger, TheatreEpidaurus, 350 BCE

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

Skene

Orchestra

Theatron(or Cavea)

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Hellenistic period(338-31)

-The colossal temple

-Proliferation of the Corinthian order

-The emergence of the stoa

-Monumental sculpture

-Urban organization

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Paionios and Daphnis, Temple of ApolloDidyma, 313 BCE

Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

Proportion: y=2x+1

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Temple of Zeus (the Olympeion)Greece, Athens, 41,1 x 107,8 m, marble, 174 BCE-132 AD

Source: 13 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Temple of Zeus (the Olympeion)Greece, Athens, 41,1 x 107,8 m, marble, 174 BCE-132 AD

Source: 15 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Stoa of AttalosAthenes, 150 BCE

Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Stoa of AttalosAthenes, 150 BCE

Source: 15 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Grand Altar of Pergamon180 BCE, Marble, 36 x 34 m, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin

Source: 14 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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Grand Altar of Pergamon, detail, Gigantomachy, and Replica of City

Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

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City of Priene4th BCE, Antikenmuseum, Berlin

Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic

Temple of Athena

Agora

Gymnasium

Stadium

Theatre

Temple of Zeus

Stoae

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Suggested readings

-Gombrich, The Story of Art, p. 63-91-Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p. 84-113-Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 1. p. 67-128-Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages, p. 105-169

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Bibliography and Sources

1. Brommer, Discovering Art History2. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 13. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages4. Gombrich, The Story of Art5. Rogers, Art, a World History6. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction7. Schnapp, Préhistoire et antiquité8. University Laval Course Notes9. www.atthalin.fr10. www.whitman.edu11. http://commons.wikimedia.org12. www.techno-science.net13. www.chem.uoa.gr14. sitemaker.umich.edu15. www.wikipedia.com16. www.sikyon.com17. www.ne.jp18. www.britannica.com