Art History: Greek Art Flashcards
Archaic
550 BCE- 6th c. Artists: ???Artworks: kouroi and koraiDescriptions: Idealization, stylized, FRONTAL, rigid
Early Classical
480 BCE- 5th c. Artists: KritiosArtworks: Pedimental sculpture of the Temple of Aphaia and the Temple of Artemis, Kritios boyDescriptions: Contrapposto, movement
Classical
450 BCE- 5th c.Artists: Phidias, Polyklitos, MyronArtworks: Riace warrior, Zeus/ Poseidon, Doryphoros, Diskobolos, Nike Adjusting her SandalDescriptions: Idealization, unemotional, PERFECTION, self- contained
Late Classical
350 BCE- 4th c.Artists: Praxitiles, Scopas,LysippusArtworks: Aphrodite of Knidos, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Apoxyomenos, Farnes HeraklesDescriptions: NATURAL, humanized, relaxed, elongation
Hellenistic
250 BCE- 3rd c.Pythokritos, Polydorus, Agesander, AthenodorusArtworks: Dying Gaul, Nike of Samothrace, Barberini Faun, Seated Boxer, Old Market Woman, Laocoon and his SonsDescriptions: EMOTIONAL, dramatic, exaggeration, movement, individualistic
The Parthenon
Classical
The Temple of Hera I
Archaic StyleDoric order
Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice
Archaic Style
amphora
Geometric
Nike of Samothrace
Hellenistic
Dancing Revelers
Archaic
New York Kouros
Archaic
Diskobolus
Classical
Poseidon/Zeus
Classical
The Temple of Hera II
Archaic Style Doric Order (after Hera I)
Warrior from Riace
Classical
Altar of Zeus
Hellenistic
What is Black-figure
A style or technique of ancient Greek pottery in which black figures are painted on a red clay background
What is Red-figure
A style or technique of ancient Greek vase painting characterized by red clay-colored figures on a black background
What is White-ground
A type of ancient Greek pottery in which the background color of the object was painted with slip that turns white in the firing process. Popular in the classical period
What is the Doric Order
The oldest and simplest of the five classical orders, It is characterized by a fluted column having no base, a plain cushion-shaped capital supporting a square abacus, and an entablature consisting of a plain architrave, a frieze of triglyphs and metopes, and a cornice.
What is the Ionic Order
The next order after Doric, characterized by a scroll-shaped (voluted) capital element, and a frieze that might contain continuous relief ornament.
What is the Corinthian Order
most ornate with base, fluted column shaft with a capital elaborately decorated with acanthus leaves. its entablature has architrave decorated with molding, a frieze with relief sculpture and a cornice with dentils.
What is the Volute
Ornament in the form of a spiral scroll, and the principal feature of the Ionic capital.
What is the Architrave
The lowermost division of a classical entablature, resting directly on the column capitals and supporting the frieze.
What is the Frieze
Horizontal band of decoration
What is the Pediment
The triangular section of a temple roof often decorated with sculpture.
What is ballustrade
a series of short circular posts
What is a Caryatid
a female figure that functions as a supporting column
What is contrapposto
Human posture in which the shoulders and head are turned one way and the hips and legs another; weight off the body is put on one foot, creating a feeling of tension on one side of the body and relaxation on the other
What is Encaustic
A painting technique in which pigment is mixed with wax and applied to the surface while hot.
What is foreshortening
to shorten an object to make it look as if it extends backward into space
What is the Lost-wax technique
a method of casting metal, such as bronze, by a process in which a wax mold is covered with clay and plaster, then fired, melting the wax and leaving a hollow form. Molten metal is then poured into the hollow space and slowly cooled. When the hardened clay and plaster exterior shell is removed, a solid metal form remains to be smoothed and polished.
What is the Archaic smile
smile that appears on all Archaic Greek statues; sculptor's indication that the subject is still alive