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Greek Slides

• Statue of a Youth, Kouros
• Kritios Boy
• The Dying Gaul
• Nike of Samothrace or Winged Victory
• The Old Market Woman

• The Parthenon
• Red-figured Hydria
• Black-figured amphoria
• The Battle of Issus

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Greek Artfacts

• Golden Age
• Philosophy Moderation in all
• Most famous work Winged Victory
• Most famous building Parthenon
• Characteristic form Male nude
• Signature city Athens
• Major contributions Democracy, individualism,
  reason

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Facts cont.

• The human being was placed at the center of Greek
  culture.
• The Greeks encouraged all forms of art.
• Proportion, balance and unity were key Greek
  ideals
• The human body was considered beautiful and
  perfectly proportioned.

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Statue of a Youth, Kouros600 BC

• Predecessor of Kritios Boy
• Rigid standing figures of young men and women (
  Kouros was Male)
• The life-size statues represented an ideal
  athlete.
• Stylized and did not represent real people.
• The female was called Kore- freestanding, clothed
  figure of an idealized young girl.

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Define contrapposto

• Technique of sculpting a human figure in a pose
  that shows the weight of the body in balance.
  With weight on one leg, the shoulders and hips
  counterbalance each other in a natural way so
  that the figure does not fall over.
• The Archaic period comes to a close in about 480
  BC.

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Parthenon (448-432 BC)

• Temple of Athena
• Originally was painted in bright colors.
• Rectangular in shape
• Generally the public were not allowed in side the
  temples.
• Parthenon was used as a temple, a church during
  the Christian movement, a Turkish Mosque ( Used
  to store ammunition)
• Marble was grinded down to make concrete later
  on.
• Metal was melted to make weapons

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Thursday Jan. 17, 2008Athena, Myron, 5 th
centrury BC, Roman copy of Greek original, Marble

• Copy the credits from above.
• Write a noun adjective poem
• Finish with a descriptive sentence.

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Most famous work- Winged Victory
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Compare/Contrastpage 183
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Red Figured hydrua 410 BC
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Black figured amphoria 530 BC
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DAR-Friday Jan 18, 2007Compare contrastpg 188
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Define

• Amphora a storage jar having a egg-shaped body,
  a foot and 2 handles, each attached at the neck
  and shoulders of the jar.

• Hydria A large jug used to carry water.

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How is it that we have some idea of what Greek
wall painting looked like although no example has
survived?

• Because Roman copies have survived
• ( Example Battle of Issus)

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Why have so few Greek statues survived?

• Many were melted down for ammunition or war
  weapons. Some were lost or destroyed in other
  ways.