Greek Sculpture

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Greek Sculpture

• Claire Wu, Denise, Hughes

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Greek Sculpture

• The Archaic Period----ClaireDenise
• The Classical Period--------Hughes
• ParthenonSculptures-----Claire
• The Hellenistic Period------Denise

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Similarity Influence

• Greek Proportion
• Harmony,Perfection
• PeakHigh Classical Style (ca.480-400 B.C.E.)
• A standard of beauty and excellence
• Influential to Western cultural expression

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The Archaic Periodca.700-480 BCE

• 1.InfluenceEgypt
• 2.Function Memorial,Cult statues, and Funeral
  monument
• 3.Features
• a. Male Nude
• b.Archaic smile
• c. freestanding
• d.left foot striding out
• e. life size or larger

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Kouros (Male youth ) (Early Archaic)
When can I dress up?

• P.112 Figure 5.6
• Freestanding
• Unclothed young man
• Frontal pose
• Rigid and vertical pose Arms closed to his sides
• Left foot striding forward
• body weight shared equally on both feet

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Greek v.s. Egypt
Dont wanna walk like Egyptian
You! CopyCat!

• Similar proportion and technique
• Different
• 1.Greeknude
• Egypt kilt skirt
• 2.Greekfreestanding
• Egypt with the slab of stone to support
• 3.Weight distribution
• Greek even
• Egyptuneven
• 4.Greek more realistic

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• Calf-Bearer
• (ca. 575-550 B.C.E)
• More realistic
• abdominal muscles,
• sensitive bull,
• semi-precious stone (pearlsetc)
• More gentle ?smile
• (figure 5.7, p112)

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• Kroisos (Late Archaic)
• (figure 5.8, p113)
• The warrior
• Attention to knee and calf muscles
• Harmony stands aggressively
• forward, but forearms in ward
• Energy
• Blissful smile (more)
• Reflect optimism in early Greeks

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The Classical Period

• (480-323 B.C.E)

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Time line

1. The Early classical period 480450 B.C
2. The High Classical age 450400 B.C
3. The Late classical period 400323 B.C

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The classical style

• Feature
• The meaning of classical
• The ideal proportion style
• Solemn and contemplative
• Influence
• Standard of beauty

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The early classical period

• Compare and contrast between Koisos and Kritos
  Boy
• compare and contrast two different cannon

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• Kroisos
• Figure 5.8
• The Archaic period
• Robust
• Forearm turn in toward his body
• Blissful smile

• Kritios
• Figure 5.9
• The classical period
• Sensuous
• Weight on his left leg
• Contrapposto
• (weight shift )
• Protrude at juncture
• No smile
• Severe Style

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Differences between two cannon

• The human proportion Figure 5.2
• Calculated
• Flexible
• Symmetry
• Correspond to human body

• The Egyptian Cannon
• Fixed proportion
• Not calculated

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The High Classical age

• Doryphorus (Spear-Bearer)
• The Discobolus (Discus-thrower)
• Zeus

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• Doryphorus
• (Spear-Bearer )
• Figure 5.1
• The embodiment of proportion
• Ideal warrior athlete
• Energy
• Poised
• Grace

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• The Discobolus
• By Mylon
• The captured movement
• Ideal proportion

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• Zeus
• Figure 5.10
• Vigorous action
• Tense body
• The length of arms and legs
• Geometric muscles
• Symmetrical trapezoids
• Wavy line

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The late classical period

1. ApplicationWeight Sift and Curve!
2. Compare and contrast between Kore and Aphrodite
   of Knido

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• Aphrodite of knidos
• Figure 5.12
• Late Classical
• Ideal female style
• curved
• Naked
• Weight Shift

• Kore
• Figure 5.11
• Archaic
• Ornamental
• Smiling
• With clothed

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The Parthenon (p.116 Figure5.13)
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Greek ArchitectureThe Parthenon

• 448-432 BCE
• Two architects Ictinus and Kallicrates
• Sculptor Phidas
• Dedication Athena
• Religious Secular Purpose
• to serve the living, not the dead (Egypt)
• Human proportion(Golden Ratio), symmetry

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The Greek order (p.117. F.5.16)

• 1.Doric 2.Ionic
  3.Corinthian
• SimpleSevere ?Delicate-----? the most ornate
• Ornamental

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The Sculpture of the Parthenon (p.119. F.5.18)

• Location
• 1.pediment
• 2.metopes
• 3.frieze
• (outer wall of cella)
• Subject about Athena
• Feature High Relief

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East pediment of the Parthenon (p.119.f.5.19)
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Three Goddesses (p.119.F.5.20)
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West pediment of the Parthenon
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"Lapith and Centaur" Metopep.120 Figure5.21
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A Group of Young Horsemen(p.120.F.5.22)from
the north frieze
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water bearer, musician, and votaries from east
frieze (p.121.f.5.23)
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Hellenistic Age 320-30 B.C.E
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The Diffusion of the Classical Style
The Hellenistic Age (Greek-like)

• Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE)
• Son of Philip of Macedonia, Student of Aristotle
• An empire from Greece and Egypt to India
• After his death,
• The empire split into three sections
• Egypt, Persia, and Macedonia-Greece
• ?starts the Hellenistic Age (300 years)

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The Hellenistic World (Map 5.1)
P 126, figure 5.27
(P 126, figure 5.1)
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From Hellenic to Hellenistic )????????

• Spread of Hellenic????culture throughout the
  civilized world
• ?cosmopolitanism, urbanism, and the blending of
  Greek, African, and Asian cultures
• ? Personal needs individual emotion
• over and above the good of community

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Features of Architecture

• From city to empire
• ?large, monumental
• Utilitarian Structure Lighthouse, theaters,
  libraries
• Corinthian Ionic colonnade

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The Great Library Temple of Muses
Think Tank At Alexandria
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The Lighthouse
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The Theater
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the Alter of Zeus
(Figure 5.28, p127)

• At Pergamon (180 B.C.E)
• To celebrate the victory of minor kingdom of
  Pergamon over Gauls
• 20-foot high, 300-foot based platform

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• Massive Ionic Colonnade
• Mythological battle
• (Olympic gods vs. giants
• Symbolize the Victory of Intellect
• Over Barbarians
• More theatrical in style
• ???

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Athena Battling with Acyoneus

• Strong light and dark contrast
• Classical restraint ? violent passion

(Figure 5.29, p128)
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Hellenistic Sculpture Features

• Private / individual emotion
• More lifelike less idealized
• Fleeting mood momentary expression
• Broad the range of subjects
• young children to old, even deformed people

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Spear-Bearer V.S. Apollo Belvedere
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Spear-Bearer V.S. Apollo Belvedere

• High classical

• Hellenistic
• Sensuous nude statue
• More animated,
• Feminized,
• Self-conscious style

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Nike of Samothrace

• Greek goddess
• Victory
• Discovered in 1863, now
• is in the Louvre Museum, Paris
• Head arms are missing

(figure 5.31,p129)
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• Carving techniques
• dynamic contrasts of light and dark
• semi-transparent robes
• Deeply cut drapery
• Bold display of Vigorous movement

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• Sensuous body as the winged figure strides into
  the wind
• Flying just landed lightly

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Laocoon and His Sons

• mythological story
• priest of Apollo
• Trojan War
• Punishment by Gods
• Excavation in 1506 at Rome
• Michelangelo praised it, incredible.

(figure 5.32, p129)
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• Dramatic moment
• Tragic role
• Tortuous pose, stained muscles, and painful
  expression

• Sums up the Hellenistic art
• Memorable symbol
• Classical idealism
• ?history

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ConclusionGreek Art Harmonious and perfect
proportion

• Style Keeping changing
• Feature HumanismRealismIdealism
• More Natural!
• Clarity, harmony, and proportioned order

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Work Cited

• http//academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/kouroi
  .html
• http//www.greeklandscapes.com/greece/athens_museu
  m_archaic.html
• http//0rz.tw/d91YG
• http//www-personal.umich.edu/mxb/archaic_greece.
  html
• http//www.sikyon.com/Athens/Parthenon/parthenon_e
  g.html
• http//stmail.chna.edu.tw/b9216003/show.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture_of_Ancient_
  GreeceSculpture
• http//www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0858474.html

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