ARTHIST 101 1st Edition Lecture 14 Ancient Greece Classical Orders Architecture needed to mirror human proportions in reality Temple architecture 3 separate styles of representation Doric Ionic and Corinthian order Dominant 2 are Doric and Ionic order Doric is surrounded by altercation Ionic displays a narrative Temple of Hera I Paestum Italy c 550 BC Hera is wife of Zeus Archaic style Missing upper portion of roof lining Naos or cella offerings No bases on the columns Doric order 9 columns down the front and 18 columns down the side purity and proportionality Cigar shaping to the columns to amplify entasis optical precision refinement Solid masonry walls Adyton place for treasures offerings Pronaos entry porch Anta dominant pillars Peristlye forming a perimeter around the temple Ceramic Vessels contain moral power and ritual practices Slip watered down clay Amphora utilized in storage of liquids Calyx krater drinking cup wine victory celebrations Exekias Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game Attic black figure Amphora Ceramic Vulci Italy c 540 530 BC Black represents the dominance of the slip and how potent Ceramicist would be in charge of hiring a painter to do the work on the vessel Exekias is the man who created the vessel and painted on it Normally 2 different people Known as the dominant vessel maker Organic motifs Details ensized after being painted stylized and abstracted details Different slips being put in green in chest plate Subtle composite view from the face body in profile Achilles is almost impervious to damage Mom leaves his Achilles tendon left open to harm Words tumbling out of their mouths word bubbles Every angle is specialized to guide you towards the dice game A time of most interloping Andokides Painter Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game Attic Bilingual Amphora Ceramic Orvieto Italy c 525 520 BC Generally the same composition yet completely different approach Details must be painted in Euphronios Herakles Wrestling Antaios Attic Red Figure Calyx Krater Ceramic Cerveteri Italy c 510 BC Communal drinking Wrestling between the two Hera wants to destroy Herakles Zeus bastard child Engaging like sports men Antaios Persian is shown completely different than Herakles Greek 3 quarter view of Antaios body and he is overlapping greater sense of 3 dimensional exercise
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