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Art 155Exam #2 Study Guide Lectures: 9 - 14Lecture 9 (September 15)GreeceWhat is Ashlar masonry?- “dressed stone” what is linear B?- early form of writing manly used for inventory or farming information “Figurine of a woman”- from Syros (Cylades)- cyladic- marble 1’6’’ high- woman, pubic triangle, breast , pregnant- figure in the round- meant to be hand held cannot stand on its own- “grave good” in with the body“seated musician”- from Keros (Cyclades)- Cycladic- Marble - 9’’ high- created negative spaceCrete“palace at Knossos”- crete- Minoan- We know they were actively trading- All palaces have a center courtyard- Lacks a wall which makes is a town, not worried about protection- Had a really good navy so didn’t need inner island protection- Redone not just renovated- very hot there so building is made to let breeze in - haven’t seen this sense of luxary yet only buildings made for protection- stream cut through building as a form of air conditioning Minoan “cushion” columns- tree upside down so as to not grow roots- interior of palace was very colorful, fresco“toreador fresco”- palace at Knossos (crete)- named made up by Arthur Evans- Minoan- Males painted darker colors because they have to go outside to work- Woman painted white- Man doing backflip off bull- Everything dark is original- Religious festival, compete in games for the GodsWhat is Faience?- Ceramic, technic and material is only found in Egypt“Snake Goddess”- From Knossos (crete)- Minoan- Faience, approx. 1’1 ½’’ high- We don’t know who she is - Show trade from Egypt - Snakes are a symbol of rebirthWhat is polysemy?- Things can have multiple meanings at the same timeLecture 10 (September 17) What is a relieving arch?- Takes weight away from somethingWhat cyclopean wall?- Wall constructed without mortar, using big blocks of stone“corbeled Gallery”- Tiryns- Mycenaean- Brings first form of arches- Corbeled arch, lego like- Often walk ways“Treasury of Atreus”- Mycenaean - Originally built into a mountain to help it stand“Citadel of Mycenae and the lion gate”- Mycenaean- Limestone 9’6’’ high- Thought to have been built by “monsters”- Post and lintel construction- Lions are standing on Minoan cushion columns- Lions are female to show they are strong and should be feared“grave circle A”- People have to be buried out of town- No other culture buried themselves like this yet- Up to 10 people in same hole“funerary mask from grave circle A”- Mycenaean- Beaten gold- Formed over someones face- Not actual impression of face- Found goods from all over the world, shows tradeLecture 11 ( September 19)Important vocab- Polis- greek city state- Amphora- vessel used for storage- Meander- running pattern- Frieze- a decorative band on an outside wall- Prosthesis- “a wake”, showing of people at a funeral, the more people the more important, painting on amphora- Aryballos- very small jar used for holding oil or perfume- Guilloche- found flowery patterns, swirly- Symposium- male dominated event, wine drinking- Kylix- a drinking cup- Archaic- when democracy formed , AthensWhat are the three sub-groups of greeks?- Dorian- Ionians- AeliansWhat are the periods of greek history- Geometric- Orientalizing- Atchaic- Classical- Late classical- HellenisticGeometric period- Intense period of art- Form a common language, write it down- Development of theater- Olympic games- Polis are founded- Poetry becomes standardized“Diplon vase”- Geometric belly-handled amphora- From diylon cemetery, Athens - Contains cremated remains of woman- If it’s in a “crater” vase it contains a male- Has a running meander on itOrientalizing period“the alex painter”- Aryballos, a perfume or spice jar- Orientalizing - Height 2 7/8’’ - Worn on your wrist- No more geometric shapes- A lot of animals- People represented like that of near eastern artwork- Scratch into surface to add detail- Commonly traded Archaic“Achilles and Ajax playing dice”- Made by Exekais, the only artist who could make the ceramic and paint them- Black figured amphora- Exekais is the Michelangelo of pottery, everyone copied him- Achilles super moral while ajax is violent Lecture 12 (September 22)sculptureDifference between kore and kouros?- Kore is young woman- Kouros is a young manWhat is heroic nudity?- Shows you are string, if shown without show means they are a god“Hurcules and centaur”- Possibly herakles and nessos?- Geometric period- Bronze, potential for harm while creating is very high- Everything connected, easiest way of pouring- centaur is a symbol showing that if you drink you lose yourself and become an animal- how not to act“New york Korous”- archaic- marble- 6’ ½ ‘’- if 6 feet tall we are glorifying him- heroic nudity- very stylized- female sculptures are clothed“kroisos”- from Anavysos- archaic- marble- 6’ 4’’- statue of soldier, died in battle- idealized, more naturalistic- archaic smile“Kore”- archaic- marble- female- under life sized- harder to show women because cant be naked- found buried in most sacred placeLecture 13“Kritios boy”- from the Athenians Acropolis- classical- marble- most important sculpture- short hair now- naturalistic“Zeus ( or Poseidon?)”- found: cape Artemision, Greece- classical period- bronze- 6’ 10’’- showing of motion due to chiastic pose- found in shipwreck“Doryphoros (spear bearer)”- Polykleitos- His best work, top 5 sculpture - Roman marble copy from Pompeii Italy after a bronze original- Classical- He called it “my canon” his explanation of statue What was Polykleitos’ views on sculpture?- Symmetry- Equilibrium, should be balanced to body- Rhythm, shouldn’t be too stiff“Grave stele of hegeso”- Genre scene- From dipylon cemetery, Athens- Classical- Hierarchical scaling- Unmarried- Trying to show life likeness under clothes“Aphrodites of Knidos”- Praxiteles- Roman copy after original of the late classical period- Marble 6’ 8’’- Most copied sculpture- Prax. Was commissioned to create this, they rejected the sculpture- Aphrodite appears to have been


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