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ARTH 103 1st Edition Exam # 2 Study GuideCycladic: 2700-2300 bce; art consists of bronze, pottery, painted marble statues (material was abundant and cheap), and gravesites (also art for the living) Male Lyre Player. Marble, Keros (Cyclades). Terracotta. c. 2700-2500. Approximately 9”high.Minoan: Minoan frescos (art depicted teens – never adults, deities, kings, or queens), Navy-based trade civilization whose art is found around the world Leaping Bull. Knoss, Crete. Stucco panel. c. 1550-1450 bce. Seems to have somereligious significance.Knossos: 1380-1100 bce. Possibly a trading depot made of timber with plumbing and running water, thought to be peaceful w/ no defense structures, and painted in bright/garish colors. Reconstruction of the Knossos palace complex in Crete (huge structure) c. 2000-1375 bce.Mycenaean: Conquered Minoans; used corbelled stone and limestone, and had death masksLion Gate. Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300-1250 bce. Limestone, relief panel approximately9’6” high. Suggests conquering of Minoans by Mycenaeans.Treassury of Atreus. Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300-1200. It is a tomb, not a treasury (thename just happened to stick). Made of corbelled stone. Geometric Greek Art: c. 800-700 bceGeometric Krater from Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece. c. 740 bce. Approximately3’4” high. It was a type of Greek decorative vase that was NOT used for wine, althoughit’s shape implies it.Archaic Greek Art: c. 700-480 bceSuicide of Ajax. Black figure amphora. c. 540 bce. Painted by Exekias. Moving away fromformer geometric style, archaic art is more naturalistic. Amphora is a Greek vase used forready-to-drink wine, although this one is for storage. The beginning of individualcreativity of art – Exekias signed his name, claiming art as his own. Standing Youth. Kouros. c. 580. Marble. 5’5”. A type of mortuary art, found in burialsites.Kroisos. c. 530 bce. More naturalistic, compared to Standing Youth, in such a(comparatively) short amount of time. Male bodies were viewed as perfect, beautifulbody types – male nudes were more prevalent than female nudes. Females were viewedas erotic/irrational, and their bodies were covered in art when depicted.Classical Greek Art: c. 480-400 bceParthenon. c. 447-438 bce. By architects Iktinos and Kallikrates.Lapith versus Centaur. Metope from south side of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens,Greece. c. 447-438 bce. Marble. Approximately 4’8” high.Young Warrior. c. 460-450 bce. Bronze. Doryphoros. By Polykleitos. c. 450-440 bce.Hellenistic Greek Art: 400-146 bceBattle of Issus. By Philoxenos of Eretria. c. 310 bce. Roman copy (Alexander Mosaic)from the House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy, late second or early first century bce. Tesseramosaic, approximately 8’10” X 16’9”.Extra key words:Column OrdersNecropolisPersian WarAthensAthenaTrojan WarRoman Origin MythsEtruscanMystery CultsRepublicPompeiiAugustusBe Able to Identify parts of a Greek


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