ARTH 1380 1ST Edition Lecture 21 Outline of Last Lecture - Geometric period pottery- Corinthian pottery - The Achilles and Ajax vase- The Death of SarpedonOutline of Current Lecture - Alexander the Great- Altar of Zeus - Athena and Giants- Aphrodite of Melos- Laocoon and SonsCurrent Lecture- Alexander the Great’s Hellenistic copy of the head created by Lysippos was the personal artist of his- Alexander’s image became famous while alive and after death he had a good PR team- There were actually portraits of himself - Before this sculptures were not portraits by just ideal images of what the body should look like- The portraits were probably still idealized - Wavy long hair from his portraits made him recognizable and had a young and handsome face- Alexander the Great took kingdom at a very young age he conquered the Persian empirein 334 BC and was Macedonia - Alexander dies in Babylon and after his death the kingdom breaks up into smaller kingdoms- This was a period of lots of cultural diversity it was a prosperous time but with lots of warfare - Rome begins to grow in importance- Cultural centers were at Pergamon and Alexandria and the common part of all these areas was the language which was Greek- Octavius becomes the first emperor- People at this time have lots of money and spend on art for their houses and gardens- Pergamon there was a theater into hill it was on the city coast of Turkey - On the altar of Zeus from Pergamon there was sculptures deeply carved everything was much more dramatic These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Baroque dramatic expression to the faces and deep set eyebrows- In Athena attacking the Giants Athena has a giant by the head - The eyes are deeply carved and has muscular body - The style was borrowed from the Parthenon - Athena is victorious - Giant loses power as he is no longer on earth - Gaia earth is trying to grab him and bring down to earth - It is a very dramatic scene- The Gallic chieftain killing himself and wife is part of sculptures to show victory - In this scene the King of Galls who lost tries killing himself after he kills his wife- There is blood gushing out of his wound and he is looking back trying to see if they are coming to get him- Aphrodite of Melos is one of the most famous sculptures- It is an original piece and is made of stone- She has sort of perfect face and hair- It has a restrained classical style - In contrast to the top part the drapery is going in different directions - The contrast is very powerful - The fragments of the arm that was found was an apple - It is based on the story of Paris and the apple- The story is basically that Paris has to award an apple to the most beautiful goddess and the different goddess try to bribe him with presents- Aphrodite offers him the most beautiful woman of the world whom happens to be Helenthe queen of Sparta - Paris gives the apple to Aphrodite and awards her the most beautiful and this is believedto be part of the start of the Trojan War- This sculpture has classical style and Hellenistic- Laocoon and his sons is a sculpture that is also a representation of the Trojan war- The story is of the Trojan horse and Laocoon a priest was the only who tried to warn them not to bring the horse in - The gods sent down serpents to kill him and his sons - It was unsure if it was Hellenistic or Roman period- He reflects an earlier image of giant fighting with Athena- The Trojans see this as an omen and bring the horse in which leads to their doomKey TermsHellenistic- period where there is a culmination of trend towards
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