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Chapter 5
Ancient Greece
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages,
13e
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The Greek World
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Greek Artistic Development
• Understand the diverse cultural influences on Greek
artistic development.
• Identify the artistic elements and influences in the
Geometric (9th – 8th centuries BCE) and
Orientalizing styles (7th century BCE).
• Observe the values of religion, military valor,
heroism, and athleticism as they emerge in Greek art
during these periods.
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Figure 5-2 Geometric krater, from the Dipylon
cemetery, Athens, Greece, ca. 740 BCE. 3’ 4
1/2” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York.
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Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and
Nessos?), from Olympia,Greece, ca. 750–730 BCE.
Bronze, 4 1/2” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York (gift of J. Pierpont).
Orientalizing Period (7th century BCE)
• The pace and scope of Greek trade and colonization
increased in the near East and Egypt during this period.
• What Egyptian and/or near Eastern qualities can be
observed in the works of Greek art during this period?
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Figure 5-4 Mantiklos Apollo, statuette of a youth dedicated by
Mantiklos to Apollo, from Thebes, Greece, ca. 700–680 BCE. Bronze,
8” high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Figure 5.5 Corinthian black-figure amphora with
animal friezes, from Rhodes, Greece, ca. 625–600
BCE. 1’ 2” high. British Museum, London.
Observe the creatures
on this black-figure
amphora. Are there
any precedents for
such composite
creatures?
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Figure 5-7 Lady of Auxerre, ca. 650–625 BCE. Limestone, 2’ 1 1/2”
high. Louvre, Paris.
5.2 Archaic Period (6th century BCE)
• Notice how representation of the human figure changes
• Recognize the emergence of the Doric and Ionic orders
of architecture
• Realize the refinement of Greek vase painting and
differentiate between black-figure and red-figure vases
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Figure 5-8 Kouros, ca. 600 BCE. Marble, 6’ 1/2” high. Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York.
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Figure 5-9 Calf Bearer, dedicated by Rhonbos on the Acropolis,
Athens, Greece, ca. 560 BCE. Marble, restored height 5’ 5”;
fragment 3’ 11 1/2” high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Figure 5-10 Kroisos, from Anavysos, Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Marble, 6’ 4”
high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Why did Greek artists render the
male form in the nude?
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Figure 5-11 Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca.
530 BCE. Marble, 4’ high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
Notice traces of encaustic
paint on the Peplos Kore. Most
Greek stone statues were
painted.
Notice also that the Peplos Kore
is clothed.
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Greek Architectural Development
• Observe the development of Greek architectural
structures in accordance with their purposes
• Identify the orders of Greek architecture and
compare and contrast their appearances
• What is a common support element that Greek
temples share with structures with other historical
periods even Stonehenge?
Figure 5-13 Plan of a typical peripteral Greek temple.
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Peripteral Greek Temple
Figure 5-14 Elevations of the Doric and Ionic orders.
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Compare Doric and Ionic Orders
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Figure 5-15 Temple of Hera I (“Basilica”), Paestum, Italy, ca. 550 BCE.
Where have you seen these
columns before?
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Figure 5-16 Plan of the Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy, ca. 550 BCE.
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Figure 5-17 West pediment from the Temple of Artemis, Corfu, Greece, ca. 600–580 BCE. Limestone,
greatest height 9’ 4”. Archaeological Museum, Corfu.
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Figure 5-18 Reconstruction drawing of the Siphnian Treasury, Delphi, Greece, ca. 530 BCE (John Burge).
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Figure 5-19 Gigantomachy, detail of the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, Delphi, Greece, ca. 530 BCE.
Marble, 2’ 1” high. Archaeological Museum, Delphi.
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Greek Vase Painting
• Observe the representation of the human form on
Archaic vases. What similarities do figures on these
vases share with figural art of other ancient cultures?
• Differentiate between black-figure and red-figure
vases in terms of appearance, tools used, and
technique.
• Identify individual painters and potters who signed
their vases.
• Identify common subject matter in the paintings
• Realize the importance of Greek vases as the main
surviving repositories of Greek painting.
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Figure5-20 KLEITIAS and ERGOTIMOS, François Vase (Athenian black-figure volute krater), from Chiusi, Italy, ca. 570 BCE.
General view (top) and detail of centauromachy on other side of vase (bottom). 2’ 2” high. Museo Archeologico, Florence.
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Figure 5-21 EXEKIAS, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from an Athenian black-figure amphora), from Vulci, Italy,
ca. 540–530 BCE. Whole vessel 2’ high; detail 8 1/2” high. Musei Vaticani, Rome.
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