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Greek Art and Architecture
I.
Periods of Greek Art
a. Archaic (1000 BC to 480 BC)
i. Stiff . . .
ii. Males held . . .
iii. Females held . . .
b. Classical (480 BC to 336 BC)
i. Greatest sculptor = Phideas, an Athenian
1. Sculpted . . .
2. Also sculpted . . .
3. Also sculpted . . .
4. Worked with …
5. In 1958, archaeologists found his workshop in Athens, found a cup engraved on the
bottom, “_____________________________________”
ii. Parthenon sculptures
1. Phideas’ students sculpted . . .
2. Considered world’s greatest examples of …
3. Currently located in British Museum displayed as “Elgin Marbles” =>
iii. Other famous Greek sculpture of Classical Period
1. Venus de Milo – (unknown)
2. “Hermes with infant Dionysus” – Praxiteles
3. Faun – Praxiteles
c. Hellenistic (336 BC forward)
i. Famous sculptures
1. Dying Gaul (unknown)
2. Apollo Belvedere (unknown)
3. Discus Thrower (unknown)
4. Laocoon
5. Winged Victory (Nike)
6. The Pugilist, circa 100 BC
ii. Few sculptures survived the ages
1. Bronze sculptures …
2. 4th & 5th C. AD many Christians believed that . . .
3. Burning marble = produce ______=>
II.
Architecture
a. Archaic architecture
i. Most extinct from . . .
1. Built of _________, mud or brick
2. Nothing left except …
ii. By 700 BC, populations large enough …
iii. Stone, marble used for _____________________
b. Classical Architecture – three styles
i. Doric style
1. Earliest style
2. Formal, austere
3. Spread from . . .
4. Style
a. Columns . . .
b. No base . . .
c. Plain tops
ii.
Ionian
1. More . . .
2. Developed in . . .
3. Dominated ________________________ period
4. Style
a. Straight, thin __________________
b. Column had ______________
c. Standard to have _________ flutes (grooves) in each column
d. Two curls . . .
iii. Corinthian
1. Developed by . . .
2. Style
a. Much more . . .
b. Ionian curls present
c. Flutes . . .
c. Famous buildings
i. Greek Wonders of the World
a. Lighthouse of ___________________
i. 100-150 meters tall
ii. ________ by night, ________________________ by day
iii. Earthquake . . .
b. Colossus of _____________________
i. Located at …
ii. Stood for _______ years until . . .
c. Statue of ________________
i. Earthquake . . .
ii. Statue taken to _______________________
iii. Burned ...
d. Temple of _____________ in Ephesus
i. Built high . . .
ii. Dimensions =>
iii. ___________ columns, 60 feet tall
iv. Destroyed in …
ii. Parthenon
1. Built over …
2. Original destroyed when . . .
3. Constructed from . . .
4. Considered the finest example of ________________ architecture
5. Turned into a . . .
6. Then turned into a …
7. Destroyed in 1687 during siege =>