Download Athenian Agora Archaic through Hellenistic Greek 600 BCE – 150

Athenian Agora Archaic through Hellenistic Greek 600 BCE – 150 CE ** Site Plan Plaza at base of Acropolis ** Anavysos Kouros Archaic Greek c. 530 BCE Marble with remnants of paint Grave Marker Named after military hero ** Peplos Kore from the Acropolis Archaic Greek c. 530 BCE Niobides Krater Anonymous painter known as ‘Niobid Painter’ c. 460-­‐450 BCE ** Marble, Painted details Statue, probably held an attribute Clay, Red-­‐figure technique (white highlights) Vase Commercial, civic, religious, and social buildings Ceremonies honoring Athena Surrounded by important buildings: Bouleuterion (council) Tholos (temple) Stoas: covered walkway with columns on one side and wall on other. Not a portrait-­‐
Freestanding, legs representation of an appearing to stride ideal warrior forward, contrast many Egyptian works May have been a Named for the peplos, goddess traditionally thought to be one of the four Hand emerges out into garments she is our space, breaking wearing mold of archaic statues Naturalistic face One side is depicted the killing of Niobids children Other side is scholarly debate: -­‐hercules surrounded Niobid bragged about her fertility to God Leto, who only had 2 children. Leto’s children (Apollo & Artemis) seek ** Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Polykleitos 450-­‐440 BCE Roman copy of Greek original Acropolis Athens, Greece Iktinos & Kallikrates c. 447-­‐410 BCE ** • Acropolis Plan • Parthenon • • Helios, horses & Dionysus • Temple of Athena Nike • Victory adjusting her sandal • Plaque of the Ergastines Roman Copy (marble) Greek Original (bronze) Statue Marble Fortified hill within city (Acropolis) Doric temple Temple to goddess Athena Symbol of birth of democracy by heroes -­‐Warriors under protection of Hercules Closed Stance Contrapposto Stance Alternating tense and relaxed elements of body Overlooking city & sea Ionic elements in a Doric temple. revenge, killing Niobid’s 12 Punished for hubris Warrior and athlete Hand once held spear Averts gaze, you may admire him but he won’t recognize it. Large columns into bottom of temple. Story of Athena and Poseidon vying for temple Grave Stele of Hegeso Attributed to Kallimachos c. 410 BCE ** Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace Hellenistic Greece c. 190 BCE ** Great Altar of Zeus & Athena at Pergamon Asia Minor (Turkey) Hellenistic Greek c. 175 BCE ** • Great Altar • Athena • Plan Seated Boxer Hellenistic Greek c. 100 BCE ** Marble & Paint Marble Marble Architecture & sculpture Bronze Application of cire perdue – Lost wax Grave Marker Woman examining a piece of jewelry from a jewelry box handed to her by standing servant Meant to stand in or Dramatic twist & above a fountain. Contrapposto of torso. Similar to figurehead of Shows evidence of a boat invisible wind, wet drapery Altar dedicated to Zeus Altar placed high on an elevated platform, dramatic flight of stairs Nude Fighter Commemorates death of Hegeso, inscription ID’s her & father Symbol of Victory (Naval victory in 190 BCE) 7 ½ foot high frieze over 400 feet long wraps around monument Ionic Columns Helenistic Bronze Smashed nose, Older man, past his cauliflower ears, hands prime, mostly defeated wrapped in leather look. bands Blood dripping form face onto right arm and on head