ARTH-211 – History of World Art 1
Instructor: Ann Porter
Office: 304A
Phone: 642-6275
E-mail: AnnPorter@bhsu.edu
Notes for pages 128-148
Ancient Greek Art (Classical) 480 BCE – 400 BCE
Humanism, Rationalism, Idealism
“Man is the measure of all things.” “Know thyself.” “Nothing in excess.”
Sculpture
Marble / Bronze
Polykleitos p. 129
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Misc/Doryphoros3.jpg
http://www.sandstead.com/images/artists/polykleitos/diadoumenos/
http://www.sikyon.com/Sicyon/Polykleitos/amazon_kresilas.jpg
Pheidias, page 139
http://www.debevec.org/Parthenon/Images/athena6big2.jpg
Kritian Boy, p. 132
Charioteer, p. 133
Riace Warriors, p. 134
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/classicalarch/images3/RiaceBstand.jpg
Athena Nike, page 144
Wet Drapery
Ceramics
Artemis Slaying Acteon, p. 135
Architecture
The Acropolis, p. 146-155
Architectural Orders, p. 124
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Golden Rectangle—A golden rectangle is a rectangle that when divided
to create a square, creates a smaller rectangle which has the same
proportions as the original rectangle.
http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/goldslide/goldanim1.gif
Art to remember for Exam:
Spear Bearer, 5-24
Artemis Slaying Acteon, 5-32
Acropolis, 5-33
Erechtheion, 5-39
Vocabulary to remember for Exam:
Contrapposto, Hollow-casting, Architectural Orders, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Bibliography:
Text
Andronicos, The Greek Museums; Caratzas Brothers, 1975
Brilliant, Arts of the Ancient Greeks; McGraw-Hill, 1973
Wills, “Looking for Lost Greeks”; New York Review of Books, October 9, 2003