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Archaic Slide List
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Dipylon Krater, 8th Century BCE
Corinthian Amphora 625-600 BCE
A Vase Painter and Assistants, Crowned by Athena, 450 BCE
Exekias, Dionysus in a Boat, Kylix 540 BCE
Andiokides Painter, Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice, 525-520 BCE
Back Side
Euthymides, Three Revelers Amphora, 510 BCE
Douris, Eos and Memnon c.490-480 BCE
Kouros c 600BCE
Kroisos, c. 530 BCE
Calf-Bearer c.570 BCE
Rampin Head c.560 BCE
Hera from Samos 570-560 BCE, Kore in Dorian Peplos, 530 BCE
West Pediment, Temple of Artemis at Corfu c.600-580 BCE
Treasury of Siphians, Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi 525 BCE
Reconstructed figures on the front of the Treasury
Battle of the Gods and Giants, North Frieze 530 BCE
Dying Warrior, west pediment, Temple of Aphaia, 490 BCE
Dying Warrior, east pediment, Temple of Aphaia c. 490 BCE
Vocabulary:
Krater, Amphora, Kore, Kouros, Pediment, Frieze, Foreshortening
Greek Architecture Slide List
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Temple of Poseidon, c. 460 BCE
The Acropolis- different dates
Plan of the Acropolis, 400 BCE
The Parthenon 448-432 BCE
Plan, Parthenon, 448-432 BCE
Propylaea, Acropolis, 437-432 BCE
Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, 427-424 BCE
Erechtheum, Acropolis 421-405 BCE
Porch of the Maidens, Acropolis, 421-405 BCE
Monument of Lysicrates, Athens, 334 BCE
The Theater, Epidaurus, 350 BCE
Stoa of Attalos II, 150 BCE
Vocabulary- see handout
Greek Sculpture
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Kritios Boy 480 BCE
Spear Bearer (Roman Copy) 450-440 BCE by Polyclitus
Charioteer, 470 BCE
Poseidon (Zeus?) c.460-450 BCE, Bronze
Discobolus, Roman marble copy of Greek bronze c. 450 BCE by Myron
Dying Niobid, c.450-440 BCE
Three Goddesses, east pediment of the Parthenon, 438-432 BCE
Horsemen, west frieze of Parthenon c. 440 BC
Nike, balustrade of Temple of
Athena Nike, 410-407 BCE
Scopas, Battle of the Greeks and Amazons, east frieze
Mausoleum, 359-351 BCE
Cnidian Aphrodite (Roman copy) 300 BCE
Done by Praxiteles
Hermes, by Praxiteles, c. 300-320 BCE
Apoxomenos (Scraper)Roman copy of a Greek bronze, c. 330 BCE by Lysippus
Dying Gaul, Roman copy of a Greek bronze, 230-220 BCE
Frieze Detail, Altar of Zeus, 175 BCE
Nike of Samothrace c.200-190 BCE
The Laocoon Group (Roman copy) 1st c. AD
Veiled Dancer c.200BCE
Vocabulary: Contrapposto, Pathos, S-Curve
Architrave-a moulded or ornamental band framing a rectangular opening.[1]It is the lintel or beam that
rests on the capitals of the columns
Base- The part of the column that rests on the ground- present in Doric architecture
Capital-forms the crown of the column
Caryatid- human form of the column
Cella- interior chamber or sanctuary of a temple
Column-a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure
above to other structural elements below
Colonnade-a repeated series of columns
Cornice-is horizontal molded projection that completes a building or wall; or the upper slanting part of
an entablature located above the frieze
Entablature-refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns,
resting on their capitals
Entasis-the application of a convex curve to a surface for aesthetic purposes. Its best-known use is in
certain orders of Classical columns that bulge slightly in the middle
Frieze-the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in the Ionic or Corinthian
order—decorated with bas-reliefs
Metope-a rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze,
which is a decorative band of alternating triglyphs and metopes above the architrave of a building of the
Doric order. Metopes often had painted or sculptural decoration
Pediment-the triangular section found above the horizontal structure (entablature), typically supported
by columns
Pronaos-a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure
over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls
Shaft- the vertical area of a column located between the capital and the base
Stoa-covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage
Triglyph-the vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze
Stylobate-the stepped platform on which colonnades of temple columns are placed (it is the floor of the
temple). The platform was built on a leveling course that flattened out the ground immediately beneath
the temple.
Volute-spiral scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the capital of the Ionic
column. It was later incorporated into Corinthian order
Portico