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