Ancient Greece c. 1000- 31 bce Classical 480-323 bce Ideal Lekythos Mosaic, tesserae contrapposto

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Ancient Greece c. 1000- 31 bce Classical 480-323 bce Ideal Lekythos Mosaic, tesserae contrapposto Kritios Boy 480 bce Myron Riace lost wax bronze casting Polykleitos, Doryphorus, Amazon* Canon Temple of Zeus, Olympia, lapiths, centaurs c. 460 bce Acropolis Phidias, Pericles - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Ancient Greece c. 1000- 31 bceClassical 480-323 bceIdealLekythosMosaic, tesseraecontrappostoKritios Boy 480 bceMyronRiacelost wax bronze castingPolykleitos, Doryphorus, Amazon*CanonTemple of Zeus, Olympia, lapiths, centaurs c. 460 bceAcropolisPhidias, PericlesPropylaea (gateway)Parthenon, Ictinus, Kallikrates c. 447 bce PhidiasTemple of Athena Nike 410 bce, Erecthium, caryatidTheatre at EpidaurusPraxitelesLyssipus

The Acropolis, Athens 450-400 bcePericles, Phidias & Ictinus, Kallikrates & Mneskles

Leo von Klenze, The Acropolis, 1846

PropylaeaBy Mneskles

Propylaia-Mnesiklese

Kallikrates, Little Temple of Athena Nike

425 bce

Kallikrates, Little Temple of Athena Nike

425 bce

PropylaeaLooking toward

the picture gallery

NikeBy Phidias

The Parthenon, Iktinos & Kallikrates, c. 447-438 bce

Diagram in exaggerated proportion of the horizontal curvature of the Parthenon.

Richard G. Tansey and Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 10th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.

 

Architectural Sculpture – PhidiasMetopes, Pediment & Frieze

Pedimental Sculpture by Phidias

East Pediment Birth of Athena

Elgin Marbles, British Museum, London

Elgin Marbles, British Museum, London

Dionysius

Goddesses

Phidian drapery

West Pediment Athena & Poseidon’s Gifts

(plaster cast)

Parthenon Nashville Tennessee

Mneskles, Erecthium, c. 430’s bce

West facade

North Porch

Porch of the Maidens (caryatids)

Tholos, Circular Temple or Shrine (Delphi)

Pebble Mosaics

Amphitheater at Epidaurus, 350 bce

Corinthian Order

Decorative Floor MosaicsPebble mosaics

Name motifs?(fm Carthage mosaic below)

Alexander the Great confronts Darius III – Battle of Issos Roman copy Greek ptg from 300 BCE, Pompeii

Reconstructed floor mosaic….

Parents of Alexander the GreatMother, Olympias father Phillip

Alexander as Apollo, By Lysippus c. 330 bce

Gold jewelry 4th century bce

Ganymede Earrings, Macedonia c. 300 bce

The End of Classical….on to Hellenistic!