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Greek Study Guide "I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think." - Socrates (470-399 BCE)

CH. 5 (p. 101 – 155) Textbook

Timeline

Geometric

900-700 BCE

Orientalizing

700-600 BCE

Archaic 600 BCE- 480

BCE

Artists: ???

Artworks: kouroi and

korai Descriptions: Idealization,

stylized, FRONTAL,

rigid

Early Classical Severe

480 BCE- 450 BCE

Artists: Kritios

Artworks:

Pedimental sculpture of the

Temple of Aphaia and the

Temple of Artemis,

Kritios boy

Descriptions: Contrapposto,

movement

High Classical 450 BCE-400 BCE

Artists: Phidias,

Polykleitos, Myron

Artworks: Riace warrior,

Zeus/Poseidon, Doryphoros,

Diskobolos, Nike Adjusting her

Sandal

Descriptions: Idealization, unemotional, PERFECTION, self-contained

Late Classical

400-323 BCE

Artists: Praxiteles, Scopas, Lysippus

Artworks:

Aphrodite of Knidos, Hermes & the Infant

Dionysus, Apoxyomenos,

Farnes Herakles

Descriptions: NATURAL, humanized,

relaxed, elongation

Hellenistic 323 BCE-31

BCE

Artists: Pythokritos, Polydorus, Agesander,

Athenodorus

Artworks: Dying Gaul,

Nike of Samothrace, Barberini Faun, Seated Boxer,

Old Market Woman, Laocoon & his Sons

Descriptions: EMOTIONAL,

dramatic, exaggeration,

movement, individualistic

Vocabulary

1. Acropolis 2. Agora 3. Amphiprostyle 4. Amphora 5. Architrave 6. Athena 7. Canon 8. Caryatid / Atlantid 9. Contrapposto 10. Corinthian 11. Cornice 12. Doric 13. Entablature

14. Frieze 15. Gigantomachy 16. Isocephalism 17. In Situ 18. Ionic 19. Kiln 20. Kouros / Kore 21. Krater 22. Metope 23. Mosaic 24. Nike 25. Niobe 26. Panatheonic Way

27. Pediment 28. Peplos 29. Peristyle 30. Portico 31. Propylaeum 32. Relief Sculpture 33. Shaft 34. Stele 35. Stoa 36. Tholos 37. Triglyph 38. Zeus

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Image Set Key Ideas

*Athenian Agora Geometric Geometric (Funerary) Krater Archaic *Anavayos Kouros *Peplos Kore Severe Kritios Boy *Niobides Krater Classical *Parthenon *Doryphoros Riace Warrior Diskobolos Late Classical **Helios, Horses and Dionysus **Plaque of the Ergastines **Victory Adjusting Her Sandal *Grave Stele *Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun Hellenistic *Nike of Samothrace **Athena from the Pergamon Altar *Seated Boxer *Altar of Zeus at Pergamon

● Greeks are interested in the human figure the idea of

perfection.

● Greek Temples provide a foundation for European

architecture and reflects the idea of obtaining

perfection with mathematical ratios.

● The Greek time period starts at around 900 BCE,

about 200 years after the collapse of the Mycenaeans.

● In the 5th century, the Greeks defeated the

Persians, though it left Athens in ruins (rebuilt by

Pericles) = Start of the Classical time period

● Polykleitos's canon of proportions: The head

should be 1/7 of the body. The chiastic stance that

expresses the alternating relaxed and stressed muscles.

● The Peloponnesian War in 432 BCE (lasted about 27

years) devastated and crushed Athens by the

victorious Spartans = Start of the Hellenistic

● Alexander the Great took over and united the

Macedonians with the Greeks in the 4th century and

after his death, his empire gave into Roman rule

Sample FRQ #1 Sample FRQ #2

Just over 100 years separate these two statues. Identify these statues and their dates and compare and contrast the ways in which the human body is shown in these two sculptures.

Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon and a detail of Athena Battling Alkyoneos.

Describe the scene taking place on the frieze. Why has this scene been placed on this monument? What contemporary events are paralleled in the scenes depicted in this work? What is the message this scene was meant to convey to the ancient Greek viewer?

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