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 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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!