Chapter Two- Part 3Greece Classical &Hellenistic Periods

Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace

Randal WallaceUniversity of North Texas

Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner

Greek: Classical

Polykleitos, Doryphoros, ca. 450-440BCE. Fig. 2-34.

Greek: Classical

Example:• Marble copy of hollow-

cast bronze sculpture• Contrapposto with

ordered human motion• Asymmetrical balance• Canon of proportion

Polykleitos, Doryphoros, ca. 450-440BCE. Fig. 2-34.

Greek: Classical

Iktinos and Kallikrates, Parthenon, ca. 447-438BCE. Fig. 2-36.

Greek: ClassicalExample:• Doric Temple of Athena

on Acropolis• Relief sculpture in

pediments and friezes• Symmetria from

numerical ratios• Adjusted for viewer’s

eye

Iktinos and Kallikrates, Parthenon, ca. 447-438BCE. Fig. 2-36.

Greek:Classical

Achilles Painter, Warrior taking leave of his wife, ca. 440BCE. Fig. 2-46.

Greek: ClassicalExample:• White-ground lekythos• Emulates polychrome

painting• Scene of daily life• Grave offering• Eyes in profile

foreshortened Achilles Painter, Warrior taking leave of his wife, ca. 440BCE. Fig.

2-46.

Greek: Late Classical

Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, ca. 350-340BCE. Fig. 2-47.

Greek: Late ClassicalExample:• Late Classical less

interested in order and perfection

• Sensuousness despite modest pose

• New female nudity• Roman marble copy Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, ca.

350-340BCE. Fig. 2-47.

Greek: Late Classical

Philoxenos of Eretria, Battle of Issus, ca. 310BCE. Fig. 2-50.

Greek: Late ClassicalExample:• Roman mosaic copy of

Greek painting• Tesserae for color• Natural light and shadows• Motion and expression• Foreshortening• Alexander versus Persian

king Darius

Philoxenos of Eretria, Battle of Issus, ca. 310BCE. Fig. 2-50.

Greek: Hellenistic

Altar of Zeus, ca. 175BCE. Fig. 2-52.

Greek: HellenisticExample:• Kingdoms rise after death

of Alexander• Monument to Zeus• Gigantomachy to refer to

defeat of “barbarians” • Motion, emotion, drama• Dramatic light and

shadow for narrative

Altar of Zeus, ca. 175BCE. Fig. 2-52.

Greek: Hellenistic

Old market woman, ca. 150-100BCE. Fig. 2-58.

Greek: HellenisticExample:• New interest in realism

versus idealism of Classical era

• Representation of aging process

• Different types of people, not just heroes and gods

• New social climateOld market woman, ca. 150-100BCE.

Fig. 2-58.

Greek: Hellenistic

Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes,

Laocoön, first century CE. Fig. 2-59.

Greek: HellenisticExample:• Sculpture for Roman

patron• Found in Emperor Titus’

home, described by Pliny• Trojan priest punished by

gods• Emotional through pose

and facial expression

Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, Laocoön, first

century CE. Fig. 2-59.