A tour of Ancient Greek Sculpture & Architecture: Learn

from the Docent!

YouandyourgroupwillbedocentsastheclasstakesatourofselectedpiecesofancientGreeksculpture,vaseart,andarchitecture.YourassignmentistobecomeanexpertinaselectedperiodofGreekart(oneofthefollowing:Cycladic&Geometric,Archaic,Classical,andHellenistic)orancientGreekarchitecture.Asagroup,youmustdecidehowtosharethepresentation:EVERYONEmustdotheirfairshareinpresentingbeforetheclass!(NB:Correctthegrammar!J)Todowell,themembersofyourgroupmustshareandcoordinateinformationpresented.Yourgroup’s“tour”shouldbeinformativeandcaptureourinterest.Weshouldwanttoseemore.Intheend,weshouldallbeabletosharethekeyfeaturesofyourperiodofart.Thefocushereisonartappreciationandwhatdistinguishesyourperiodofartfromothers,butitwillbeforyourclassmatesonyour“tour”ifyoualsoshareinformationfromahistoricalperspectiveorsharethestorybehindyourartwork.Youmaydoindependentresearchonyourarea,butthereareMANYsuggestedwebsitespostedonmyweblog’s“HelpfulLinks.”(Referencesbelowto“MMA”aretheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNYC.)Keywordsandphrasesthatyourgroupshouldincludeinthepresentation–aswellasthepiecesthatyouwillbeshowingus–arenotedbelow.Thearthasalreadybeenassembledinaslideshow.Theslidesforyourpresentation,thewrittenrequirements,therubric,andmany,manyresourcesarepostedonLearnfromtheDocent!onthe“HelpfulLinks”pageoftheweblog.J Cycladic Style (5000 - 2400 BCE) and Geometric Style (1100 - 700 BCE) Termstouseandexplain(Cycladic):the BronzeAge,minimalistic,proportional,sculpturein-the-round

Artworkstodiscuss(Cycladic):StandingfemalefigureandMarblemalefigure(atMMA);Seatedharpplayer(atMMA);Steatopygousfemalefigure(atMMA)

Termstouseandexplain(Geometric):theDarkAge,monumentalkrater,funeraryamphora,horrorvacui,meander,bronze

Artworkstodiscuss(Geometric):BronzeHorse(atMMA);Bronzemanandcentaur(atMMA); DipylonAmphora(attheNat’lArchaeologicalMuseum,Athens);DipylonKrater(atMMA)

Archaic Style (600 - 480 BCE) Termstouseandexplain(Archaic):kouros,kore,funerarystatue,realism,symmetry,Archaicsmile;black-figureware;red-figureware;krater;EarlyClassicalperiod(Severestyle)

Artworkstodiscuss(Archaic):AmphorawithAjaxandAchillesPlayingaGame(attheVaticanMuseum);NiobidKrater(attheLouvre);MarblestatueofaKouros(atMMA);AnavysosKouros(attheNationalArchaeologicalMuseumofAthens);PeplosKore(atAcropolisMuseum,Athens);KritiosBoy(EarlyClassicalsculpture,AcropolisMuseum,Athens)

Classical Style (480 – 323 BCE) Termstouseandexplain(Classical):EarlyClassicalperiod(Severestyle);bronze(lostwax)casting,contrapposto,lowandhighrelief,balance,idealism,arête

Artworkstodiscuss(Classical):CharioteerofDelphi(EarlyClassicalsculptureatDelphiArchaeologicalMuseum);ArtemisionZeusorPoseidon(attheNationalArchaeologicalMuseumofAthens);Myron’sDiscobolusakaDiscusThrower(atthePalazzoMassimoalleTerme)Marblegravestelewithafamilygroup(atMMA);Apoxyomenos(attheMuseoPio-ClementinoinRome)

Hellenistic Style (323 - 31 BCE) Termstouseandexplain(Hellenistic):Hellenism,therarityofbronzes,pathos,humanism,naturalism,complexdrapery

Artworkstodiscuss(Hellenistic):Apollonius,BoxeratRest(onloantoMMA);BronzestatueofErossleeping(atMMA);MarbleStatueofanOldWoman(atMMA);WingedVictoryofSamothrace–akaNikeofSamothrace(attheLouvre);StatueofaRunner;(atNat’lArchaeologicalMuseum,Naples);LaocoönandHisSons(attheVaticanMuseum)

Architectural Sculpture: Doric, Ionic & Corinthian orders – Termstouseandexplain(AncientGreekArchitecture):

• Describe thepartsofacolumn(base,shaft,capital)• Notethedifferencesbetweenthecolumnsofeachofthethreeorders(Doric,Ionic,and

Corinthian)• ShareingreaterdetailthestoryofhowthearchitectCallimachusreceivedhisinspirationto

designtheCorinthiancapital(asrevealedintheprimarysourcedocument,thewritingsofVitruvius,BookIVChapter1)

• DescribetheCaryatidcolumn• IdentifythesepartsofanancientGreektemple:columns,architrave,frieze,metopes,

cornice,pediment• SharehowthedisputeovertheElginMarbles(akatheParthenonSculptures)cameabout

andtheargumentsoneachside

Architecture&architecturalsculpturepiecestodiscuss:• Ioniccapitaltorus(foliatedbase),andpartsofflutedcolumnshaftfromTempleofArtemisat

Sardis(atMMA)• TheParthenonontheAcropolis• TheErechtheumontheAcropolis• CaryatidfromtheErechtheumontheAcropolis(attheBritishMuseum)• Poseidon,ApolloandArtemisinthemeetingofgods–discussgenerallythebasrelieffrom

theParthenon(attheAcropolisMuseum,Athens);• SculpturefromtheEastPedimentoftheParthenon(partoftheElginMarbles[akathe

ParthenonSculptures]attheBritishMuseum)