Art History Exam 2

Statue representing a boy. Archaic period.

Statue representing a girl/female. Archaic period.

By Polykleitos, 450-440 BCE, idea of physical perfection, counterbalance of tension and relaxation (chiastic balance), became standard proportions, marble copy after a bronze original

Columns were used to show openness, power and were an advance in engineering.

Is the inner part of the temple, housed the statue.

Greek were passionate about the human body and that is why they are nude sculptures, in the archaic period all naked sculptures were male athletes. The idea of human body being perfect.

triangular part above columns in Greek buildings, where sculptures would be placed to tell a story.

Greek temples functioned as houses for the gods, who were embodied in cult statues, but rituals occurred on the outside, open to the demos.

Human-centered world.

Greeks a collection of peoples from the north, Dorians, and the coast of Asia Minor, Ionians. Two artistic styles, one austere and simplified (Doric), one more decorative (Ionic), combined to form Greek art historical periods.

Archaic Greece is characterized by an artistic flowering in independent city-states. Humanist ideas developed along with innovative forms of the polis. We trace a movement towards naturalism in vase painting and sculpture, and the development of new architectural forms that express these ideals. Late Classical Period -4th c BCE At the end of the 5th century, Athens was defeated first by the Spartans in the Peloponnesian war and then in the 4th c by Philip II of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great. Disappointment and disillusion followed. The serene idealism of the Classical style was over. Greek art focused on the individual and reality rather than on community and perfection. Emotion, elongated body, nudity.

empathy, theatricality, emotion, dynamism, non-traditional subjects

Half smile, slightly up on the side = called archaic smile.

Cross pose - if you divide the body in halves across the vertical axis and the horizontal axis it represents a set of relations. The halves support each other vertically and contradict each other diagonally: lazy arm stands against a lazy leg and working arm against a working leg; extended arm along an extended leg, a flexed hand along a flexed leg.

"the canon" Roman marble. Goal: to explain motion, to impose order on human movement, to make it rational. Polykleitos was a sculpturer and a philosopher. Very important artist in the greek history.

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Parthenon - the physical building showing the greeks empire. It was made in 9 years while a team of restoration architects have been trying to restore it for over 30 years. The height and width define perfect proportion. There is no curve in the building, everything is slighted angled.Doric in the outside, ionic in the inside.

A conduit, either elevated or under ground, using gravity to carry water from a source to a location-usually a city-that needed it. The Romans built many aqueducts in a period of substantial urbanization.

made of lime mortar, volcanic sand, water and small stones) becomes very strong; allowed them to develop new structures; today's name cement Architecture became more focused on space than on mass with a new sense of how to enclose space.

it allows wider separation of the posts, better support of the curved lintel and better weight distribution; arcade.

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In the 6th c BC the Romans overthrew the last one of the Etruscan kings of Rome and established a Republic with a constitutional government.. A small group of elite men was on the top of the government. The republic was governed by a senate (literally "a council of elders" senior citizens) and two elected consuls.

One of the generals, Julius Caesar took the idea further and in 46 BC he declared himself a life-time dictator. The Romans lost the republic and this became a pretext for his enemies. In 44 BC he was assassinated.

Octavian became a caesar - the first Roman emperor. He appropriated the name Augustus ("supreme leader') In 37 BC Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra. He established an empire in 31 BC and gave himself the title pontificus pontifus maximus a king-emperor. The empire reached the largest extension during Trajan.

an important Road connecting Rome with the southern seaport to Greece (Brundisium). Built by Appius Claudius in the late 300s BC.

eye of jupiter. Open part in the ceiling where gods were able to "watch" the decisions going on inside the building.

are the designs on the wall that are sunken in, panels on the ceiling decorated with golden stars.

Medieval body armor that covers the chest and back

Address (imperial type scene in which the emeror speaks to his troops or subjects).

Monumental tomb

Legalized christianity across the empire

The eventual victor in the conflict was Constantine--son of Constantius the Augustus of the West. He defeated the first one of his rivals - Maxentius at the battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 and took control of Rome. He attributed the victory to a vision of a cross that he saw in the sky before the battle.

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First pieces of art emerged in the 600 B.C. Kouros = boy. All status in the beginning were kouros, statues of boys.

Kroisos had influence from the middle-east. Same position as sculptures seen in other places. Stiff but still moving forward.

Kore = girl / female. Female sculptures are always clothed in the archaic period. Represented a godess.

A more detailed sculpture of a goddess (Athena) with ornaments and blue color clothes showing wealth. Changing period in sculptures.

Naturalistic—follows the body not a grid. Humanism. Perfect proportion of the human body. Realism.

explain motion, to impose order on human movement, to make it rational.

Realism but with exaggeration. The spine is really deep and goes all the way down to the butt. Lines on the side of the body are quite inhuman.

First female nude in the western art. In the archaic period women are represented with clothes. In this period is when women started to be portrayed nude. Submitted his sculpture to the competition = Praxiteles

the physical building showing the greeks empire. It was made in 9 years while a team of restoration architects have been trying to restore it for over 30 years. The height and width define perfect proportion. There is no curve in the building, everything is slighted angled.Doric in the outside, ionic in the inside.

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The Romans skillfully manipulated and controlled water—important source of power in all large empires. Huge aqueducts unite superb engineering and water management; transported water over vast regions not through pressure, but through subtle incline - 1 inch for every 31 km or 3000 inches. Built only with cut square stone, no mortar.

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Primigenia, Palestrina, Italy, late 2nd C BCE. possible through Roman invention of concrete.

Very human, it is not standing anymore.The sculpture is very ashamed and dying.

Goddess of victory. Movement, motion, the clothes are wet and are "attached" to the body.

individualism, overt eroticism and a sense of nobility. First time in the realistic period, old people are shown and poor people. Classical period is where the body of males are show in perfection, athletes.

"looks more in book on this building" - The name means every God. Was rebuilt twice due to fires. Writing above is in Latin. Many building such as the Washington Capitol building mimic this building look. Hadarion built Roman dome. 150 ft wide 150 ft tall. It cant be classified and it's a mystery. Used concrete the higher it goes the lighter the load. Tuff brick at the top. Ring of stone that is open to outside. Oculus-ring of stone at the top. A place where the emperor give judgment. The oculus allows "al the gods" to look and see what's going on. 16 columns (in front) Carved from single piece of Egyptian granite. Primary reason is a place for the gods.

Shows the head of old senate members, white, old, wise members. Sculptures were commissioned to show heritage.

Shows the "golden age" augustus wanted to revive in Roman from the greeks.

Commemorates successful suppression of rebellions in France and Spain.

personification of Rome, Tellus (Mother Earth), Pax (Peace), Venus or Ceres (goddess of grain). Suggest that the time of peace is in abundance.

Served as the resting placed for the emperor. Campaign is described in the column. Narrative of the war against Dessau where Trajan was victorious. You can't see the top but it was expected what the column shows.

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They all look the same, face (they look angry/serious), they all have swords on their left hand, size is the same (equal in power). As united and separated. Stiff body, no movement. Part of the late roman sculpture.