Archaic
What is the name for male free-standing sculpture?
Kouros
Roman copies
What changes occur to the Greek world in the Hellenistic period (which effects art)?
globalization, wealth disparities emerge, new religions become popular, scientific advances, warfare etc.
What is the most common subject in ancient Greek art and literature?
mythology
What is the name for the religious center of Athens?
The Acropolis
Where did influence for the early Archaic free-standing sculpture come from?
Egypt
In what stories did the model for male excellence originate?
Homer's tales
How does art change in the Hellenistic period?
new subjects, more emotion, parodies of old subjects, more dimension, eroticism, appeals to the senses, etc.
How can gods be easily identified in Greek art?
Their attributes
Which architectural order is characterized by wide columns, undecorated capitals, a frieze divided into metopes and triglyphs, and a column base that meets directly with the platform below?
Doric
What is the earliest example of a Kore (from class)?
Nikandre
How did sculpture change as the Greeks transitioned from the Archaic into the Classical period?
more realistic, more 3-dimensional, made through lost wax casting, etc.
Why was Laocoon attacked?
He was going to reveal the Trojan Horse trick
The art on Greek vessels was commonly associated with its function. What function would the vessels featuring satyrs be associated with?
Drinking and partying
What buildings were commonly part of Greek agoras?
Stoas, smaller temples, bouleterions, mints, lawcourts, libraries, etc.
What is the word for 'excellence', exhibited by the Kore and Kouros?
arete
What philosophy is exhibited by Polykleitos' Doryphoros?
symmetria
Who does Praxiteles depict in one of the earliest examples of female nudity after the Classical period?
Aphrodite
What functions do Greek myths serve?
Explain the world, Provide a moral lesson, Comment on contemporary events, Console people etc.
What god is the Parthenon dedicated to?
Bonus: Why?
Athena
She is the patron saint of the city
What roles (3) did Kouros and Kore fill?
Commemoration, grave marker, offering to the gods
What is the name for the shifting of weight on to one foot called?
Contrapposto
What sculpture at Pergamon elicits emotion in its depiction of a fallen enemy?
The Dying Gaul
What function does the decoration showing the death of Sarpedon serve?
Console people who have also lost loved ones, comment on the reality of war, etc.
What event is illustrated along the frieze of the Parthenon?
ThePanathenaic procession