temples
Why don’t the earliest Greek temples remain today?
they were made out of mud brick and wood
the temple of Hera I is built in what city?
Paestum, italy
the old style of vase painting is called black-figure, what is the name of the new style?
red-figure
which order is more fancy, doric or ionic?
ionic
what is the name of the culture that began using limestone and marble to create temples?
Archaic
At the start of the Archaic period, what 2 materials did the Greeks begin to use for the temples?
limestone and marble
when was the north frieze of the Sphinx treasury created?
530 b.c.
who was the artists around the year 530 b.c. that had gone above and beyond with the black figure style?
Exekias
on the facade of a temple, what is the large triangular area that usually held artworks?
pediment
what was the year of the beginning of the Classical period, a dynamic transitions in architecture and sculpture.
500 b.c.
Which direction did the temple usually face?
east
what is the title of the black figure vase found in Vulci, Italy?
Achillies and Ajax playing Dice
who was the artist that created this red-figure technique?
Andokides
found both on inoic and doric temples, what is the name of the long rectangular piece that sets on the columns?
Entablature
the removal of the threat from what culture marked a high point in Greek Civilization?
persians
What were the functions of the temple?
to house a statue of the deity and store peoples offerings
what is the name of the doric style temple built in Aegina, Greece?
Temple of Aphaia
since the painting method was switched from black to red- figure, what 4 things were now black on the vases?
shadow, hair details and background
one major difference between the doric and ionic capital is that the doric capital is missing a ______ which is only found on an ionic capital.
volute
during the high point of Greek civilization, who were some of the greatest Greek people who arose from this time?
Pericles, Socrates, Herodotus
Where did the Doric elevation originate? Also, where did the Ionic elevation originate?
Doric is from mainland Greece, Ionic is from the Aegean Islands
what story is being told in the East pediment of the temple of Zeus?
a king is challenged to a race by Pelops. he cheats, the king dies, he wins his daughter as a prize but then he is cursed forever.
on these vases, the artists always signed their work but it was also considered to be what?
a brand.
what are the 2 things only found on a doric frieze but not found on the Ionic frieze?
triglyph and metope
what is a nymph
a mythological creature that inhabits nature.