Hellenistic
Pain and Suffering
What is Pathos?
The statue of the deity is housed in the
naos/cella
Enclosed triangular space enclosed by a cornice
Pediment
Cyclades Islands are shaped
What is circular?
Amphora used for
all purpose storage
S Curve contrapossto and fleshy marble
What is Praxiteles?
Doric order originated on the
mainland.
Why is the parthenon different from other temples?
The entablature on which the temple stands on curves upwards and other columns incline inwards, corner columns are closer
Female Cycladic Idol's stylistic conventions
rounded, abstract
Barbarian means
non-greek
Spread culture of the Greeks to lands he conquered
Who is Alexander?
Ionic order originated on
the Coast of Turkey/Asia Minor
Two most important features of classical work
Unity and variety. (How)
Takes place in the Labyrinth
Legend of King Minos & the Minotaur
higher iron content
Shows Alexander's personality rather than occupation
Doric order differs because
the column has no base/frieze has two parts
Greeks show __ and centaurs show ___
Reason, animal passions
Minoan columns
taper downwards
figure > decoration
Orientalizing
Features of Hellenistic art
Open mouth, deeply carved eyes, dense composition, diagonals, deep folds, muscled tense bodies
A row of columns is called a
collonade
Erechtheum is irregular because
Covers multiple sacred sights
Types of Fresco
Buon and fresco secco (What is the difference!!)
Filled with registers
Geometric