greek sculpture. two enduring understandings about greek sculpture: 1. greek sculpture demonstrates...
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Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture
Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture
Two Enduring Understandings about Greek Two Enduring Understandings about Greek sculpture:sculpture:
1.1. Greek sculpture demonstrates a Greek sculpture demonstrates a discernable pattern of development that discernable pattern of development that
we can categorizewe can categorize
2.2. A specific vocabulary can be used to A specific vocabulary can be used to describe Greek sculpturedescribe Greek sculpture
Objectives:Objectives:
1.1. Identify periods of Greek sculptural Identify periods of Greek sculptural development. development.
2.2. Define vocabulary to describe sculpture.Define vocabulary to describe sculpture.
3.3. Apply period names and vocabulary Apply period names and vocabulary terms to analysis of example sculptures.terms to analysis of example sculptures.
A Pattern of DevelopmentA Pattern of Development
Enduring Understandings about Greek Enduring Understandings about Greek sculpture:sculpture:
1. Greek sculpture demonstrates a 1. Greek sculpture demonstrates a discernable pattern of development that discernable pattern of development that
we can categorizewe can categorize
Evolution of the Kouroi to the Kritios Boy and Comparison with the Hellenistic Apollo Belvedere.
The Evolution of Realism: 1) c. 600 BC, 2) c. 575-550 BC, 3) c. 560 BC, 4) c. 530-520 BC , 5) c. 515-500 BC, 6) c. 485 BC, 7) c. 320 BC
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Evolution.htm
A Pattern of DevelopmentA Pattern of Development
A Pattern of DevelopmentA Pattern of Development
Greek Sculpture DevelopmentGreek Sculpture Development
Periods and their StylesPeriods and their StylesVocabulary to Describe StylesVocabulary to Describe Styles
Example PiecesExample PiecesExample TypesExample Types
PeriodizationPeriodization
Historians use a technique we may term Historians use a technique we may term periodization to assign events, individuals periodization to assign events, individuals and works of art and literature to a and works of art and literature to a specific time period.specific time period.
Periods Periods of Greek Sculptureof Greek Sculpture
ArchaicArchaic
ClassicalClassical
HellenisticHellenistic
500’s and earlier B.C.500’s and earlier B.C.
400’s B.C400’s B.C
300’s B.C. and later300’s B.C. and later
Archaic Archaic
Two Archaic Two Archaic Sculpture Types: Sculpture Types:
Kouros & KoreKouros & Kore
Male: kouros (Male: kouros (youth)youth) Female: kore (Female: kore (maiden)maiden)
Classical Classical
Hellenistic Hellenistic
Period ________
Vocabulary to Describe Vocabulary to Describe Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture
stylized:stylized: elimination or exaggeration of elimination or exaggeration of details; subjects are portrayed using a pattern details; subjects are portrayed using a pattern or standard of expressionor standard of expression
symbolic:symbolic: use of symbols to convey meaning use of symbols to convey meaning idealize:idealize: attempt to create perfect attempt to create perfect
representationsrepresentations contraposotto:contraposotto: weight shift that renders a
graceful attitude to the sculpture. naturalistic or realistic:naturalistic or realistic: portraiture, replicate portraiture, replicate
life without relying on ideals, styles, or life without relying on ideals, styles, or symbols; we may think of this as life-likesymbols; we may think of this as life-like
How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture
Ask Three QuestionsAsk Three Questions
To Identify the To Identify the
Period Period
of a Greek Sculptureof a Greek Sculpture
How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture
What is the What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?FACIAL EXPRESSION?
What is the What is the POSE?POSE?
How are the How are the KNEESKNEES portrayed? portrayed?
How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture
What is the What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?FACIAL EXPRESSION?
stylized:stylized: elimination or elimination or exaggeration of details; exaggeration of details; subjects are portrayed using subjects are portrayed using a pattern or standard of a pattern or standard of expressionexpression
note hair, eyes, nose, mouth note hair, eyes, nose, mouth and symmetryand symmetry
Archaic
How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture
What is the What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?FACIAL EXPRESSION?
idealized:idealized: represents an attempt to create perfect represents an attempt to create perfect representation of the human formrepresentation of the human form
Classical
How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture
What is the What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?FACIAL EXPRESSION?
naturalistic or naturalistic or realistic:realistic: portraiture, replicates portraiture, replicates life without relying on life without relying on ideals, styles, or ideals, styles, or symbols symbols
We may think of these We may think of these pieces as life-like.pieces as life-like.
Hellenistic
Archaic Archaic
note head position and attentionnote head position and attention
note arm position and flexionnote arm position and flexion
note foot/leg position: stylized/ note foot/leg position: stylized/ or symbolic of motion or being at or symbolic of motion or being at rest * the meaning is debatedrest * the meaning is debated
note symmetrynote symmetry
What is the POSE?
Classical Classical
frozen action or static posefrozen action or static pose
contraposotto:contraposotto: weight shift that renders a graceful attitude to the sculpture.
What is the POSE?
Hellenistic Hellenistic
Period ________
What is the POSE?
awkward positionawkward position
frozen momentfrozen moment
emotion demonstratedemotion demonstrated
physical age imperfection physical age imperfection evident or exaggeratedevident or exaggerated
Archaic Archaic
block-likeblock-like
stiff, flexed musclesstiff, flexed muscles
patella (knee cap) over patella (knee cap) over emphasizedemphasized
How are the KNEES portrayed?
Classical Classical
a pose “in motion” may a pose “in motion” may render differences render differences between the two kneesbetween the two knees
muscles are more muscles are more gracefully joined, often gracefully joined, often somewhat over somewhat over emphasizedemphasized
patella (knee cap) patella (knee cap) slightly over-emphasizedslightly over-emphasized
How are the KNEES portrayed?
Hellenistic Hellenistic
Period ________
more graceful musculaturemore graceful musculature
knee cap evident but not knee cap evident but not over emphasizedover emphasized
possibly obscured by possibly obscured by clothingclothing
How are the KNEES portrayed?
Hellenistic Hellenistic
Period ________
more graceful musculaturemore graceful musculature
knee cap evident but not knee cap evident but not over emphasizedover emphasized
possibly obscured by possibly obscured by clothingclothing
How are the KNEES portrayed?
Greek SculptureGreek SculptureQuizQuiz
The Laocöon Group
(Rome, Vatican Museums)
Discobolos (c450 BC) Roman marble copy after bronze original (Rome, National Museum)
Doryphoros
Polykleitos
(The Canon, or Spear Carrier) marble, c450 BC (Vatican Museums)
Diadoumenos, or the Fillet
Binder
Polykleitos
(Roman copy after bronze original
c.450)
Wounded Amazon,
copy after originals known to have
been created by Phidias for
competition
Metropolitan Museum, New
York
Wounded Amazon,
copy after originals known to have
been created by Polykleitos for competition
?In Ephesus?
Won by Polykleitos
Vatican Museum
Greek Sculpture Quiz:Greek Sculpture Quiz:
Peplos Kore
(c530 BC) polychromed (painted) marble
Peplos Kore
(c530 BC) polychromed (painted) marble
Greek Sculpture Quiz:Greek Sculpture Quiz:
Moscophoros,
the Calf-Bearer
(Acropolis Museum)
Greek Sculpture Quiz:Greek Sculpture Quiz:
"Rampin Horseman"
Athens, Acropolis Museum
Greek Sculpture Quiz:Greek Sculpture Quiz:
Kroisos from Anavyssos,
grave marker (c540-515 BC) (Athens, National Museum) polychromed (painted) marble
Greek Sculpture Quiz:Greek Sculpture Quiz:
Kroisos from Anavyssos,
grave marker (c540-515 BC) (Athens, National Museum) polychromed (painted) marble
Kritios
(c480 BC) marble (Athens, Acropolis Museum)
Aphrodite of Melos,
second century BC (Paris, Louvre)
Aphrodite of Melos,
second century BC (Paris, Louvre)
Greek Sculpture Quiz:Greek Sculpture Quiz:
Apollonios, Seated Boxer (Rome, Museo delle Terme) )
Greek Sculpture Quiz:Greek Sculpture Quiz:
Satyr with Infant Dionysos
(Rome, Vatican Museums)
Greek Sculpture: QuizGreek Sculpture: Quiz Name_______________________ Name_______________________Date__________Date__________
Directions:Directions: Examine the figures as noted. Above and beside each figure create a flower as indicated by the diagram on the balckboard.Examine the figures as noted. Above and beside each figure create a flower as indicated by the diagram on the balckboard.