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The Archaic Period

620 to 490/80 BCE

• The Archaic Period was the time when Aesop was writing his fables as a Greek slave.

• Artists competed for commissions by wealthy individuals and city council members.

• Commissions included temples, shrines, government buildings, monumental sculpture, and ceramic wares.

Temple Architecture

• 2 Greek standard elevation designs (columns) emerged:– 1. Doric– 2. Ionic

• Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy 550 BCE

• 50 miles south of modern day Naples

• Stone post and lintel structure

What type of columns?

Architectural Sculpture

• High relief: 3-D image or design whose flat background surface is carved away to a high depth.

• Caryatids: columns carved in the form of draped women.

• Gorgon Medusa• West pediment of

the Temple of Artemis, Korkya, 580 BCE, Limestone.

• Example of ______?

• Treasury of the Siphnians

• Built in the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi

• 530-525 BCE

• The continuous frieze and pediment show high relief

• This slide depicts, “Gods and the Giants,” which is one of the earliest movements towards a more natural representation of space.

• This is a narrative scene with a groundline and the overlapping characters create depth.

• Dying Warrior, Doric Temple of Aphaia at Aegina

• 480 BCE, Marble

• Cleverly designed to hit in the corner of the pediment.

Freestanding Sculpture

• Lifesize of larger, these sculptures would be standing or in stride with one foot in front of the other.

• Brightly painted (even though we can’t see it anymore)

• Kore: female statue

• Kouros: male statue

• Standing Youth (Kouros)• 580 BCE, Marble• Attica, Greece• Echoes the style of Egypt

with regard to rigid arms, clenched fists, and the forward stride.

• Artist is interested in capturing anatomy.

• Hair is patterned with consistent knots.

• Archaic smile: close-lipped smile specific to the Greek Archaic period

• Kroisos Kouros• Cemetery at Anavysos,

Athens• 530 BCE, Marble• Powerful, round body• A continual interest in

artist’s rendering the human body with more detail

• Stride, arms, fists, hair, and archaic smile

Berlin KoreCemetery at Keratea, Athens

570 - 560 BCE, Marble

<6 ft. tall

Texture of drapery echoes the indentions of flutes.

Holding a pomegranate, the attribute for Persephone, who was abducted by Hades.

• Peplos Kore• Acropolis, Athens• 530 BCE, Marble• peplos: garment,

draped rectangular cloth• Motionless, vertical,

stylized hair• More of a feminine

figure compared to Berlin Kore.

• Kore (from Chios?)• 520 BCE, Marble• Rich drapery, softer

features, and life-like anatomy

• Chiton: like a peplos, but fuller of ornate detail

• Calf Bearer• Acropolis,

Athens 560 BCE• Archaic smile,

tufted hair, wide-open eyes

• Cow is depicted with perceptive detail in relation to the twisting position.

Archaic Vase Painting

During the Archaic period, Athens = center for manufacture and trade for pottery.

Athens adopted the Corinthian black-figure style.

• Francois Vase, 570• Black-figure on

volute-krater• One of the earliest

examples of where the potter and painter signed work.

• Dionysos and Maenads, Amphora

• Amphora: all purpose storage jar

• Amasis painter, distinctive patterning and strong shapes, figures disregard real space (opposite of the high relief on frieze at Treasury of Siphnians)

• Suicide of Ajax, 540 BCE black-figure on amphora, by painter Exekias

• Considered the finest of Athenian vase painters, took subjects from Greek history

Ajax

• Ajax was a fearless warrior, only behind Achilles.

• Tree on the left and shield on the right encapsulates the contemplative scene.

• Balance.

• Priam Painter, Women at a Fountain House

• Hydria: water jug• 520-510 BCE Black

figure on hydria• Priam depicted

everyday life, doric columns, contrast btw porcelain skin vs. black peplos

Introduction of red-figure decoration was Introduced in the last 3rd of the 6th century.

If you can read this, stand up

• Death of Sarpedon, red-figure on calyx krater, painted by Euphronios. Balance• Balance between vertical and horizontal lines.

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