the archaic period 620 to 490/80 bce. the archaic period was the time when aesop was writing his...
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• 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 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 ______?
• 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.