his face‚ he is emotionless. The man’s face is blank‚ as if bored or tired. Another characteristic that remained constant throughout the Archaic era and Classical era was unrealistic features. Kouros‚ from the Archaic era‚ is an excellent example of the unnatural features from the two eras. Kouros is a statue of a man with stylized hair and blank eyes. During this time period‚ hair did not look natural and flowing‚ but stiff and dramatically detailed. Also‚ the eyes are blank and do not look
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Summary Page for: CHAPTER 5 ART OF ANCIENT GREECE Context: Cultural Belief System (religion) / History / Social / Political / Economic / Geographical Greek art influenced Western civilization to present / city states=democracy first evolved-also abstract reasoning‚ inquiry‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ poetry‚ & history / rugged mountainous terrain / Greeks felt themselves superior & called all other people "barbarians"/ After Persian army was repulsed Athenians established a democratic government headed
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Comparison of Two Sculptures The ancient Egyptia The ancient Egyptians and the Greeks of the Hellenic era shared several important characteristics. Among them were a complex system of gods‚ each requiring his or her own ritual worship‚ and a love of the monumental in terms of architecture and selected art forms. As Laurie S. Adams (p. 73) has commented‚ both groups followed certain canons and conventions in sculpture‚ leading to creations that were life-sized or larger‚ monumental and powerful
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Life and Death: Burial of the Dead The only thing in life that is one-hundred percent certain is death. Humans go through life ignoring this ultimate fate until the day they are confronted. What a civilization does with their deceased tells a lot about their culture and beliefs in an afterlife. Whether a person is cremated or the body is preserved‚ whether they are buried in the ground or placed in a tomb‚ and how their final place is decorated all show their cultures values and beliefs and what
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Greek 600-630 B.C. Archaic period Kouros 600-580bc * Kouros= Youth * Archaic period * From attica‚ Greece * marble Krosios (Kouros from Anavysos) 530bc * marble * High classical period Doryphorus or canon * Doryphorus = Spear bearer * Artist: Polykleitos * High classical period * Idealisim * Contrapostal= pose (relaxed) * Artist wrote
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and CAN AFFECT the composition of the piece. Look at the Spearbearer’s imaginary lines -vsthe Kouros. While the Kouros can be divided equally straight down the center (axial symmetry) the Spearbearer CANNOT. Yet‚ the Spearbearer’s lines are based on a system of diagonals that help to create contrapposto -- tense -vsrelaxed helping to create movement. Now look at the composition of both pieces. The Kouros is both balanced and exhibiting axial symmetry‚ however the Spearbearer is also balanced but NOT
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Corinthian 13. Most Greek male figures are nude or clothed? nude 14. Female figures during the Archaic period were nude or clothed/dressed? dressed 15. In the red figure style the details of vases are applied in what manner? naturalistically 16. Kouros means .youth 17. This tool is used to engrave lines through the slip of the unfired vase.burin 18. Red figure style of vase painting was introduced whom? By a student of exekias known as the andokides 19. Greek vase painting is represented
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The Greeks believed that‚ when death occurs‚ the spirit leaves‚ then the body prepared for burial. The Kroisos Kouros is a free-standing archaic grave marker representing a male youth. In particular‚ Kroisos is a marble statue used to mark the resting place of a male warrior. The Kroisos suggests the idea of immortality as the statues represent the warrior. Grave markers are primarily dedicated to a person‚ depiction of living family members indicates the necessity‚ for a public display of the
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Thin Slicing is a term used by psychologist and philosophers‚ but what does it mean? According to Malcolm Gladwell‚ “It’s the tendency that we have as human beings to reach very rapid‚ very profound and sophisticated conclusions based on very thin slices of experiences.” Blink is a book by Malcolm Gladwell explaining this theory of thin-slicing. In the book Gladwell tells us many different stories that have to do with thin-slicing. The book has examples of successful thin-slicing‚ examples showing
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Chapter 2: quiz HUM This is the Greek word for "city‚" used to designate the independent city-states of ancient Greece. A) polis 2. This is a type of standing male statue‚ always shown nude. A) kouros 3. One of the Greek orders of architecture‚ elaborate and graceful in style‚ it features columns that have capitals decorated with volutes that look "scroll-like." A) Ionic 4. She is Odysseus’s ever-faithful wife who refuses to declare her husband dead and remarry one of her suitors. B) Penelope
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