free Hellas. A bauble‚ perhaps‚ beside the treasures of the empire‚ but a tempting one." Now not only did the Persian king Darius want revenge against the Athenians he wanted the entire Greek world to be integrated into the Persian Empire. In 490 BCE Darius finally advanced towards Greece. After the capture of Eretria‚ confident of their success‚ the Persians sailed on to Attica; and under the advice of Hippas* landed at the bay of Marathon‚ 26 km north east of Athens. When the Athenians received
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540–530 BCE. Geometric krater‚ from the Dipylon cemetery‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 740 BCE. Kroisos‚ from Anavysos‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE. Marble‚ 6’ 4” high. Peplos Kore‚ from the Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE. Marble‚ 4’ high. Zeus (or Poseidon?)‚ from the sea off Cape Artemision‚ Greece‚ ca. 460–450 BCE. Bronze‚ 6’ 10” high. POLYKLEITOS‚ Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman marble copy from Pompeii‚ Italy‚ after a bronze original of ca. 450–440 BCE‚ 6’ 11”
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while also furnishing a propaganda tool through statuary that greatly influenced the evolution of male dominance and the enforcement of rigid gender roles of Ancient Greek culture. A fairly recently found bronze sculpture‚ Warrior from Riace (ca. 450 BCE)‚ is a prime example. This sculpture represents the powerful male norm. While it portrays the concepts of what is considered desirable in the current period‚ it also portrays the dominance of the strong male over those considered to be less ideal
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comparatively short time span from around 900 BCE to about 100 BCE‚ Greek artists explored a succession of new ideas to produce a body of work in every medium—from pottery and painting to sculpture and architecture—that exhibits a clear stylistic and technical direction toward representing the visual world as we see it. The Classical Period in Greek Art • Framed by two major events: the defeat of the Persians in 479 BCE and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. • In this brief span‚ the Greeks
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period is often called the Dark Ages of Greece. It was a time of poverty‚ depopulation‚ and social disintegration. By the eighth century BCE‚ economic and social conditions improved in Greece. At the same time‚ the Greek polis emerges. In sculpture‚ the human figural form returns. Module 3 begins with these early sculpted figures‚ which date to the seventh century BCE. As the Greek polis evolved into a democracy‚ the sculpted human figure evolved in style toward naturalistic forms. This rapid evolution
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(ca 480 BC). The function of sculptures during this period was mostly to glorify gods and athletes usually depicted as male nudes. One of the most renowned sculptures of an athlete from that period is Polykleitos’ Doryphoros a bronze original (ca 450 BC) that now only exists in marble copies. Polykleitos made it to serve as a standardization for future sculptures. He intended to perfect the human being using the contrapposto pose as well as measuring the body to be able to fit eight heads stacked on
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into the Classical period. The Classical period also focuses on more realistic art rather than idealistic. One of the best-known sculptures from the Classical period is The Doryphoros of Polykleitos‚ depicting a nude muscular male athlete originally bearing a spear resting on his left shoulder. This sculpture is dated about 450 BC and was created by artist‚
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Greek Art No matter how accomplished they might be‚ the works of art we have discussed so far seem alien to us. The ancient cultures that produced them were so different from our own that we find few references in those works to our time. Greek architecture‚ sculpture‚ and painting‚ however‚ are immediately recognizable as the ancestors of Western civilization‚ despite their debts to earlier art. A Greek temple reminds us of countless government buildings‚ banks‚ and college campuses; a Greek statue
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c. reflects and confirms cultural beliefs. d. is used to express the artist’s inner emotions and personal vision. 2 of 5 Timeline questions. (5 points) 4. Place the following in chronological order from earliest to most recent. b. 2576 BCE d. 14 BCE c. 13 CE e. 312 CE a. 1942 CE Places of Religious Worship/Practice. Identify the type of building. Then match the terms to their location on the diagram. (1 point each) *6. Stupa *7. Mosque 1. Qibla wall 2. Mihrab 3. hypostyle prayer
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Diadoumenos is a copy of the original bronze statue displaying a young man tying a fillet around his head. The original was created in c.a. 430 B.C. by a man called Polykleitos of Argos. Polykleitos was a Greek sculptor who worked during the mid-fifth century B.C. . he was one of the most famous artists of the ancient world. Polykleitos’ figures are carefully designed with special attention to bodily proportions and stance. The statue of Diadoumenos has its thorax and pelvis tilt in opposite directions
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