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100
Seated Boxer
Period: Greek (Hellinistic) Location: Sicyon, Greece Date: 50 BCE Type: bronze statue Iconography: votive Characteristics/Style: thickened nose and cauliflower ears, looks struggling to think or speak -
Period: 100 to
Greek Art
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175
Pergamon Alter of Zeus
Period: Greek (Hellinistic) Location: Pergamon in Asia Minor Date: 175 BCE Type: Temple Iconography: battle between Greeks and Non Greeks Characteristics/Style: typically Greek elements, similar with collumns and tiled roof, frieze at the bottom have life size figures -
200
Young Boy with Goose
Period: Greek (Hellinistic) Location: found in Rome Date: 250-200 BCE Type: bronze original, roman copy Iconography: changing in themes Characteristics/Style: first period to give real children, captures not just looks but behavior -
300
Nike of Samothrace
Period: Greek (Hellinistic) Location: Samothrace, Greece Date: 300 BCE Type: marble statue Iconography: capture new idea of movement Characteristics/Style: part of large ensamble with boat and water, watches on prow of ship -
330
Lysippos, Scraper
Period: Greek (Late Classical) Location: Testavere, Greece Date: 330 BCE Type: marble figure reaching out into space (Greek original in bronze) Iconography: votive Characteristics/Style: athlete after his workout, before bathing you would scrape your body with a brush, movemant from plain approach -
340
Praxitales, Hermis with the Infant Dionysus
Period: Greek (Late Classical) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 340 BCE Type: slightly large stone statue Iconography: votive Characteristics/Style: over 10 heads in height, postures sway, frequently has curve, wax covered for shine, emphasis on smooth and elegant -
340
Praxitales, Aphrodite of Knidos
Period: Greek (Late Classical) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 340 BCE Type: slightly large stone statue Iconography: votive Characteristics/Style: first female nude, shocked people, towel was used to cover herself, done because females have smoother body to fit with chaning times -
350
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Period: Greek (Late Classical) Location: Halicarnassus, Greece Date: 350 BCE Type: Mausoleum Iconography: tomb for Mausoles Characteristics/Style: each side done by different famous artists, over 300 statues, unstable looking characters, dramatic drapery on statues -
405
Erechtheum
Period: Greek (Classical) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 421-405 BCE Type: temple Iconography: offerings from posieden (water) and athena (olives) Characteristics/Style: 3 rooms, stands on important site, statues replace collumns -
433
Parthenon
Period: Greek (Classical) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 447-433 BCE Type: temple by Iktinos and Kallikrates Iconography: temple for Athena Characteristics/Style: built with tax and tribute money, most important temple, even # of collumns, appropriatley built for collumns, "most perfect", painted -
433
Remains of Cella (Parthenon Main Room)
Period: Greek (Classical) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 447-433 BCE Type: gold and ivory gigantic statue Iconography: mythological goddess Athena Characteristics/Style: additive scultpure, crown imitates a city relatinger to her being the goddess of the city, figure on bottom is a personification on victory -
433
Phdias, Parthenon Metope in Situ
Period: Greek (Classical) Location: Athens (Greece) Date: 447-433 BCE Type: hight relief Iconography: story of Greeks vs Persians Characteristics/Style: persians represented as barely human centaurs, highest relief, most of the parthenon was made of marble, some carved in the round -
433
Pediment Sculpture on the Parthenon
Period: Greek (Classical) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 447-433 BCE Type: Pediment Sculpture in the Round Iconography: story of birth of Athens and contest between athena and posieden Characteristics/Style: TOP: no different sizings amongst figures, gods are always larger, usually athletic and well groomed, BOTTOM: middle aged women, shows continuety of clothed women and nude males -
450
Myron, Discobolos
Period: Greek (Early Classical Roman Copies) Location: Athens, Greee Date: 450 BCE Type: bronze casted original, romans copied in stone Iconography: made for athlete Characteristics/Style: discuss thrower, addition of a trunk was needed to help the figure stand -
450
Kritios Boy
Period: Greek (Early Classical) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 450 BCE Type: slightly smaller than life size statue Iconography: typical Greek statue Characteristics/Style: considered the first beautiful nude in art, first time weight is shifted between the legs, beginning to the entrance of the classical era -
460
Zeus/Posieden
Period: Greek (Early Classical) Location: found in sea Date: 460 BCE Type: bronze casting Iconography: mythological Characteristics/Style: could be either zeus or posiedin, mich more accurate rendering, only the front looks good -
470
Charioter from Delphi
Period: Greek (Early Classical) Location: Delphi, Greece Date: 470 BCE Type: oversized bronze casting Iconography: commisioned by racer (himself) for winning race Characteristics/Style: casted in 8 seperate pieces, early classical was usually grim, made of 3 stones all together, headband covered in silver -
530
Exekias, Ajax and Achillies Playing Dice
Period: Greek (Archaic) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 530 BCE Type: painted potIconography: pot painted with scene from Illiad Characteristics/Style: thought to imitate metal pots, leaf decoration on handels, Exekias was the best painter of his time -
530
Exekias, Dionysus in a Boat
Period: Greak (Archaic) Location: Athens, Greece Date: 530 BCE Type: painted pot Iconography: wine mixing container Characteristics/Style: white clay used as color, dolphins and grapes Influences: Minoan style design for dolphins -
530
Andokides Bilingual Vase
Period: Greek (Archaic)Location: Athens, GreeceDate: 530 BCEType: painted vaseIconography: mythological depictionCharacteristics/Style: speaks two languages, red figure style and black figure style, after this red figure becomes standard -
530
Sihpinian Treasury in Delphi
Period: Greek (Archaic) Location: Delphi, Greece Date: 530 BCE Type: ionic treasury Iconography: holding for offerings Characteristics/Style: ionic means to having eastern influence, caryatids replace collumns only in ionic order -
530
Peplos Kore
Period: Greek (Archaic) Location: Greece Date: 530 Type: limestone (or white marble) human figure/votive Iconography: human/goddess votive Characteristics/Style: painted with meaning to perserve called incaustic (wax based paint), less geometric than previous models, hair, eyes, lips were painted, wore earings -
550
Kouros
Period: Greek (Archaic) Location: Greece Date: 550 BCE Type: human statue Iconography: funerary monument/votive Characteristics/Style: softer, no one knows why they smile, hair is still repeated pattern, by 500 BCE they almost have it perfect (except for positioning) -
550
Basilica at Paestum
Period: Greek (Archaic) Location: Paestum, Greece Date: 550 BCE Type: Temple Iconography: ordinary temple functions Characteristics/Style: not actually a basilica, old form because styles traveled slowly, rectangle shape with pinnacle roof, small space between the collumns -
Jan 1, 600
Dipylon Kouros
Period: Greek (Archaic) Location: Dipylon, Greece Date: 600 BCE Type: human statue Iconography: funerary monument/votive Characteristics/Style: first full sized human statue, not a portrait, male sculptures always in the nude, patternistic Influences: inspired by Egyptian sculpture -
Jan 1, 600
Temple of Artemis
Period: Greek (Archaic) Location: Corfu, Greece Date: 600 BCE Type: temple Iconography: ordinary temple functions Characteristics/Style: even number of coillumns becoming standard, roof sculpture has scale differential, done in relief, protects against evil, like pottery has only 1 story/ theme -
Feb 17, 650
Lady of Auxerre
Period: Greek (Archaic) Location: Greece Date: 650 BCE Type: limestone human statue/votive Iconography: votive Characteristics/Style: very geometrical, same archaic smile always with one arm bent -
Period: Jan 1, 1250 to
Egyptian Art
3000-2100 BCE Map of Ancient Egypt- dependent upon the Nile
- wrote and emense amound using hieroglyphics
- had paper like substance called papyrus
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Feb 11, 1250
Temple of Ramses II
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 1250 BCE Location: Abu Simbel, Egypt Type: monumental sculpture Iconography: on Ramses birthday the sun functions as a beacon into the temple Characteristics/Style: after Egyptians built a dam that submerged several buildings, temple was saved, 4 seated statues are Ramses II Influences: N/A -
Period: Feb 13, 1250 to
Agean Art (Cyclades Minoans and Mycenaeans)
consists of Cyladic, Minoan, and Maidneon -
Jan 1, 1300
Treasury of Atreus
Period: Agean (Mycenaen) Location: Tiryns (Mycenae) Date: 1300 BCE Type: corbelled tomb with dromos (long entry space) Iconography: burrial tomb Characteristics/Style: dug into a hillside, doorway has triangle overtop, called "beehive tomb" -
Feb 16, 1300
Megaron at Tiryns
Period: Agean (Mycenaen) Location: Tiryns, Mycenae Date: 1300 BCE Type: Throneroom Iconography: typical throneroom purpose Characterisitcs: 4 collumn support system, large fireplace -
Feb 16, 1300
Tiryns
Period: Agean (Mycenaean) Location: Tiryns, Mycenae Date: 1300 BCE Style: dry masonry (piling up of stones) Iconography: fortress Characterisitics/Style: long tunnels called gallerys pulled the buildings together, realted heavily to the "Odyssey", with the piling up of stones made corobelled arches -
Feb 16, 1300
Lions Gate at Tiryns
Period: Ageaen (Mycenaen) Location: Tiyrns, Mycenae Date: 1300 BCE Type: dry masonry wall Iconography: built for an attack (lion=kingship) Characterisitics/Style: so heavy it could not be built any taller at risk of breaking, paws of the lion rest on the structures Influences: Minoan style -
Feb 17, 1300
Mycenaen Gold Cup and Necklace
Period: Agean (Mycenaen) Location: Tiryns (Mycenae) Date: 1300 BCE Type: gold cup and necklace Iconography: typical cup and jewelery usage Characteristics/Style: spiral design, Homer calls the Mycenaens rich with gold Influences: Mycenaen daggers relate to shape on stonehenge -
Feb 13, 1350
Colossal Statue of Akhenaten
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 1350 BCE Location: Luxor (Thebes) Type: stone statue Iconography: brought new religion which changed art style Characteristics/Style: first stylistic change of ancient Egypt, Akhenaten proclaimed there was only 1 true God, much larger than life size, physically male but womanly rounded hips, first time realism and curves were used Interesting Facts: this religion does not last -
Feb 13, 1350
Tomb of King Tut
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 1350 Location: The Valley of the Kings Type: burrial tomb Iconography: tomb for pharoah Tutankhamun Characteristics/Style: only tomb that had most material still inside, gives sense of what was in other tombs, the coffin is wood covered in gold leaf -
Feb 16, 1400
The Toreador Fresco at the Palace of Knossos
Period: Agean (Minoan) Location: Palace of Knossos (Crete) Date: 1400 Type: fresco Iconography: ceremonial activity Characteristics/Style: mean are red and women are beige, long thing limbs, elaborate hair, emphasis on jewelery, olympic like activity, associated with an ivory statue of a bull jumper (rare in creet) Influences: design on hide dates back to Egypt, red colored men and beige colored women relate to Egyptian painting styles -
Feb 13, 1450
Valley of the Kings
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 1450 BCE Location: Luxor (Thebes) Type: valley Iconography: where pharoahs where burried Characteristics/Style: 63 tombs belonging to pharoahs and royalty -
Feb 13, 1450
Tomb of Nakht
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 1450 Location: Valley of the Kings Type: burrial tomb Iconography: tomb for upper class Characteristics/Style: abstraction of colors between genders, shows readiness to get soul prepared, false doors to confuse evil spirits -
Feb 13, 1450
Bouqet with Entertainment
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 1450 Location: Tomb of Nebamun (Valley of the Kings) Type: white wash background with typical painting styles Iconography: shows dancers performing Characteristics/Style: dancers appear more free than others, use of style to understand what is happening, playing instruments -
Jan 1, 1500
Queen's Megaron at the Palace of Knossos
Period: Agean (Minoan) Location: Palace of Knossos Date: 1500 BCE Type: Painted Room Iconography: not a megaron Characteristics/Styles: stylized flower design, dolphins swimming (shows accurate depictions), painting style is outlined -
Jan 1, 1500
Octopuss Vase at the Temple of Knossos
Period: Agean (Minoan) Location: Palace of Knossos (Crete) Date: 1500 BCE Type: clay vase Iconography: water pot Characteristics/Style: good example of decorating with appropriate iconography, stylized to fit objects purpose, arrangement of octopuss relates to spherical surface of the vase -
Feb 13, 1500
Palace of Knossos
Period: Agean (Minoan) Date: 1500 Location: Knossos, Island of Crete Type: large palace Iconography: home to king minos Characteristics/Style: maze like, several stones tall, peaceful (open) structure, bull theme, light rooms have significane through offerings Interesting Facts: king minos's wife fell in love with a white bull, when she had sex with the bull she gave birth to the minotar. the minotar hated people so they built with a mazelike arrangement -
Feb 16, 1500
Snake Goddess at the Palace of Knossos
Period: Agean (Minoan) Location: The Palace of Knossos (Crete) Date: 1500 BCE Type: Ivory and Gold Figurine Iconography: Fertility Characteristics/Style: not a goddess, associated with snakes, possible witch doctor -
Dipylon Krater
Period: Greek Art (Geometric) Location: Dipylon, Greece Date: 800 BCE Type: coiling vase Iconography: burrial vase, works as gravestone Characteristics/Style: can't hold anything, person sized, man and woman urns shaped differently, patternistic, people are made of simple shapes (triangles, circles...) -
* Pyramids of Giza with Plan
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 2500 BCE Location: Giza, Egypt (near Cairo) Type: set of 3 pyramids with temples Iconography: funereary tombs Characteristics/Style: Khufu (Cheops) is the biggest in size reaching 14 acres in length, tombs were built near the pyramids and connected by causeways, they were made up of several buildings Buidling: single ramp theory, spiral ramp theory Interesting Facts: can see from the homes of nearby people, very close to the Nile Influences: N/A -
Pyramid of Khufu
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 2500 BCE Location: Giza, Egypt Type: white limestone (when new) pyramid Iconography: temple for pharoah Characteristics/Style: robber holes Influences: N/A -
* The Great Sphinx
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 2500-2400 BCE Location: Giza, Egypt Type: carved into giant sculpture Iconography: portrait of Khufu Characteristics/Style: paws and rump were not living rock, Nile river has severely damaged the sphinx Influences: N/A Interesting Facts: Napoleon troops broke the nose by using it as target practice -
Cycladic Idols
Period: Agean (Cycladic) Date: 2500 BCE Location: Cyclades, Greece Type: white stone figures Iconography: 6" tall fertility figures Characteristics/Style: nude female figures, abstract and extremely thin, may have served as magical object Influences: Venus of Willendorf -
Funerary Complex of King Zoser by Imhotep
Period: Acient Egyptian Date: 2600 BCE Location: Saqqara Type: step pyramid Iconography: tomb for funeral services Characteristics/Style: N/A Influences: N/A -
Palette of Narmer
Period: Ancient Egyptian Date: 3000 BCE Location: Upper Kingdom, Hierakonpolis Type: stone palette Characteristics: dark gray stone, 2ft tall, relief Iconography: mixing station for eyeliner, telling story of union between lower and upper Egypt, ceremonial Influences: hierchal sizing from Akkadians
