Greek Sculpture. Two Enduring Understandings about Greek sculpture: 1. Greek sculpture demonstrates...

Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture

Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture

Two Enduring Understandings about Greek Two Enduring Understandings about Greek sculpture:sculpture:

1.1. Greek sculpture demonstrates a Greek sculpture demonstrates a discernable pattern of development that discernable pattern of development that

we can categorizewe can categorize

2.2. A specific vocabulary can be used to A specific vocabulary can be used to describe Greek sculpturedescribe Greek sculpture

Objectives:Objectives:

1.1. Identify periods of Greek sculptural Identify periods of Greek sculptural development. development.

2.2. Define vocabulary to describe sculpture.Define vocabulary to describe sculpture.

3.3. Apply period names and vocabulary Apply period names and vocabulary terms to analysis of example sculptures.terms to analysis of example sculptures.

A Pattern of DevelopmentA Pattern of Development

Enduring Understandings about Greek Enduring Understandings about Greek sculpture:sculpture:

1. Greek sculpture demonstrates a 1. Greek sculpture demonstrates a discernable pattern of development that discernable pattern of development that

we can categorizewe can categorize

Evolution of the Kouroi to the Kritios Boy and Comparison with the Hellenistic Apollo Belvedere.

The Evolution of Realism: 1) c. 600 BC, 2) c. 575-550 BC, 3) c. 560 BC, 4) c. 530-520 BC , 5) c. 515-500 BC, 6) c. 485 BC, 7) c. 320 BC

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Evolution.htm

A Pattern of DevelopmentA Pattern of Development

A Pattern of DevelopmentA Pattern of Development

Greek Sculpture DevelopmentGreek Sculpture Development

Periods and their StylesPeriods and their StylesVocabulary to Describe StylesVocabulary to Describe Styles

Example PiecesExample PiecesExample TypesExample Types

PeriodizationPeriodization

Historians use a technique we may term Historians use a technique we may term periodization to assign events, individuals periodization to assign events, individuals and works of art and literature to a and works of art and literature to a specific time period.specific time period.

Periods Periods of Greek Sculptureof Greek Sculpture

ArchaicArchaic

ClassicalClassical

HellenisticHellenistic

500’s and earlier B.C.500’s and earlier B.C.

400’s B.C400’s B.C

300’s B.C. and later300’s B.C. and later

Archaic Archaic

Two Archaic Two Archaic Sculpture Types: Sculpture Types:

Kouros & KoreKouros & Kore

Male: kouros (Male: kouros (youth)youth) Female: kore (Female: kore (maiden)maiden)

Classical Classical

Hellenistic Hellenistic

Period ________

Vocabulary to Describe Vocabulary to Describe Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture

stylized:stylized: elimination or exaggeration of elimination or exaggeration of details; subjects are portrayed using a pattern details; subjects are portrayed using a pattern or standard of expressionor standard of expression

symbolic:symbolic: use of symbols to convey meaning use of symbols to convey meaning idealize:idealize: attempt to create perfect attempt to create perfect

representationsrepresentations contraposotto:contraposotto: weight shift that renders a

graceful attitude to the sculpture. naturalistic or realistic:naturalistic or realistic: portraiture, replicate portraiture, replicate

life without relying on ideals, styles, or life without relying on ideals, styles, or symbols; we may think of this as life-likesymbols; we may think of this as life-like

How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture

Ask Three QuestionsAsk Three Questions

To Identify the To Identify the

Period Period

of a Greek Sculptureof a Greek Sculpture

How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture

What is the What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?FACIAL EXPRESSION?

What is the What is the POSE?POSE?

How are the How are the KNEESKNEES portrayed? portrayed?

How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture

What is the What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?FACIAL EXPRESSION?

stylized:stylized: elimination or elimination or exaggeration of details; exaggeration of details; subjects are portrayed using subjects are portrayed using a pattern or standard of a pattern or standard of expressionexpression

note hair, eyes, nose, mouth note hair, eyes, nose, mouth and symmetryand symmetry

Archaic

How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture

What is the What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?FACIAL EXPRESSION?

idealized:idealized: represents an attempt to create perfect represents an attempt to create perfect representation of the human formrepresentation of the human form

Classical

How to look at How to look at Greek SculptureGreek Sculpture

What is the What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?FACIAL EXPRESSION?

naturalistic or naturalistic or realistic:realistic: portraiture, replicates portraiture, replicates life without relying on life without relying on ideals, styles, or ideals, styles, or symbols symbols

We may think of these We may think of these pieces as life-like.pieces as life-like.

Hellenistic

Archaic Archaic

note head position and attentionnote head position and attention

note arm position and flexionnote arm position and flexion

note foot/leg position: stylized/ note foot/leg position: stylized/ or symbolic of motion or being at or symbolic of motion or being at rest * the meaning is debatedrest * the meaning is debated

note symmetrynote symmetry

What is the POSE?

Classical Classical

frozen action or static posefrozen action or static pose

contraposotto:contraposotto: weight shift that renders a graceful attitude to the sculpture.

What is the POSE?

Hellenistic Hellenistic

Period ________

What is the POSE?

awkward positionawkward position

frozen momentfrozen moment

emotion demonstratedemotion demonstrated

physical age imperfection physical age imperfection evident or exaggeratedevident or exaggerated

Archaic Archaic

block-likeblock-like

stiff, flexed musclesstiff, flexed muscles

patella (knee cap) over patella (knee cap) over emphasizedemphasized

How are the KNEES portrayed?

Classical Classical

a pose “in motion” may a pose “in motion” may render differences render differences between the two kneesbetween the two knees

muscles are more muscles are more gracefully joined, often gracefully joined, often somewhat over somewhat over emphasizedemphasized

patella (knee cap) patella (knee cap) slightly over-emphasizedslightly over-emphasized

How are the KNEES portrayed?

Hellenistic Hellenistic

Period ________

more graceful musculaturemore graceful musculature

knee cap evident but not knee cap evident but not over emphasizedover emphasized

possibly obscured by possibly obscured by clothingclothing

How are the KNEES portrayed?

Hellenistic Hellenistic

Period ________

more graceful musculaturemore graceful musculature

knee cap evident but not knee cap evident but not over emphasizedover emphasized

possibly obscured by possibly obscured by clothingclothing

How are the KNEES portrayed?

Greek SculptureGreek SculptureQuizQuiz

The Laocöon Group

(Rome, Vatican Museums)

Discobolos (c450 BC) Roman marble copy after bronze original (Rome, National Museum)

Doryphoros

Polykleitos

(The Canon, or Spear Carrier) marble, c450 BC (Vatican Museums)

Diadoumenos, or the Fillet

Binder

Polykleitos

(Roman copy after bronze original

c.450)

Wounded Amazon,

copy after originals known to have

been created by Phidias for

competition

Metropolitan Museum, New

York

Wounded Amazon,

copy after originals known to have

been created by Polykleitos for competition

?In Ephesus?

Won by Polykleitos

Vatican Museum

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Peplos Kore

(c530 BC) polychromed (painted) marble

Peplos Kore

(c530 BC) polychromed (painted) marble

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Moscophoros,

the Calf-Bearer

(Acropolis Museum)

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"Rampin Horseman"

Athens, Acropolis Museum

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Kroisos from Anavyssos,

grave marker (c540-515 BC) (Athens, National Museum) polychromed (painted) marble

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Kroisos from Anavyssos,

grave marker (c540-515 BC) (Athens, National Museum) polychromed (painted) marble

Kritios

(c480 BC) marble (Athens, Acropolis Museum)

Aphrodite of Melos,

second century BC (Paris, Louvre)

Aphrodite of Melos,

second century BC (Paris, Louvre)

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Apollonios, Seated Boxer (Rome, Museo delle Terme) )

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Satyr with Infant Dionysos

(Rome, Vatican Museums)

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Directions:Directions: Examine the figures as noted. Above and beside each figure create a flower as indicated by the diagram on the balckboard.Examine the figures as noted. Above and beside each figure create a flower as indicated by the diagram on the balckboard.