2nd Test Review
- 2. Kritian Boy Date / Time Period: 480 BCE / Ancient Greece Artist: Unknown Significance: *Contrapposto pose makes figural pose believable *Complete break of foreign influences *Turn of the head eliminates extreme frontality
- 4. Disk Thrower Date / Time Period: 450 BCE / Ancient Greece Artist: Myron Significance: *Ideal face is expressionless *Vigorous, believable movement *Roman copies of Greek originals was a huge industry
- 6. Spear Bearer Date / Time Period: 450 BCE / Ancient Greece Artist: Polykleitos Significance: *Canon was based on Pythagorean Theorems *Spear bearer is his canon physically manifested *Great balance of tension and relaxation *Height of sophistication of Greek figural sculpture
- 8. Parthenon Date / Time Period: 440 BCE / Ancient Greece Artist: Iktinos and Kallikrates Significance: *Built using extorted money from the Dellion League *Shows Athens is powerful *Shows Athens overcoming adversity *Architects use optical refinements to make it look perfect -Base-raised by 5 inches, columns on corners are thicker and closer together
- 10. Athena Attacking the Giants Date / Time Period: 150 BCE / Ancient Greece Artist: Unknown Significance: *Story eludes to the Pergamon defeat of the Barbarians *Shows violent action *Drama is indicative of turmoil in the period
- 12. Laocoön and his sons Date / Time Period: 10 CE / Ancient Greece Artist: Athanadoeos, Hegesandros, and Polydoros Significance: *violent action is indication of the Hellenistic Period *message: do no anger the Greek gods
- 14. Apollo Date / Time Period: 500 BCE / Etruscan Artist: Unknown Significance: *excel at terracotta sculptures *highly skilled *depicts one of the 12 labours of Hercules *clothed and has deeper stride than Greek kouros *heavily influenced by Greek kouros figures
- 16. She-Wolf Date / Time Period: 500 BCE / Etruscan Artist: Unknown Significance: *about the legendary founding of Rome *babies were added *meant to look ferocious (protecting her young) *Etruscans: excessively good @ metal skills
- 18. Head of a Man Date / Time Period: 250 BCE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *portrait bust *made for the wealthy *paraded through the streets during celebrations *embrace brutal realism *embracing age and all types of people
- 20. Garden Scene Date / Time Period: 180 BCE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *excel at terracotta sculptures *highly skilled *depicts one of the 12 labours of Hercules *clothed and has deeper stride than Greek kouros *heavily influenced by Greek kouros figures
- 22. Augustus of Primaporta Date / Time Period: 10 CE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *Augustus was 1st to use Greek art to a high degree *very influenced by ‘Spear Bearer’ *standing in orator pose *wearing armor to show he is fighting along side them *Cupid ties Augustus to the gods *shown younger to make him look more powerful
- 24. Ara Pacis Date / Time Period: 10 BCE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *dedicated to Augustus and reign of peace *all relief sculptures are about Augustan Power *originally faced the rising sun an Augustus’ birthday-Sept 3
- 26. Imperial Procession Date / Time Period: 10 BCE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *depicts an actual event *see children and elderly, never seen in Greek art *Augustus is promoting childbirth to repopulate Rome
- 28. Pont-du-Gard Date / Time Period: 80 BCE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *supplied 100 gallons per day to every person from 30 mi. away *great deal of skill to build *would not have been built without the rounded arch *with a few repairs, it could be used today
- 30. Colosseum Date / Time Period: 80 CE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *one of the largest structures ever *the influence for all coliseums today *would not have been built without rounded arches and cement
- 32. Dome of the Pantheon Date / Time Period: 125 CE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *a temple for all the Roman gods *one of the best preserved Roman temples * shows concrete’s fullest potential *different concrete mixes, different weight in the dome *2 circles: vertical symbolizes the sky ; horizontal symbolizes earth
- 34. The Tetrarchs Date / Time Period: 300 CE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *tetrarchs are shown identical to represent equal power *meaning is more important than the representation (realism) *the fear displayed is a result of the turmoil in the period
- 36. Arch of Constantine Date / Time Period: 315 CE / Ancient Roman Artist: Unknown Significance: *dedicated to his victory over Maxentius *the largest triumphal arch of it’s time *using recycled sculpture to connect himself with past great emperors
- 38. The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants Date / Time Period: 400 CE / Late Antiquity Artist: Unknown Significance: *image of ‘the good shepherd’ is a syncretic image *orant figures are displayed (arms stretched out in praise) *tells the story of Jonah *references to the resurrection of Jesus
- 40. Harvesting of Grapes Date / Time Period: 340 CE / Late Antiquity Artist: Unknown Significance: *mozaics are the preferred decoration for early Christian church *might be a referrance to Baccus or to Christ *possibly a syncretic image
- 42. Christ as the Good Shepherd Date / Time Period: 425 CE / Late Antiquity Artist: Unknown Significance: *the halo and the use of purple for importance has Roman origin *sycretic image
- 44. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well Date / Time Period: 600 CE / Byzantine Artist: Unknown Significance: *one of the first illuminated manuscripts of it’s time *use of purple and silver means it was made for important person *personification of spring is of a Roman source *tells the story of Rebecca and Eliezer
- 46. Hagia Sophia Date / Time Period: 535 CE / Byzantine Artist: Anthemius and Isidorus Significance: *about imperial power and Christian glory *modification of the central plan *largest pendentives for the period *Byzantine people use a lot of gold -color of the sky in heaven *the dome looks like it’s resting on a cushion of air
- 48. Interior of Hagia Sophia (535 CE) Date / Time Period: 535 CE / Byzantine Artist: Anthemius and Isidorus Significance: *about imperial power and Christian glory *modification of the central plan *largest pendentives for the period *Byzantine people use a lot of gold -color of the sky in heaven *the dome looks like it’s resting on a cushion of air