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Page 1: GREEK ART & ARCHITECTURE. MINOAN CIVILIZATION 2600 – 1100 BC LIVED ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE NAMED AFTER KING MINOS (REMEMBER-THE LABYRINTH & THE MINOTAUR)

GREEK ART & ARCHITECTURE

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MINOAN CIVILIZATION

• 2600 – 1100 BC• LIVED ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE• NAMED AFTER KING MINOS

(REMEMBER-THE LABYRINTH & THE MINOTAUR)

• PEACEFUL, CITIES NOT FORTIFIED• TRADE EMPIRE• ART DEALT WITH PLAYFUL THEMES

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BIRD GODDESS

ALL OF THE RELIGIOUS STATUES FOUND HAVE BEEN FEMALE – WHICH MEANS THEY WORSHIPPED AN EARTH GODDESS

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BULL LEAPER

SNAKE GODDESS

AN EXAMPLE OF THE PLAYFUL THEME

ANOTHER FEMALE DEITY

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TOREADOR FRESCO

MORE PLAYFUL THEMES

DID THIS GAME EVOLVE FROM THE STORIES OF THE MINOTAUR?

FRESCO: PAINTING ON WET PLASTER

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PALACE AT KNOSSOS

The Domestic Quarter. 1.Grand Staircase. 2.Hall of Colonnades. 3.Corridor to the North-East. 4.Hall of the Double Axes. 5.Queen's Room. 6. Toilet. 7.Court of Distaffs. 8.Service staircase.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CITIES ON CRETE. PROBABLY NOT A PALACE BUT A TEMPLE & ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER. THE HALLWAYS WERE LAID OUT IN A CONFUSING MANOR- - LIKE A LABYRINTH.

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THRONE ROOM

ANTECHAMBER

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QUEEN’S MEGARON

THIS FRESCO OF DOLPHINS IS WELL KNOWN

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TOURISTS OUTSIDE KNOSSOS

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MINOAN JEWELRY

VERY INTRICATE; TYPE OF SOLDER NOT REPLICATED UNTIL 1900’S

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MYCENAEAN CULTURE

• 1600 BC – 1110 BC

• GREEK MAINLAND

• WAR-LIKE

• SPOKE A GREEK LANGUAGE & WORSHIPPED GREEK GODS

• ART THEMES WERE ALSO WAR-LIKE

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POTTERY

NOTE THE DECORATIONS ARE OF SOLDIERS

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SCULPTURE OF SOLDIER IN HELMET

DETAIL OF A BOAR TUSK HELMET

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INTRICATELY CARVED SWORD SHEATHS

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DETAILS OF CARVINGS

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MYCENAE ACROPOLIS

ACROPOLIS: HIGH POINT OF CITY

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VIEW OF ACROPOLIS

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CYCLOPEAN WALLS

ACCORDING TO LEGEND, AN ANCIENT RACE OF CYCLOPES BUILT THIS SECTION OF THE CITY

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LIONS GATE

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AERIAL VIEW OF MYCENAE

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GOLD DEATH MASK

RIGHT: MISSED ATTRIBUTED AS AGAMEMNON'S

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AGAMEMNON'S TOMB

ONLY RECENTLY DISCOVERED, A SHEEP FELL THROUGH THE TOP. NOTE THE BEE HIVE SHAPE.

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ARTIST RECREATION OF FRONT DOOR VIEW OF DOOR TODAY

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VIEW OF CEILING

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ARCHAIC PERIOD

• 750 BC – 500 BC

• DORIAN INVASION “DARK AGES”

• FREE STANDING SCULPTURES WERE EITHER A MALE NUDE OR A CLOTHED FEMALE

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KOUROS

•ALL MALE NUDES ARE REFERRED TO AS KOUROS

•ALL HAVE ONE FOOT IN FRONT

•HANDS BY SIDE

•INTRICATE HAIR DESIGN

•RIGID, SQUARED POSTURE

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RED LINES SHOW SQUARE POSE

KOUROS 600 BC

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KORE

IONIC

•CLOTHED FEMALE ALWAYS REFERRED TO AS KORE.

•CLOTHES AND HAIRSTYLE VARIED.

•ONE ARM ALWAYS BENT AT ELBOW.

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PEPLOS KORE

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CALF BEARER

THIS PIECE SHOWS THAT THE STYLE IS PROGRESSING. MOST ARCHAIC SCULPTURES HAVE WHAT IS CALLED AN “ARCHAIC SMILE.”

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POTTERY

GEOMETRIC

I WISH I COULD TELL YOU MORE-BUT POTTERY IS IMPORTANT. THIS ONE IS FROM GEOMETRIC STYLE. SOMETIMES VASES WERE USED TO MAKE LIQUID OFFERINGS TO THE GODS. HOLES WERE DRILLED IN THE BOTTOM SO LIQUID COULD SEEP INTO THE GROUND.

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CLASSICAL

• 500BC – 323BC• MEDIUMS – STONE & BRONZE• ATHENS GOLDEN AGE – 495 – 429 BC.• GOLDEN AGE ENDS WHEN ATHENS IS

DEFEATED BY SPARTA. • 323 BC MARKS THE END OF ALEXANDER

THE GREAT’S RULE.• SCULPTURE HAS COUNTERPOISE INSTEAD

OF ARCHAIC RIGID POSE.

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KRITIOS BOY•480 BC

•NOTE THE COUNTER POSE – WEIGHT IS NOT EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED, ONE HIP POPS OUT

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COMPARE THE TWO

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DISKOBOLOS

•450 BC

•SCULPTURES ALSO BEGIN TO SHOW ACTION

•NOT MERELY REALISTIC, BUT IDEALISTIC

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SPEARBEARER

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AMAZONS

INCLUDED WOMEN

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POTTERY

680570

530

LESS GEOMETRIC, BLACK VASE, RED BACKGROUND, BLACK FIGURES

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DORIC COLUMNS

•PLAINEST COLUMN

•LOWEST ORDER, FOUND ON SIMPLER HOMES, LESS FORMAL BUILDINGS

•REMEMBER DORIANS WERE UNCIVILIZED

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IONIC COLUMNS

•2ND IN ORDER OF COLUMNS

•HAS CURLY-Q’S AT TOP

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CORINTHIANCOLUMN

•HIGHEST ORDER

•CAPITAL HAS LEAF SHAPES

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ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS

THE HIGH THE HIGH POINT OF POINT OF THE CITYTHE CITY

CONTAINS CONTAINS PARTHENON, PARTHENON, TEMPLE OF TEMPLE OF NIKE & NIKE & ERECHTHEIOERECHTHEIONN

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PARTHENON

BUILT BY PERICLES, BUILT BY PERICLES, 447-432BC447-432BC

HONORED ATHENAHONORED ATHENA

CURRENT CURRENT APPEARANCE DUE APPEARANCE DUE TO 1687 EXPLOSIONTO 1687 EXPLOSION

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FLOOR PLAN

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ARTIST DRAWING OF INTERIOR

THE STATUE IS OF ATHENA

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ANOTHER ARTIST RECREATION

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EAST PEDIMENT

WEST PEDIMENT

THE PARTHENON WAS DECORATED WITH FRIEZES-WHICH ARE 3-D CARVINGS ON WALLS. THESE WERE ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE BUILDINGS

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THIS IS A PEDIMENT

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TEMPLE OF

ATHENA NIKE

ALSO ON THE ACROPOLIS

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ERECTHEION

ALSO ON THE ACROPOLIS

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ANOTHER VIEW

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THEATER AT EPIDAUROS

• BUILT IN 330 BC

• 14,000 SEATS

• WAS A MEDICAL CENTER

• LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

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A PERSON CAN DROP A COIN ON THAT SPOT AND IT CAN BE HEARD BY A PERSON STANDING AT THE TOP.

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HELLENISTIC SCULPTURE

• 323 BC – 30 BC• AFTER THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER

THE GREAT, UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE EMPIRE STAGE OF ROME

• INNER EMOTIONS WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEAUTY

• CONCERNED MORE WITH REALITY THAN IDEALISTIC MAN

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AKA NIKE OF AKA NIKE OF SAMOTHRACESAMOTHRACE

FOUND IN 1863FOUND IN 1863

FOR GREEK NAVAL FOR GREEK NAVAL VICTORYVICTORY

THE WIND BECOMES A THE WIND BECOMES A TANGIBLE PRESENCE AS IT TANGIBLE PRESENCE AS IT SHAPES THE FOLDS OF SHAPES THE FOLDS OF THE DRESSTHE DRESS

WINGED VICTORYWINGED VICTORY

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DYING GAUL

• NOTABLE FOR THE REALISTIC & SYMPATHETIC PORTRAYAL OF A DYING GALLIC TRIBESMEN

• NOTE THE HAIR AND NECKLACE

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ALTAR OF ZEUS

• ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN TURKEY

• THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTION IN A BERLIN MUSEUM

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LAOCOON

• DRAMATIC VERSION OF FATE OF TROJAN PRIEST, PUNISHED BY SEA SERPENTS FOR TRYING TO WARN OF TROJAN HORSE SCHEME

• INFLUENCED MICHELANGELO