CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Mount Olympus, Panathenaic Games, Olive Oil
10 Nov 2016
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Pottery identification: match an outline drawing with the name of the pottery type, diagram given on avenue to commit to memory. Exam will mostly cover the archaic and classical periods and material covered since first exam, everything done until next tuesday. Greek art is cumulative, past art will inform later art. Will be given two diagrams of the parthenon and asked to fill in themes. Names will not be given, we will be asked to produce them from memory. So where the sack of troy is, the panathenaic procession frieze. May ask what is on the east pediment of the parthenon - birth of athena. Diagrams for parthenon and pottery are already provided on avenue. Exceptional structure, breaks all of the rules in configuration and sculpture. Unprecedented in terms of quantity and placement of architectural sculpture. Located on mount olympus, zeus in the center, athena flies out after. Recreation from nashville parthenon which we believe to be pretty accurate.
