CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ancient Agora Of Athens, Panathenaic Games, Chryselephantine Sculpture
13 May 2016
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3 periods of greek history: archaic period 600-480 bc. East pediment = birth of athena (zeus is seated, and athena is full form) Parthenon east pediment: high classical sculptural style: 450-400 bc. Picture: god dionysos: reclining, possibly drinking wine, display of emotion or state of mind. Fairly contained emotion, but there is more tendency towards it. Picture: parthenon metopes south side: lapith (are a legendary people of greek mythology, whose home was in thessaly, in the valley of the peneus and on the mountain pelion. Like the myrmidons and other thessalian tribes, the lapiths were pre-hellenic in their origins. ) and centaur. A lot of homogeneity that is represented here. Procession to present athena w. new peplos at panathenaic festival. It is like they are honouring athens by watching the games. The males are partly covered in fabric, and partly exposed. They can explore the muscles of the men, and drapery of both men and women.
