FAH207H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Parthenon Frieze, Pottery Of Ancient Greece, Athena Promachos
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Parthenon sculpture and greek vase painting c. 600 - c. 400. Order: style; meaning (region, decorative, sex,) first building to combine both orders into one building. A statue in the cella frieze around the cella, exterior doric frieze. Orientation: from back to the front east: front west: back; but when you come to acropolis, you see the back (west side) first. Gold and ivory/chryselephantine gold: garments ivory: white flesh. Attributes: her weapon (spear) and a shield; helmet; Aegis: protection; part of her armor in front of her chest. Athena the patron goddess for the greek heroes. Nike figures might have been decorated on the roof of the. All the greek came and untied to fight the persians; sack of. Shield: gigantomachy (interior); amazonomachy (exterior); exterior: relief figure: scenes of the greek fighting the amazons they were defeated on the bottom of the acropolis. Amazons: mythical female warriors, powerful figures; symbolic of the barbarians;
