Visual Arts History 2247E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stoa Poikile, Pinax, Panel Painting
7 Apr 2015
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Feb. 28th early classical panel painting: stoa poikile & theseion in athens. Theseion: imagery known thanks to pausanias: miltiades general at marathon, kimon skyros 475. Pinax = panel painting: centauromachy, myth main player theseus, when in athens centaurs rep. Persians, allegorical political msg: amazonomachy o o. Theseus kidnaps (or by choice) amazon queen back to athens, hippolyta. Laid siege to athens to get queen back, amazons: southern russia, part of persia at time therefore rep persians: theseus and the golden ring. Poseidon, early mythical athens battle naval fleet king minos o: battle of salamis 480 great naval victory for athens [allegorical connotations] Public buildings: nationalistic symbols, establish major myths [public myths] for o. Pausanias take good record of panel paintings, most lost to us. Found in agora marketplace, most famous b/c of painted hence. First building you see when entering agora name. Pinaxes: troy, amazonomachy, amazons and trojans stand for persians o.
