AHIS BC 1001x Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Peplos Kore, Archaic Smile, Ankh
11 Nov 2016
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Art History 10/5/2016
What are the defining features of each style?
Sumerian- big eyes, static positions, standing
Akkadian- shallow relief, oftentimes there is writing that’s part of picture, hierarchy of scale, arratie
Assyrian: hierarchy of scale, narrative, more detail, clear register, writing is a band across the
picture/below the relief
Archaic- weird smile
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and daughters
- Sunken relief (forms carved into the stone, not projecting out)
- Amarna style because of U shaped belly, elongated torsos and necks, the sun is associated with
Akhenaten (Aten is a sun god)), ankh is a symbol of life which the sun/ruler gives), loosely
monotheistic (everything gained from just one god)
- The writing inhabits the same space, the hieroglyphics is not as deep cut
Octopus Stirrup Vase, Minoan
- Most of the space is filled
- Mimetic (representing nature)
Octopus Stirrup Vase, Mycenaean
Abstraction v Stylization- sliding scales
Stylization: obvious what the object is, but it’s a facy ersio
Naturalization and stylization are processes.
Realism and abstraction are states.
Abstraction: suggests what the object is
Anatomically correct but idealized- naturalistic
Anatomically correct and not idealized- realistic
Man and Centaur is more stylized/abstract than the Exekias vase (naturalistic/realistic).
Peplos Kore
- Archaic smile
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