ARTHIST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Aphaea, Lapiths, Polykleitos
10 May 2018
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From Early Classical to Classical Style in the 5th century: Architectural and Free-standing Sculpture
A Greek soldier defeating a Persian (480 BCE)
Greek city-states’ defense against the Persians
Sack of Athens (480 BCE) by Xerxes, the Person emperor
The Delian League: a consortium of Greek city states for common defense
The oath of Platea: to leave the ruined monuments of the Acropolis in Athens as a permanent
monument
The Greek ideal: physical and internal balance and harmony; man is the culmination of all thing;
man in the image of the gods
The way to distinguish between copies and originals is the tree stump for the copies
Polykleitos, Doryphotos, the Canon (0-440 BCE)
Importance of ratios of body parts
Togetherness of the physical human beauty
Tree stump in the back indicates it’s a copy that was mass reproduced
The Development of Architectural Sculpture from Archaic to Classical periods
Pediment: the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically
surmounting a portico of columns
Contains decorative sculptures
Metope: square frame that contains decoration
Frieze: horizontal frame that contains decorations
^^^Three places in the temple that presented challenges to decorate
Parthenon, conceived by Pericles, Phidias as the general overseer, designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates
(447-438 BCE)
Paid for with the defense fund in the Delian League
Has pediments, metopes and frieze
Marbles taken by the British
Athenians depicted as the epitome of the human race
Periclean Athens: harmony, dignity, god-like perfection
The Temple of Artemis at Corfu (600-580 BCE), Archaic style
Medusa as one of the Gorgons
Archaic style - roundness of muscularity, smile
The Siphnian Treasury, Delphi (530 BCE), Archaic style
Ionic type structure: caryatids, the frieze
People of Siphnos would give donations to the god Apollo
Two female figures holding up the lintels – the figures are called caryatids
Relief in the frieze held the topic Gigantomachy, which the battle of Gods and Giants
o Gods are overpowering Giants
Why is this Archaic style?
o Less naturalistic
o Muscular, stocky proportions
o Reminiscent of Persepolis
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Document Summary
From early classical to classical style in the 5th century: architectural and free-standing sculpture. A greek soldier defeating a persian (480 bce) Sack of athens (480 bce) by xerxes, the person emperor. The delian league: a consortium of greek city states for common defense. The oath of platea: to leave the ruined monuments of the acropolis in athens as a permanent monument. The greek ideal: physical and internal balance and harmony; man is the culmination of all thing; man in the image of the gods. The way to distinguish between copies and originals is the tree stump for the copies. Tree stump in the back indicates it"s a copy that was mass reproduced. The development of architectural sculpture from archaic to classical periods. Pediment: the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns. ^^^three places in the temple that presented challenges to decorate.
