ARTHIST 101D Lecture 13: Lecture 13 Greek Architectural Sculpture
10 May 2018
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Lecture 13: Greek Architectural Sculpture
February 13, 2015 Lecture Notes
5th century – shift in the depiction of bodies
Sculptors use drills to create drape-like features
600-480 Archaic Period
480 The Persian sack of the Acropolis
480-479 The Battles of Salamis and Platea
480-400 The Classical Style
Greek colonization of Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
Minerals (Obsidian and other types of stone)
Arid farmland in Greece
Expansion allowed better farmlands to feed populations
Intermingling with Phoenician colonies
The Acropolis
Periclean Athens as the exemplary center of Greece
Phidias as general overseer
Built using defense funds of Delian League
Overweening pride for own culture
Athens, Parthenon, designed by Iktinos (447-438 BCE)
The Doric orders – transverse slices of stone drums
o Fluting: carved indentations vertical on the order
o Columns are slightly tilted towards the center
o Columns near the outside are closer together
Inner frieze (ionic component)
Proportion of height and width – why they have two rows of columns
Cella – the inner chamber
o Contains statue of Athena Parthenos (made of ivory and gold)
Curving shapes that are not easily seen
Frieze: 524 feet long, shallow relief, the Panathenaic festival with a procession and audience
o Relative proportions are distorted (horse and human)
o Naturalistic and idealistic depictions
Temple of Aphaia at Aegina (500-490 BCE)
Coarsing (horizontal slabs of stone)
Doric columns
The Classical Orders (STUDY PPT)
Elevation of the individuals
Parthenon, 438-432 BCE: East Pediment birth of Athena
Elgin marbles to England
Bought the remains of the marbles from the Turkish (who were in control of Greece at that time)
East pediment thought to depict the birth of Athena
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Document Summary
5th century shift in the depiction of bodies. Greek colonization of mediterranean sea and black sea. Minerals (obsidian and other types of stone) Expansion allowed better farmlands to feed populations. Periclean athens as the exemplary center of greece. Built using defense funds of delian league. Athens, parthenon, designed by iktinos (447-438 bce: fluting: carved indentations vertical on the order, columns are slightly tilted towards the center, columns near the outside are closer together. The doric orders transverse slices of stone (cid:523)(cid:498)drums(cid:499)(cid:524) Proportion of height and width why they have two rows of columns. Cella the inner chamber: contains statue of athena parthenos (made of ivory and gold) Curving shapes that are not easily seen. Frieze: 524 feet long, shallow relief, the panathenaic festival with a procession and audience: relative proportions are distorted (horse and human, naturalistic and idealistic depictions. Parthenon, 438-432 bce: east pediment birth of athena.
