ART HIS 20 Lecture 1: AH20 NOTES UNIT 2
22 Mar 2017
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Geometric amphora, kerameikos cemetery, athens, greece, 9th century bce. Myceneans: they were inspired by the art in the burials, also entirely probable that when they encounter the. Women would be handling amphorae (though real amphorae are not as large). This is the only way to distinguish male from female: all making a single gesture (tearing hair) symbol of morning, dead person is laying in a funeral couch. 700-600 bce: reference to the eastern mediterranean, around 700 there was a distinct change in greek art, trade started to happen as the greek world started traveling eastward. Uses a shield to look at the re ection of the gorgons: shows greek heroes overcoming adversaries, xenophobia was intense in greek, people who didn"t speak greek were seen as barbaric. Archaic period 600-480 bce: monumental statuary large scale stone structures that are monolithic, kore (maiden, korai always clothed, kouros (youth, kouroi always nude, if women were naked, they would be seen as prostitutes.
