HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Peisistratos, Aegisthus, Talthybius
13 Nov 2020
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Lecture 5: greek architecture as a story engine. An idea in scholarship that pictures cannot tell stories. Different between pictures and texts in that texts work in time. Pictures can make an emotional connection but have no way of extending into time. Siphnian treasury at delphi, 525 bce, those entering the sanctuary saw the building from the back. Parthenon and pergamon altar are also seen from the back first. As there is another building behind the treasury, the side featuring the war is seen first,. In archaic art, we can tell who is winning a battle as they will be placed physically higher. The assembly of the gods is seen after the war. The gods are deciding the fates of the warriors. Zeus is holding scales in which a figure labelled achilles is higher than the other figure, who will win the battle. Viewer will see that the battle is decided by the gods.
