ARTH 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Praxiteles, Exekias
1 Feb 2014
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Construction of the oldest peripteral doric and ionic temples: black and red figure vase paintings, examples, exekias, achilles and ajax playing dice game, ready for battle; armed; stance ready to get up/at edge of seat, calm before the storm , kouros/anavysos, earliest life size statuary, kouros=youth, body ready in position, sense of movement, pride/self confidence, completely naked, woman are always clothed; wearing peplos=long, peplos kore garment, less detail, herkles wrestling antaios, profile view, movement; action, emphasis on power/muscle, closer to earth=more power. 900 30 bce: geometric and orientalizing, revival of figure paintings, archaic, early and high classical, contrapposto introduced in greek statuary, sense=balance, system of proportion=mathematical, objects, characters, events were shown in the most noble state, meant for public workship, simple, examples, temple of zeus, olympian, lavishly decorated, depicts legendary chariot race, temple of herra, reflect olympian design but lacks pedimental scuplture of its model, reference to temple of zeus.
