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Niobid Painter

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Niobid Painter. Red-figured calyz krater from Orvieto. Musee de Louvre, Paris. Wine-mixing bowl. Shows outcome of Niobe's boast that her children were more beautiful than Apollo and Artemis. Terrain plays role in vase.

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Temple of Hera I

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Temple of Hera I "Basilica", 550 BC. Temple of Hera II "Temple of Poseidon", Paestrum, 460 BC. Doric style. Hera I = low and sprawling. Hera II = tall and compact.

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Zeus

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Zeus. 450 BC. Bronze. 6'10". Made with lost wax process. Displayed impending motion. Found in cargo of sunken Roman ship. Expresses god's power.

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Theater at Epidauros

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3rd to 2nd century. Built in hillside and sanctuary of Asklepios (healing god). Seating (cavea), performance floor (orchestra). Important part of religious landscape.

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Porch of Maidens

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Porch of Maidens. The Erechtheion. 421-405 BC. Akropolis, Athens. Architect: Mnesikles. Has four rooms. Enclosed olive tree from Athena and salt water fountain from Poseidon. Ionic Temple. Female figures that support roof are called caryatids.

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Kroisos

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Kroisos. 540 BC. Archaic period. National Museum, Athens. Funerary statue. Has archaic smile. Naturalistic (can tell time from how naturalistic it was). Was painted. Males are nude (females aren't).

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Dying Trumpeter

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Epigonos of Pergamon (Turkey). Roman copy of bronze original. Depicts defeated Gaul. Found in sanctuary of Athena in Akropolis. Was a sculpture in a group.

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Temple of Artemis (reconstruction drawing)

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Temple of Artemis, Corfu. 600 BC. Pediment shows Medusa and two offspring. Pediment is in high relief (sculptor undercut figures). Doric. Facade.

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Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)

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Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman copy after original by Polykleitos. Marble. Museum in Naples. Balanced body (different working body parts). Polykleitos theorized proportion. Balance and proportion.

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Dipylon Vase

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Dipylon Vase. Geometric Amphora (masterpiece of the potter's craft, used to store things). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Used as funerary marker over burial. Organized in bands. Handles emphasize widest point on body.

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Pythokritos of Rhodes

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Pythokritos of Rhodes. Nike of Samothrace. Marble. Musee de Louvre, Paris. Victory monument.

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Doric and Ionic Styles

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Doric: Masculine, larger shaft, column goes directly to base. Ionic: Feminine, capital on top of column, bottom of column has pattern before base.

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Polykleitos the Younger

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Polykletios the Younger. Corinthian Capital from tholos at Epidauros. Covered with acanthus plant. At first only used in temples, later used outside of temples.

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Exekias

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Exekias. Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice. Black-figured amphora. 540 BC. Vatican Museums. Ironic because Achilles won, but he will die in battle. Made through slipware. Used to hold wine.

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Kritios Boy

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Kritios Boy. 480 BC. Marble. Akropolis Museum, Athens. Classical Age. Funerary statue. Is a kouros. Is in chiastic pose (contrapposto) balanced symmetry and relaxed stance. Naturalistic

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Parthenon

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Creators: Iktinos & Kallikrates. Akropolis, Athens. Contains big statue of Athena from Ivory and gold. Made of white marble. Mainly Doric. Proplylaea is entrance to Akropolis.

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Scraper (Apoxyomenos)

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Apoxyomenos (Scraper). Roman marble copy after Bronze original. Sculptor: Lysippos (preferred more slender proportions than Polykleitos). Chiastic pose. Youth scraping oil from skin with strigil.

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Three Goddesses

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Three Goddesses, from east pediment of Parthenon. 438 BC. Marble, over life sized. British Museum, London. Shows Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite.

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Greek Temple

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Ground plan of a Greek temple. Main chamber: cella/naos. 6-8 columns at front/back. 12-17 along the sides. Peristyle: surrounds cella and porches. Functioned as transition zone between outside and cella.

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