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CLASSICIAL STYLE

CLASSICIAL STYLE. N.B. the Etruscan area in Northern Italy, which is critical for all Western civilization!. GREEK CULTURE’S 3 BASIC ERAS: Archaic—700-480 BCE (Obvious Egyptian influence, stiff, left foot forward and hands at the side)

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CLASSICIAL STYLE

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  1. CLASSICIAL STYLE

  2. N.B. the Etruscan area in Northern Italy,which is critical for all Western civilization!

  3. GREEK CULTURE’S 3 BASIC ERAS: Archaic—700-480 BCE (Obvious Egyptian influence, stiff, left foot forward and hands at the side) Classicism—480-320 BCE (Sculpture was more natural, idealized body portrayed in marble and bronze) Hellenistic—320-30 BCE(Emotional over the top artistic statement)

  4. GREEK CLASSICISM • Universe seen in terms of math and geometry • All art therefore reflected the numerical balance • Creation of Greek artistic canon—proportion/balance • Stylized—Egyptian…not Greek • Realism and Idealism—both Greek and neither Egyptian

  5. Greek Horizontal Ever-changing Experimental This worldly Democratic Chaotic Egyptian Pyramidal Static Traditional Other worldly Autocratic Unity/continuity • GREEK CULTURE AND ART:

  6. Obvious Egyptian influence, stiff, left foot forward and hands at the side, large eyes, Archaic smile However, notice that Greeks sculpted nudes and preferred males over females as opposed to Egyptians ARCHAIC—700-480 BCE

  7. Kouros c. 615 BCE(note Egyptian stance)

  8. Kore ca. 530 BCE

  9. Calf-bearer c. 570 BCE

  10. Apollo ca. 500 BCE

  11. ARCHAIC—700-480 BCE Compare the two figures: What separates them other than less than a century? c. 525 BCE c. 615BCE

  12. CLASSICISM—480-320 BCE) Sculptures are more natural, moving from realism to idealized body and portrayed in marble and bronze NB beginnings of contraposta (S-shaped curve) Kritios Boy ca. 480 BCE

  13. Scraper (Roman copy) c. 330 BCE

  14. Charioteer c. 470 BCE

  15. NB perfect example of theS-shaped curve Doryphoros (Roman copy)

  16. NB perfect example of theS-shaped curve Myron’s Discus Throwerc. 450 BCE

  17. Young Warriorc. 460 BCE N.B. “S” shaped curve

  18. Poseidon c. 460 BCE

  19. The Horses of Neptune by Walter Crane

  20. NB the change in a century and a half. Young Warriorc. 460 BCE Kouros c. 615 BCE

  21. Aphrodite (Roman copy) 350BCE

  22. Aphrodite 350 BCE NB the changes in less than two centuries Kore ca. 530 BCE

  23. Greek Architecture

  24. Doric capital

  25. Temple of Hera c. 550 BCE

  26. Hera II c. 500 BCE

  27. Ionic capital

  28. Corinthian capital

  29. Acropolis Acropolis

  30. Acropolis

  31. Acropolis (Greek: akros, top, polis, city)

  32. The Parthenon, Acropolis c. 448-432 BCE

  33. A moment of Zen Lord Elgin took the Marbles from the Parthenon….

  34. By taking them, they were protected and more people have seen them in London than could have seen them in Athens. They are Greek marbles and not Lord Elgin’s and should be returned to Greece as part of their national treasures. THE “ELGIN” MARBLESthe pros and cons An interesting site about the Marbles:http://dir.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/05/marbles/index.html

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