Art History Introduction Professor Suchma

Aegean Art * Figurine of a woman, Cyclades, c. 2600 B.C., marble, Cycladic* “The Toreador Fresco,” Knossos, c.1500 B.C., Minoan* Dagger blade, Mycenae, c.1550 B.C., Mycenaean

Greek ArtSculpture*Kouros, from Attica, c. 600 B.C. *Kroisos (Anavyssos Kouros), c. 525 B.C.*Kritios Boy c. 480 B.C.*POLYKLEITOS, Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) Roman copy of Greek original of c. 450-440 B.C.*Dying Gaul, Roman copy of Greek original of c. 230 B.C.

Vase Painting*Geometric Krater from Dipylon cemetery, Athens, 740 B.C.*EXEKIAS, Achilles and Ajax vase painting, c. 540 B.C.

Architecture*Temple of Hera I Paestum, c. 550BC*Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, 447-432 B.C.*Caryatids, the Erechteion, Akropolis, Athens, 421-405 B.C.*Theater, Epidauros, c. 350 BC

Periods of Greek Art Column OrdersGeometric Period 9-7 .B.C. DoricArchaic Period 6 c. B.C. IonicClassical Period 5 c. B.C. CorinthianHellenistic Period 323 — 31 B.C.

Greek SculptureArchaic Style — 600-480 c. B.C.Classical Styles:Early (Severe)—480-450 B.C.High (Age of Pericles) — 450-400 B.C.Late ( century) — 400-323 B.C.Hellenistic Period — 323-31 B.C.

Related Literature“Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of the minority but of the whole people. What counts is not a membership in a particular class, but the actual ability which man possesses... Here each individual is interested not only in his own affairs but in the affairs of the state as well. Even those who are mostly occupied with their own business are extremely well-informed on general politics.”

Thucydides (460-400 B.C.), History of the Peloponnesian War, Pericles’ Funeral Oration

“In order to a true master of his art, “The painter must have a good knowledge of human nature, he must be able to discern the signs or men’s character even when they are silent, and what is revealed in the state of the cheeks and the expression of the eyes and the character of the eyebrows and, to put the matter briefly, whatever has to do with emotion.” Philostratus the Younger, 3rd century B.C.

“The story runs that Parrhasios entered into competition, Zeuxis exhibiting a picture of some grapes, so true to nature that the birds flew up to the wall of the stage. Parrhasios then displayed a picture of a linen curtain, realistic to such a degree that Zeuxis, elated by the verdict of the birds, cried out that now at last his rival must draw the curtain and show his picture. On discovering his mistake he surrendered the prize to Parrhasios, admitting

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candidly that he had deceived the birds, while Parrhasios had deluded himself, a painter.” Pliny the Elder (23-79 A.D.) Natural History, Book 35 on Greek Painting “Again, figures and colors are not imitations, but signs, of character, indications which the body gives of states of feelings.” Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), The Politics from Book VIII

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