Archaic Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture Greek Painting on wood plaque: one of the few surviving examples...... And few wall painting from this period survive either Architecture 1
But we do have many, many vases, most of which are decorated Greek Vase shapes Geometric Pottery from the Greek Dark Age Architecture 4 Architecture 2
The Orientalizing Period Renewed trade and contact with the eastern Mediterranean brought in new styles and motifs Korinth, the leading Greek commercial state through most of the Archaic Period, led the way with a new style Black silhouette of geometric style developed, use of incisions Accented with purples and reds Many animals, fantastic creatures, and floral motifs Architecture 5 Korinthian skyphos with animal procession, 600-575 B.C. Architecture 3
Early Attic Black Figure Named for Attica, the chora of Athens Development from geometric which adopts and refines Korinthian black figure techniques Called the narrative style because of its use of mythological scenes Geometric fill and orientalizing motifs persists early in the period Architecture 8 Architecture 4
Gorgons chasing Perseus (who is carrying Medusa s head), Gorgon Painter, 600-590 B.C. François Vase, Kleitias, c. 570 B.C. Architecture 5
Detail of François Vase, showing in upper band the Marriage of Peleus and Thetis Architecture 11 Dionysos and Two Maenads, Amasis Painter, 550-530 B.C. Architecture 6
Achilles and Aias playing dice, Exekias, 540-530 B.C. Archaic Sculpture Egyptian models Technical innovations Kouros and kore, grave markers and dedications Rigid, left-foot stance Frontality Stylized hair and clothing Archaic smile Architecture 14 Architecture 7
Representative Egyptian Statues Architecture 15 Kouros from Attica, c. 615-590 B.C. Architecture 16 Architecture 8
Egyptian statue and Archaic kouros compared Stonecutter s Technique: Methodical, if monotonous symmetry Architecture 9
Calf-Bearer, c. 550 B.C. Examples of Kore Peplos Kore, c. 530 B.C Architecture 10
Architecture 21 Doric Architecture Characterizations Simplicity of design and scarcity of decorative detail Post (column), beam (architrave), and triangle (pediment) construction columns pointing to pediment, triangle of pediment pointing to sky... Doric Terms Stylobate Column shaft capital Entablature architrave triglyph - metope frieze (frequently decorated with relief sculpture in metopes) Pediment Cornice Architecture 22 Architecture 11
Two Simple Temple Floor Plans Architecture 23 More Complex Temple Floor Plans Architecture 24 Architecture 12
Temple Parts Named [ClCv 201 not responsibly for terms] columns in antis Pronaos ( front porch ) Naos (sanctuary) Adytum (extra back room) Opisthodomus stylobate Architecture 25 Parts of a Doric Temple Architecture 13
Temple of Neptune (actually of Hera) at Paestum Architecture 28 Architecture 14
Remains of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia Architecture 29 Artist s rendition of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia Architecture 15
Pedimental sculpture from Olympia Diagrams of the Metope Sculpture from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia Architecture 16
Temple of Aphaia in Aigina Architecture 34 Architecture 17
Architecture 35 Metope sculpture from Temple of Aphaia Architecture 18
Pedimental Sculpture from the Temple of Aphaia (archaic style) Architecture 37 Fallen Warrior from the pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, developed Archaic Architecture 38 Architecture 19