1. Greek Sculpture

2. Greek Sculpture Two Enduring Understandings about Greek sculpture:
Greek sculpture demonstrates a discernable pattern of development that we can categorize
A specific vocabulary can be used to describe Greek sculpture

3. Objectives: Identify periods of Greek sculptural development.
Define vocabulary to describe sculpture.
Apply period names and vocabulary terms to analysis of example sculptures.

4. A Pattern of Development
Enduring Understandings about Greek sculpture:
1. Greek sculpture demonstrates a discernable pattern of development that we can categorize

5. A Pattern of Development
Evolution of the Kouroi to the Kritios Boy and Comparison with the Hellenistic Apollo Belvedere.
The Evolution of Realism: 1) c. 600 BC, 2) c BC, 3) c. 560 BC, 4) c BC , 5) c BC, 6) c. 485 BC, 7) c. 320 BC

6. A Pattern of Development

7. Greek Sculpture Development
Periods and their Styles
Vocabulary to Describe Styles
Example Pieces
Example Types

8. Periodization
Historians use a technique we may term periodization to assign events, individuals and works of art and literature to a specific time period.

9. Periods of Greek Sculpture
Archaic
Classical
Hellenistic
500’s and earlier B.C.
400’s B.C
300’s B.C. and later

10. Archaic

11. Two Archaic Sculpture Types: Kouros & Kore
Male: kouros (youth) Female: kore (maiden)

12. Classical

13. Hellenistic
Period ________

14. Vocabulary to Describe Greek Sculpture
stylized: elimination or exaggeration of details; subjects are portrayed using a pattern or standard of expression
symbolic: use of symbols to convey meaning
idealize: attempt to create perfect representations
contraposotto: weight shift that renders a graceful attitude to the sculpture.
naturalistic or realistic: portraiture, replicate life without relying on ideals, styles, or symbols; we may think of this as life-like

15. How to look at Greek Sculpture
Ask Three Questions
To Identify the
Period
of a Greek Sculpture

16. How to look at Greek Sculpture
What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?
What is the POSE?
How are the KNEES portrayed?

17. How to look at Greek Sculpture
What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?
stylized: elimination or exaggeration of details; subjects are portrayed using a pattern or standard of expression
note hair, eyes, nose, mouth and symmetry
Archaic

18. How to look at Greek Sculpture
What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?
Classical
idealized:
represents an attempt to create perfect representation of the human form

19. How to look at Greek Sculpture
What is the FACIAL EXPRESSION?
naturalistic or realistic:
portraiture, replicates life without relying on ideals, styles, or symbols
We may think of these pieces as life-like.
Hellenistic

20. Archaic What is the POSE? note head position and attention
note arm position and flexion
note foot/leg position: stylized/ or symbolic of motion or being at rest * the meaning is debated
note symmetry

21. Classical What is the POSE? frozen action or static pose
contraposotto:
weight shift that renders a graceful attitude to the sculpture.

22. Hellenistic What is the POSE? awkward position frozen moment
emotion demonstrated
physical age imperfection evident or exaggerated
Period ________

23. How are the KNEES portrayed?
Archaic
How are the KNEES portrayed?
block-like
stiff, flexed muscles
patella (knee cap) over emphasized

24. How are the KNEES portrayed?
Classical
a pose “in motion” may render differences between the two knees
muscles are more gracefully joined, often somewhat over emphasized
patella (knee cap) slightly over-emphasized

25. How are the KNEES portrayed?
Hellenistic
How are the KNEES portrayed?
more graceful musculature
knee cap evident but not over emphasized
possibly obscured by clothing
Period ________

27. Hellenistic more graceful musculature
How are the KNEES portrayed?
more graceful musculature
knee cap evident but not over emphasized
possibly obscured by clothing
Period ________

28. Greek Sculpture Quiz

29. The Laocöon Group
(Rome, Vatican Museums)

30. Discobolos (c450 BC) Roman marble copy after bronze original (Rome, National Museum)

31. Doryphoros Polykleitos
(The Canon, or Spear Carrier) marble, c450 BC (Vatican Museums)

32. Diadoumenos, or the Fillet Binder
Polykleitos
(Roman copy after bronze original c.450)

33. Metropolitan Museum, New York
Wounded Amazon,
copy after originals known to have been created by Phidias for competition
Metropolitan Museum, New York

34. Wounded Amazon,
copy after originals known to have been created by Polykleitos for competition
?In Ephesus?
Won by Polykleitos
Vatican Museum

35. Greek Sculpture Quiz: Peplos Kore
(c530 BC) polychromed (painted) marble

36. Peplos Kore
(c530 BC) polychromed (painted) marble

37. Greek Sculpture Quiz:
Moscophoros,
the Calf-Bearer
(Acropolis Museum)

38. Greek Sculpture Quiz:
"Rampin Horseman"
Athens, Acropolis Museum

39. Greek Sculpture Quiz: Kroisos from Anavyssos,
grave marker (c BC) (Athens, National Museum) polychromed (painted) marble

40. Greek Sculpture Quiz: Kroisos from Anavyssos,
grave marker (c BC) (Athens, National Museum) polychromed (painted) marble

41. Kritios
(c480 BC) marble (Athens, Acropolis Museum)

42. Aphrodite of Melos,
second century BC (Paris, Louvre)

43. Aphrodite of Melos,
second century BC (Paris, Louvre)

44. Greek Sculpture Quiz:
Apollonios, Seated Boxer (Rome, Museo delle Terme) )

45. Greek Sculpture Quiz: Satyr with Infant Dionysos
(Rome, Vatican Museums)

46. Greek Sculpture: Quiz. Name_______________________
Greek Sculpture: Quiz Name_______________________ Date__________ Directions: Examine the figures as noted. Above and beside each figure create a flower as indicated by the diagram on the balckboard.