1. Chapter 5: Ancient Greece
Lesson 9: Late Classical & Hellenistic

2. Warm-up 10-17-14 Ch.5 L10 Greece Respond to the following:
What is the narrative of this work?
What are the stylistic characteristics? Why are they significant?
Obj: SWBAT describe the context and significance of the Battle of Issus

3. Announcements: Agenda: 1st quarter Grades Due Next Friday Oct 24th
Late work due by Monday Oct 20th at 5pm
Monday: Quiz on Greece & ALL cue cards due
Agenda:
Warm-up
Announcements and Reminders
Review Acropolis structures
Crash course video
Notes
Think-pair-share
Office Hours
Tuesday 3:00-4:00
Thursday 3:00-4:00

4. Philoxenes of Eretria, Battle of Issus
Narrative:
Battle between Alexander the Great and Persian king Darius III
Alexander impales an enemy but gazes at Darius
Alexander battles without a helmet
Darius flees in humiliating defeat, his charioteer whipping horses and speeding away
Darius reaches toward Alexander in a pathetic gesture

5. Philoxenes of Eretria, Battle of Issus
Significance:
New notion of what painting should be—beginnings of the Renaissance style
Psychological intensity and drama of the moment captured
Use of light and shadow (shading) and clear presentation of figures against the background

6. Works you must research on your own

7. Details of the Panathenaic Festival procession frieze

8. Grave stele of Hegeso

9. NIOBID PAINTER, Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe
Krater
NIOBID PAINTER, Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe
3-Quarter Profile

10. Late Classical
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11. Hermes and the infant Dionysos

12. Early vs. Late Greek painting
How has Greek painting changed over the course of the archaic/classical eras? What are the reasons for these changes?
(What are the stylistic differences and between these works? What cultural changes happened to cause these differences? )
Geometric krater, from the Dipylon cemetery, ca. 740 BCE
Philoxenes of Eretria
Battle of Issus (detail) ca. 310 BCE

13. Hellenistic Art
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14. Early Classical
Hellenistic

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16. Hellenistic Era Context
Death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE
Era ends with death/suicide of Queen Cleopatra and her consort Mark Antony
3 Major Kingdoms emerge:
Alexandria in Egypt
Antioch in Syria
Pergamon in Asia Minor
Hellenistic Kings are immensely rich
Indulging in libraries, art collections, scientific pursuits, being critics and connoisseurs

17. Hellenistic Era Context
3 Major Kingdoms emerge:
Alexandria in Egypt
Antioch in Syria
Pergamon in Asia Minor
Hellenistic Kings are immensely rich
Indulging in libraries, art collections, scientific pursuits, being critics and connoisseurs
Artistically:
Art becomes dramatic
Rejection of Polyklietos concepts of statues—no longer ideally proportioned or self-contained

18. Altar of Zeus, Pergamon

19. Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey
Context: City of Pergamon is given to Rome, which is the greatest power in the world The Attalids -Kingdom of Attalos, after Alexander’s empire Function: Temple/worship

20. Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey
Stylistic Characteristics:
Elevated platform with sculpted frieze 400 ft long
Ionic Colonnade
Narrative/Figures
Gigantomachy --Zeus and the gods battle the giants
Epic conflict for control of the world
Significance
Narrative of the gigantomachy represents the Attalid victory over the Gauls of Asia Minor

21. Athena battling Alkyoneos, Altar of Zeus
gigantomachy

22. Athena battling Alkyoneos, Gigantomachy frieze, Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey
Narrative/Figures
Athena (similar to Parthenon pediment Athena), Gaia (Earth Goddess) remerges from the ground—looks on in horror
Athena grabs hair of the Alkyoneos
Nike flies over to crown Athena
Stylistic Characteristics
Battle is violent and emotionally intense with sweeping draperie
Deep carving = dark shadows  more dramatic
Described as “Baroque” from 17th century European sculpture
Work is ahead of its time

23. Nike alighting on a warship (Nike of Samothrace)
Location:
Sanctuary of Great Gods on island of Samothrace, atop a fountain
Narrative/Figures
Winged goddess of Victory
Would raise her missing arm to crown a naval (on a ship at sea) victor

24. Nike alighting on a warship (Nike of Samothrace)
Stylistic Characteristics
The wind appears sweeps the drapery
Dress has thick folds and bunches, is pulled tight across the abdomen
Placement on fountain adds to theatrical quality of rushing waves
Reflection in water, sound of splashing water
Statue interacts with its environment
Statue is like a living, breathing, emotive human
Significance:
Rejection of Polyklietos concepts of statues—no longer ideally proportioned or self-contained

25. Seated boxer

26. Exit Slip
What cultural beliefs do these pieces represent about the classical Greek era? Use 3 examples of VISUAL evidence from these works to justify your answers. The Parthenon/Doryphorous was constructed with.. The function of the Parthenon/Doryphorous was..
Visual Evidence
Cultural meaning 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

27. Exit Slip—No Notes Allowed
List the 3 unusual characteristics about the Temple of Hera I Paestum, Italy