Chapter 5: Ancient Greece Lesson 7: Early Classical

Warm-up Ch.5 L6 Greece Respond to the following: 1.What is the title of this work? 2.What period is this work from? 3.What are the stylistic characteristics? Obj: SWBAT Describe the characteristics classical Greek Sculpture HW Due Today: Test Corrections Read pages ,

Title: Kroisos, from Anavysos, Greece, ca. 530 BCE Period: Archaic Period Stylistic Features: Frontal pose, arms at sides with clenched hands Similar to Egyptian statues—canon of proportions More naturalistic rendering “Archaic Smile”

Warm-up Ch.5 L6 Greece Label the following on WORKSHEET: Obj: SWBAT Describe the unusual characteristics of the Hera I temple HW Due Monday: Test Corrections Only complete the front of the worksheet

Antis Opisthodomis Pronaos Styobate Cella

Ionic Doric Corinthian Image #1Image #2 Image #3 Image #4Image #5Image #6 Name the capital type

Announcements: Due today—Test corrections ½ point for each multiple choice correction ½ point for each point lost on short answer Read pages , Mrs Q will have a sub on thurs and Friday next week Excellent report & clean room = movie for a period & a candy bar Announcements: Due today—Test corrections ½ point for each multiple choice correction ½ point for each point lost on short answer Read pages , Mrs Q will have a sub on thurs and Friday next week Excellent report & clean room = movie for a period & a candy bar Agenda: Warm-up Announcements and Reminders Review Hera Temple I Agenda: Warm-up Announcements and Reminders Review Hera Temple I Office Hours Tuesday 3:00-4:00 Thursday 3:00-4:00 Office Hours Tuesday 3:00-4:00 Thursday 3:00-4:00

Early Classical Period

Greek Context

Early Classical Period Context Context: The Greeks defeated the Persians High point in Greek society The era of Socrates, Pythagoras, and other influential people on philosophy, science, literature, etc. Pythagoras discovers harmonic chords expressed in ratios or proportions—thought that these proportions could be found in nature

Classical Sculpture I I What is so special about Classical Greek sculpture? What is revolutionary about it?

If we look at the early Greek sculpture, the Anavysos Kouros (c 525 BCE), the unnatural stiffness is still present. CONTRAPPOSTO...the shoulders are level...the hips are level...both fists are level...even the knees are level...but the left leg is thrust forward. The left leg is forward and would have to be six inches longer! Does the Anavysos Koursos statue demonstrate contrapposto? The Answer is NO.

CONTRAPPOSTO Contrapposto first appeared in classical Greek sculpture....the left shoulder is higher than the right shoulder...an angle from the right shoulder to the left hip. The leg is relaxed and the hip bone is lower....the right leg bears all the body’s weight. Also notice how the knees are not level and at an angle. The shoulders counterbalance the hips. If the hips and shoulders were parallel, we could not balance and would fall over! CONTRAPPOSTO (or COUNTERBALANCE)-- describes the stance of the human body in which one leg bears the weight while the other is relaxed. An asymmetry is created in the shoulder-hip axis. This is a natural, relaxed body pose. Early sculptures of human figures, while anatomically correct, appeared stiff and unnatural

Check for understanding What is “contrapposto”?

Kritios Boy from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 480 B.C.E. marble 34 in. high

Early Classical Period Kritios Boy, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 480 B.C.E. Stylistic Features: One of the most important statues in the history of art Contrapposto-weight shift, head turn and tilt, Sculptor was the first to represent this more naturalistic pose

Check for understanding What is the title of this work? What period is this work from? What is the significance of this work?

Polykleitos Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) ca B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 6’ 11”

Classical Sculpture greek.html greek.html What is so special about Classical Greek sculpture? What is revolutionary about it?

Polykleitos Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) ca B.C.E. 6’ 11”

Early Classical Period Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Artist: Polykleitos Stylistic Features: Contrapposto, asymmetrical Canon or Canon of Polykleitos– mathematical formula for perfect proportions of a statue

Early Classical Period Function & Significance: This is a Roman copy The embodiment of the perfect statue of a nude male or warrior Harmony of opposites—appearing to step forward but not moving Motion while at rest

Check for understanding What are the stylistic features of this work? Why did the Greeks abandon the Egyptian style (stiff and rigid)?

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