WEEK 7: EARLY GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE (2/25)


Architecture

Temples

Orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

Typical plans

Examples: Temple of Hera (Paestum, Italy), Hephaestion (Athens)

the interior

facade: friezes, metopes, architraves

The Greek House

typical plan

division of the sexes, labor

Sculpture

kouros and koure: purpose?

"Man is the measure of all things." - Protagoras

influence: kouros, kore (1, 2, 3)

progression in style: 1 - 2 - 3

monumental sculpture: Naxian kouros, Naxian sphinx, Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Pottery

different shapes and their uses

different styles: red-figure, black-figure, white-ground

different origins: proto-Attic, Attic, proto-Corinthian, Corinthian


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Updated 2-25-08, bolmarcich[at]mail.utexas.edu