C206 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE
Horse figurines - Answers - Olympia, 750-700, Geometric period, cast bronze, meant to
stand or hang from trees or attached to tripod cauldrons, -thick necks, long, thin, flat
bodies, and stick-like legs were common to the geometricized treatment, dedicated in
sanctuaries
Dipylon amphora - Answers - Found in Dipylon cemetery, Athens, 1.55 m high, ca. 750,
Prothesis scene (laying out of the body), "horror vacui" - fear of emptiness, Geometric,
used as grave marker, often as big as a man, ekphora- showed processions of
mourners, warriors on foot, chariots following body to the cemetery, figures on dipylons-
-triangular torsos, etc, -named after the part of kerameikos cemetery in athens (first
found) - at the "double gate" which is what dipylon translates to
-as time goes on, more space painted with decoration
-Nearly all mourners tearing at their hair flank the central scene
Lady of Auxerre - Answers - -Limestone, 630 BC, 65 cm tall
-All Greek sculpture was originally painted very bright
- archaic in Daedalic style, can tell by: long triangular face, flat body, broad belt,
frontality, low forehead, large eyes, and patterned, wig-like hair
- has Assyrian parallels in its original cutlines, initial stimulus for the style originated
-all greek stone statues were originally painted brightly
-thick belt emphasizes division of upper and lower
PC Wine Jug - Answers - -650
- Protocorinthian, neatly drawn animal freizes with the use of incision for details and to
add color
- Different than Ripe Corinthian because it is still neat, not rushed. the rosettes in the
background are artistically placed instead of completely filling the space, Ripe corinthian
is also done by 2nd rate artists
- typical to use animal motifs in PC pottery
-Favorite shapes are small: aryballos (perfume bottle), olpe, wine jug
-Miniature friezes, especially of animals, drawn with high precision
-Use of incision, polychromy
-Oriental motifs: rosettes, sphinxes, animals (esp. felines)
Protocorinthian Pottery - Answers - 725-625
Ripe Corinthian Pottery - Answers - 625-550
PC "Chigi Vase" - Answers - -By painter MacMillan
- ca 640, height 26 cm
--one of the larger wine vessels (for Corinth)
-subdivided into 3 friezes
-shows greek soldiers marching
, -seventh century corinthian pottery/Protocorinthian
-clashing warriors and huntsmen
-black figure
- Young boys on bottom are hunting a lion (makes them heroic)
- Gorgon head painted on a hoplite's shield, meant to scare the enemy
-three levels, hoplites, young riders, boys hunting hares
PA Amphora by Eleusis - Answers - -ca 650
-Protoattic
-Burial jar for a child
-On right: Amphora from Eleusis typifies this experimental face in Attic painting as the
geometric style was replaced. Only one side carries figure decoration. The reverse is
decorated with a design of entwined plants. On the neck is pictured Odysseus and his
companions driving a stake into the eye of the Cyclops. In this scene the geometric
background
- oriental influence seen in the cable motif
- Typical Protoattic traits: large scale, scene is a story - at the height of the tale (on
neck, Odysseus is currently stabbing Polythemus), violent
- details done with outlines and some shading
- First depiction of a Gorgon; drew inspiration from Geometric tripod cauldrons, added
huge eyes and childish, oversized mouth
-Odysseus and comrades blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus
-Medousa decapitated by Perseus, who flees the Gorgons (Medousa's sisters)
-Changing depiction of exotics (monsters)
New York kouros - Answers - -ca 600, 1.84 m high
-patterned anatomy
-volute ears
-left foot outstretched, stiff, arms to side
-stiff, Kouros stance - one foot forward, arms stiffly down at sides
symmetrical anatomy
very neat hair, wig-like, patterned
Olympia, Hera - Answers - Wooden columns were replaced by stone ones as they
rotted away. Evolution in capitals from baggy to conical.
Aphaia pediments - Answers - -West, 500
-East, 480
-West made in the Archaic period while the East pediment was made 20 years later in
the Early Classical period
West: smile, patterned hair, theatrical pose, frontality
East: less theatrical more real, grimace of pain instead of a smile (shows emotion)
François vase - Answers - -ca 570, height 66 cm
-Kleitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter). Fd. in Chiusi (Tuscany, Italy). "A compendium
of Greek myth"
Horse figurines - Answers - Olympia, 750-700, Geometric period, cast bronze, meant to
stand or hang from trees or attached to tripod cauldrons, -thick necks, long, thin, flat
bodies, and stick-like legs were common to the geometricized treatment, dedicated in
sanctuaries
Dipylon amphora - Answers - Found in Dipylon cemetery, Athens, 1.55 m high, ca. 750,
Prothesis scene (laying out of the body), "horror vacui" - fear of emptiness, Geometric,
used as grave marker, often as big as a man, ekphora- showed processions of
mourners, warriors on foot, chariots following body to the cemetery, figures on dipylons-
-triangular torsos, etc, -named after the part of kerameikos cemetery in athens (first
found) - at the "double gate" which is what dipylon translates to
-as time goes on, more space painted with decoration
-Nearly all mourners tearing at their hair flank the central scene
Lady of Auxerre - Answers - -Limestone, 630 BC, 65 cm tall
-All Greek sculpture was originally painted very bright
- archaic in Daedalic style, can tell by: long triangular face, flat body, broad belt,
frontality, low forehead, large eyes, and patterned, wig-like hair
- has Assyrian parallels in its original cutlines, initial stimulus for the style originated
-all greek stone statues were originally painted brightly
-thick belt emphasizes division of upper and lower
PC Wine Jug - Answers - -650
- Protocorinthian, neatly drawn animal freizes with the use of incision for details and to
add color
- Different than Ripe Corinthian because it is still neat, not rushed. the rosettes in the
background are artistically placed instead of completely filling the space, Ripe corinthian
is also done by 2nd rate artists
- typical to use animal motifs in PC pottery
-Favorite shapes are small: aryballos (perfume bottle), olpe, wine jug
-Miniature friezes, especially of animals, drawn with high precision
-Use of incision, polychromy
-Oriental motifs: rosettes, sphinxes, animals (esp. felines)
Protocorinthian Pottery - Answers - 725-625
Ripe Corinthian Pottery - Answers - 625-550
PC "Chigi Vase" - Answers - -By painter MacMillan
- ca 640, height 26 cm
--one of the larger wine vessels (for Corinth)
-subdivided into 3 friezes
-shows greek soldiers marching
, -seventh century corinthian pottery/Protocorinthian
-clashing warriors and huntsmen
-black figure
- Young boys on bottom are hunting a lion (makes them heroic)
- Gorgon head painted on a hoplite's shield, meant to scare the enemy
-three levels, hoplites, young riders, boys hunting hares
PA Amphora by Eleusis - Answers - -ca 650
-Protoattic
-Burial jar for a child
-On right: Amphora from Eleusis typifies this experimental face in Attic painting as the
geometric style was replaced. Only one side carries figure decoration. The reverse is
decorated with a design of entwined plants. On the neck is pictured Odysseus and his
companions driving a stake into the eye of the Cyclops. In this scene the geometric
background
- oriental influence seen in the cable motif
- Typical Protoattic traits: large scale, scene is a story - at the height of the tale (on
neck, Odysseus is currently stabbing Polythemus), violent
- details done with outlines and some shading
- First depiction of a Gorgon; drew inspiration from Geometric tripod cauldrons, added
huge eyes and childish, oversized mouth
-Odysseus and comrades blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus
-Medousa decapitated by Perseus, who flees the Gorgons (Medousa's sisters)
-Changing depiction of exotics (monsters)
New York kouros - Answers - -ca 600, 1.84 m high
-patterned anatomy
-volute ears
-left foot outstretched, stiff, arms to side
-stiff, Kouros stance - one foot forward, arms stiffly down at sides
symmetrical anatomy
very neat hair, wig-like, patterned
Olympia, Hera - Answers - Wooden columns were replaced by stone ones as they
rotted away. Evolution in capitals from baggy to conical.
Aphaia pediments - Answers - -West, 500
-East, 480
-West made in the Archaic period while the East pediment was made 20 years later in
the Early Classical period
West: smile, patterned hair, theatrical pose, frontality
East: less theatrical more real, grimace of pain instead of a smile (shows emotion)
François vase - Answers - -ca 570, height 66 cm
-Kleitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter). Fd. in Chiusi (Tuscany, Italy). "A compendium
of Greek myth"
