NAME: KOURos INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERIOD: The Archaic Period is preceded by the Greek Dark Age (c.1200- 800 BCE), and IT WAS THE FIRST OF THE THREE GREEK PERIODS, WE CAN OBSERVE A LOT OF SIMILITUDES WITH THE EGYPTIAN STYLE, EXCEPT FROM SOME EXCEPTIONS . canons or characteristics that we can observe in the sculpture: (1) The kouros was presented naked , AND EGYPTIANS WERE NOT. (2) The left leg is placed much less forward and the right leg is immediately behind the left leg so that the body weight is evenly distributed and the impression is created that the figure is walking. (3) The kouros is freestanding (4) we can observe the stiff position (5) THE ARCHAIC SMILE WAS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT
pottery
This was used for commercial or people gave them domestic usage and other purposes, also to depict daily life objects and other functions of this art were artistic or religious Pottery was the work for slaves in Greece , and was their legacy, Why? Because actually we don´t have much paintings or frescoes because of natural disasters and other circunstances. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS All that remains of painting appear only in this objects. They are not murals.
Organized in registers
They are in black or red figured Represents scenes from daily life to myths and legends.
CLASSICAL SCULPTURE
NAME: KRitOS boy
INFORMATiON ABOUT THE PERIOD: WE CAN OBSERVE THE FIRST CONTRAPOSSTO. THE FORM OF CLASSICAL SCULPTURES ARE MORE NATURAL AND FLUID AND THE "S" FORM GAVE THEN A SENSE OF MOVEMENT.
TIME : POST 480 BC
CANONS OR CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE CAN OBSERVE: 1. HUMAN ANATOMY WAS WORTHY 2. NO STIFF POSITION 3. FIGURE IN ACTION 4. DYNAMIC POSES. 5. WE CAN OBSERVE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE MUSCLES (THEY ARE RELAXED)
ARCHITECTURE NAME: THE PARTHENON INFORMATION ABOUT IT: IT WAS A TEMPLE CONSTRUCTED IN A DORIC STYLE, AND IT WAS MADE FOR ATHENAS. IT IS LOCATED AT THE ACRÓPOLIS. IT IS A VERY COMPLETE FORM OF ARCHITECTURE , FOR EXAMPLE, IT HAS 92 METOPES IN THE DORIC FRIEZE COURSE AND ALL OF THEM HAD SCULPTURED RELIEFS .
THE MOST IMPORTANT SCULPTURE IN THE PARTHENON IS THE STATUE OF ATHENA THAT IS 12 M HIGH AND MADE OF CARVED IVORY OF GOLD AND FLESH PARTS
HELLENISTIC SCULPTURE
name: Nike of Samothrace DATE OF CREATION: Nike was a symbol of victory for ancient Greeks. information about the period: The Hellenistic Age marks the transformation of Greek society from the city-states to an open, cosmopolitan, and it also took more influence in other territories of Southwest Asia. also the Hellenistic world incorporated a number of different people, Greek thinking, and a new way of living that predominated a lot of time.
canons or characteristics in the sculpture: Hellenistic art HAD DIFFERENT subjectS and in stylistic development. It was created during an age characterized by a strong sense of history. For the first time,
The Nike’s wings are VERY naturalistic, and also contribute to THE active tone of the statue.
sculptures were more styled or they depicted people with objects.
Hellenistic artists copied and adapted earlier styles, and also made great innovations. Representations of GREEK GODS
THE ORDERS.
The three main types of columns used in Greek temples and other public buildings are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The truest and most basic difference among the orders has to do with proportions DORIC