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Kouros, from Attica, possibly Anavysos

adopted the Egyptian pose for standing figures

influence from cyclades

more natural looking

not meant to last forever

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Calf bearer, dedicated by Rhonbos on the Acropolis

archaic smile, to indicate life

wearing some type of robe

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Kroisos, from Anavysos, Greece

more natural looking

not as triangular shaped

little bit of color

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Peplos Kore

women are always clothed in Archaic statuary

otive statue of a goddess wearing four garments. She held her identifying attribute in her missing left hand.

not quite realistic

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Kore in Ionian dress

more detail and accuracy

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an of a typical Greek peripteral temple

housed statues of deities, and most were surrounded by columns

mathematically symmetrical

on hill

approached from all directions

not really meant to go inside

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temple of Hera

early Doric temple consists of heavy, closely spaced, cigar-shaped columns with bulky, pancakelike capitals, characteristic features of Archaic Greek architecture.

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plan for heras tmeple

no real front

as an odd number of columns on the facade and a single row of columns in the cella, leaving no place for a central cult statue.

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West pediment, Temple of Artemis

The hideous Medusa and two panthers at the center of this early pediment served as temple guardians. To either side, and much smaller, are scenes from the Trojan War and the battle of gods and giants.

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Restored view of the Siphnian Treasury, Sanctuary of Apollo

why banks are made the way they are

Treasuries were storehouses for a city’s votive offering

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sanctuary of apollo

straight roads

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Gigantomachy, detail of the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury

Gods fighting giants

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Kleitias and Ergotimos, François Vase

black figure vase

made with coils

tells story of battle with centaurs

words identifying people

more than 200 mythological figures in five registers

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made by Exekias the greatest master of black-figure painting.

Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game

taking a break from fighting

Achilles is winning

black figure

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Lysippides Painter, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (black-figure side of an Athenian bilingual amphora)

Around 530 bce, Greek ceramists invented the red-figure technique. Some of the earliest examples are “bilingual vases”—that is, vases with the same scene on both sides, one in black-figure and one in red-figure.

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red figure side of bilingual vase

more realistic

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Euphronios,

Herakles wrestling Antaios

Herakles was restore to life after defeating him

red figure

attempted to reproduce the way the human body appears from a specific viewpoint.

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Euthymides, Three revelers

drunk figures

1st time seeing true 3/4 figures

shown from diff angles

more realistic