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Anavysos Kouros

  • Archaic Period
  • Votive Figure

Had Paralalles to Ancient Egypt:

  • Arcahic Smile
  • Hair
  • Lack of Clothes
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Spear Bearer

  • High Classical Period
  • Artist was Polykleitos
  • Standing in Contraposto
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Grave Stele of Hegeso

  • High Classical Period
  • Servant is Standing in Contrapposto
4
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Greeks gained confisence with the victory of the _____.

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Perisans

5
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Classical Period Began in ____

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480 BCE

6
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Men is the measure of all things. Humans are important

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Humanism

7
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Nothing happens by accident. Human reason over human emtion.

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Rationalism

8
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System of perfect mathematical proortions for human depictions.

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Idealism

9
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When weight is shifted more on one leg than the other

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Contrapposto

10
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What statue was when the human body had been looked at the most realistically?

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In Polykeitos

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Entasis

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A Convex or curve to a structure for aesthetic purposes.

12
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Pediment

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Triangular Area within the structure that was typically decorated with different scenes.

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Cycladic Figure

  • Abstract
  • Females
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Palace of Knossos

  • Minoan
  • Associated with the myth of the Minotaur
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Citadel at Mycenae

  • Fortified Walls
  • Warror Like
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Nike of Samothrace

  • Hellenistic
  • Time Period Had Market Woman
17
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Colummn Identification

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Doric

18
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Column Identification

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Ionic

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Bull Leaping Fresco

  • Minoan
  • in th palace of Knossos Crete
  • Stucco with some Relief
20
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After the Battle of Salamis, the Greeks gained ____ so the artwork changed.

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Confidence

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A technqiue of Ancient Greek Pottery in which black figured are pained on a red clay ground

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Black Figure

22
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A technique characterized by redclay-colored figured reseved on a black background.

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Red-Figure

23
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Early Classical Sculptures vs. Hellenistic Sculptures

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Early Classcial Sculptures were more idealzied while Hellenistic sculptures focued more on verism.

24
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Where is the Parthenon located?

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On top of the Acropolis

25
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What is the highest point in the city?

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The Acropolis

26
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What was at the base of the Acropolis?

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Athens Agora

27
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What style are all the buildings at the Acropolis?

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High Classical

28
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Who commissioned the buildings at the Acropolis?

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Pericles

29
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What did the Temple of Athena Nike contain?

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A relief sculpture of Athena