Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Chapter 5

Figure 5-1: Parthenon

Who: Iktinos
What: Marble and Stone
When: 447-438 BCE
Where: Acropolis of Athens
Why: To honor Athena Parthenos ("the virgin") and celebrated the Athenian people

Figure 5-90: Head of Odysseus

Who: Pliny (dedicate to Athanadoros,Hagesandros, and Polypros of Rhodes)
What: Marble
When: Early first century
Where: Villa of Tiberius in Sperlonga, Italy and Titus's palace in Rome
Why: For the Romans

Figure 5-41: Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

Who: Polykleitos
What: Marble
When: 450-440 BCE
Where: In a palaestra (gymnasium) at Pompeii
Why: Model for Roman athletes

Figure 5-10: Peplos Kore

Who: ?
What: Marble
When: 530 BCE
Where: Acropolis in Athens, Greece
Why: Traditional statue of goddess

Figure 5-19: Francois Vase

Who: Kleitias (painted) and Ergotimos (made)
What: Athenian black-figure volute krater
When: 570 BCE
Where: Etruscan tomb from Chiusi, Italy
Why: Display Greek Mythology gods, heroes, and animals

Figure 5-2: Huge Krater

Who: ?
What: Pottery
When: 740 BCE
Where: Dipylon cemetery of Athens, Greece
Why: Grave marker

Figure 5-35: Kritios Boy

Who: Kritios
What: Marble
When: 480 BCE
Where: Acropolis in Athens, Greece
Why: Portray how a human being truly stands

Figure 5-52: Erechtheion

Who: ?
What: Marble and Stone
When: 421-405 BCE
Where: Acropolis at Athens, Greece
Why: Replace the Archaic temple, honor Athena, and was to be a multiple shrine

Figure 5-61: Youth Diving

Who: Tomb of the Diver
What: Painting
When: 480-470 BCE
Where: Tomb of the Diver in Paestum, Italy
Why: Symbolizes the plunge into the underworld

Figure 5-82: Dying Gaul

Who: Pergamene
What: Marble (Roman copy is bronze)
When: 230-220 BCE
Where: Temple of Aphaia at Aegina
Why: Symbolize the victory of Attalos I over the Gauls

Figure 5-20A: Achilles killing Penthesilea

Who: Exekia
What: Pottery
When: 540-530 BCE
Where: ?
Why: Tell a story

Figure 5-5: Corinthian black-figure amphora with animal friezes

Who: ?
What: Pottery
When: 625-600 BCE
Where: Rhodes, Greece
Why: ?

Figure 5-7: Kouros (Youth)

Who: ?
What: Marble
When: 600 BCE
Where: Attica possibly in Anavysos, Greece
Why: Grave Marker

Figure 5-20: Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game

Who: Exekias
What: Athenian black-figure amphora
When: 540-530 BCE
Where: Etruscan tomb at Vulci, Italy
Why: Telling a story

Figure 5-27: Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

Who: Guillaume-Abel Blouet
What: Restored view
When: 500-490 BCE
Where: Aegina, Greece
Why: Suggest how colorful Greek temples were

Figure 5-32: Chariot race between Pelops and King Oinomaos

Who: ?
What: Marble
When: 470-456 BCE
Where: Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece
Why: Tell a story

Figure 5-46: Athena Parthenos

Who: Phidia
What: Gold  and Ivory
When: 438 BCE
Where:  Inside the Parthenon at Acropolis in Athens, Greece
Why: Symbolize Athena holding Nike (Victory)

Figure 5-49: Three Goddess (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite)

Who: ?
What: Marble
When: 438-432 BCE
Where: East  pediment of the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece
Why: Depict the goddess

Figure 5-54: Caryatids of the south porch of the Erechtheion

Who: ?
What: Plaster casta of marble statues
When: 421-405 BCE
Where: Erechtheion at Acropolis in Athens, Greece
Why: ?

Figure 5-75: Temple of Apollo

Who: Paionios of Ephesos and Daphnis of Miletos
What: ?
When: 300 BCE
Where: Didyma, Turkey
Why: Replaced the Archaic temple at the site the Persians burned in 494 BCE when they sacked nearby Miletos