5 greek art

Greek Art

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (spear-bearer). Roman marble after a bronze original of c.450-440 B.C. 6’ 11” high. Museo Nazionale, Naples.

Dipylon Master, Dipylon Vase (Attic Geomatric amphora), from the Dipylon cemmentery Athens, c. 750 B.C Approx. 61”high. National Archeological Museum, Athens

Lady of Auxerre, statue of a goddess or kore, ca. 650-625 BCE Limestone, approx. 251/2” high. Louvre, Paris.

Calf bearer (Moschophoros), dedicated by Rhonbos on the Acropolis, Athens, c. 560 B.C. Marble, restored height approx. 5’ 5”. Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Dying warrior, from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 480 BCE. Marble, 6 1″ long. Glyptothek, ′

Munich.

Temple of Hera II, Paestum, ItalyGreek, Classical Period

proportions have changed- lighter than archaic period

The east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, c. 470-456 B.C. Marble, approx. 87’ wide. Archeological Museum, Olympia.

Seer from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Marble, approx. 4’ 6”high. Archeological Museum, Olympia.

Kritios boy from the Acropolis, Athens, c. 480 B.C. Marble Approx. 34” high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Warrior, from the sea off Riace, Italy, ca. 460-450 BCE. Bronze, 6 6″ high. Archeological Museum ′

Reggio Calabria.

Warrior,(head detail) from the sea off Riace, Italy, ca. 460-450 BCE. Bronze, 6 ′6″ high. Archeological Museum Reggio Calabria.

Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?) from the east pediment of the parthenon, c. 438-432 B.C. Marble, greatest height approx. 4’5”. British

Museum London.

Horsemen detail of north frieze of the Parthenon, c 447-438 B.C. Marble, Approx. 3’ 6”high British Museum, London.

Seated gods and goddesses (Poseidon, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Eros) Detail of the east Frieze of the Parthenon, c. 447-438 B.C. Marble approx.

3’ 6”high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Nike adjusting her sandal from the south side of the parapet of the temple of the Athens Nike, Acropolis, Athens, c. 410 B.C. Marble approx. 3’ 6”high.

Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Niobid painter Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe (detail from an Attic red figure calyx- krater) from Orvieto c. 455-450 B.C. Portion shown

Approx. 15” high, whole vessel approx 21”high. Louvre, Paris

Youth diving painted ceiling of the tomb of the diver Paestum c 480 B.C. Approx. 3’ 4” high Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Paestum.

Head of Herakles or Telephos, from the west pediment of the Temple of Athens Alea at Tegea c.340 B.C. Marble, Approx. 12 ½” high National Archeological Museum Athens.

Philoxenos eretria battle of issue c. 310 B.C. Roman mosaic copy of the late second or the early 1st century B.C. approx. 8’ 10” x 16’ 9” Museo Nazionale,

Naples.

Choragic monument of Lysikrates Athens, 334 B.C.

POLYKLEITOS THE YOUNGER, Corinthian capital, from the tholos, Epidauros, Greece, ca. 350 BCE. Archaeological Museum, Epidauros.

Winged victory of Samothrace,c.190 B.C Marble and LimestoneLouvre