Early and High Classical

Kritios Boy

Early Classical
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-Considered one of the most important works of early classical greek sculpture
-Organic stance
-Contrapposto = set against
-Naturalism began off of a weight shift in sculptures
-Separates itself from all sculpture that came before it
-No archaic grin
-Severe style = expressionless face
-Named after sculptor

Warrior

Early Classical
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-Found in the sea
-Cast bronze, inlaid with copper and silver
-Used to hold spear and shield
-Reflects an understanding of human anatomy and human motion
-Severe style
-Took 9 years to restore
-Cire peradu = lost wax

Diskolobos
(Artist)

Early/High Classical
(Myron)
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-Means “disk thrower”
-Roman marble copy of greek bronze original
-Sculptor is known for his depicts of nude male athletes
-Revolution in active poses, humans in motion

Doryphoros
(Artist)

High Classical
(Polykleitos)
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-Marble copy of bronze original
-Found in gymnasium in Pompei
-Created a entirely new approach to sculpture
-Kanon = treatise on new approach
-Description of perfect proportions to be used to create the perfect male nude
-Symmetria = perfect balance between all directions
-In “walking” stance
-Pythagoras wrote about harmonic proportions
-Introduces “counter balance”, chiastic
-Embodiment of the ideal male nude
-Summation of the nude male figure

Aerial View of Acropolis

High Classical
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-Stolen money used to fund the building process
-Conisists of: Parthenon, Propylaia, Erechtheion, Temple of Athena Nike

Parthenon

High Classical
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-Main temple built to house the cult statue of Athena
-Iktinos + Kallikrates = architects
-8x17 Doric temple
-Peripteral temple
-No Pronaos, but has pillars in the cella, which is unusual
-Not pure Doric, it has ionic columns in the center
-Symmetria
-Irregular because there are no true right angles
-Done in compensation for optical illusion

Athena Parthenos
(Artist)

High Classical
Phidias
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Made of gold and ivory
-Holds a Nike = winged female personification of victory
-Aegis portrays victory as well
-Most lavish program for any Greek temple ever
-“-omachy” refers to a battle
-East pediment depicts the birth of Athena
-West pediment depicts the competition between Poseidon and Athena
-Often referred to as the “Elgin Marbles”
-Tennessee has a legit reconstruction of the Parthenon in nashville

3 Goddesses

High Classical
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-Wet drapery technique
-Sheer
-Useful technique for filling the triangular shape of the pediment

Erechtheion

High Classical
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-Used to worship more than one god
-Most recognized for the south porch
-6 caryatids on the porch, used on mostly ionic temples
-Weight bearing caryatids

Caryatid

High Classical
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-Contraposto stance even with drapery
-Columnar support and kore
-Left and right side displays the dual nature

Nike

High Classical
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-Ionic Amphiprostyle Tetrastyle
-Parapet
-On the parapet there are a procession of winged nikes