‘8 Sentence Body Paragraph’ Essay Template (22-sentence)
Introduction ¶(Includes thesis)
Body ¶ #1
Topic Sentence
Concrete Detail #1 (fact) (For example)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concrete Detail #2 (fact )(In addition,)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concluding Sentence (As a result,)
Body ¶ #2
Topic Sentence
Concrete Detail #1 (fact) (For example)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concrete Detail #2 (fact) (In addition,)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concluding Sentence (As a result,)
Conclusion ¶(Includes summary)
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Ancient Greek Art
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The Greek World
Map 5-1 The Greek world.
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Geometric krater, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece, ca. 740 BCE. 3’ 4 1/2” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Geometric Period
(9th – 8th centuries BCE)
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DIPYLON PAINTER, Geometric amphora with mourning scene, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece, ca. 750 BCE. 5’ 1” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos?), from Olympia,Greece, ca. 750–730 BCE. Bronze, 4 1/2” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (gift of J. Pierpont).
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Mantiklos Apollo, statuette of a youth dedicated by Mantiklos to Apollo, from Thebes, Greece, ca. 700–680 BCE. Bronze, 8” high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Eleusis Amphora – front, 675-650 BCE
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Corinthian black-figure amphora with animal friezes, from Rhodes, Greece, ca. 625–600 BCE. 1’ 2” high. British Museum, London.
Observe the creatures on this black-figure amphora. Are there any precedents for such composite creatures?
Orientalizing Period (7th century BCE)
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Lady of Auxerre, from Crete, probably Eleutherna, Greece, ca. 650–625 BCE. Limestone, 2’ 1 1/2” high. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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kouros (male youth)/kouroi (pl.)
kore (maiden)/korai (pl.).
Archaic Period (6th century BCE)
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Kouros, from Attica, possibly Anavysos, Greece, ca. 600 BCE. Marble, 6’ 1/2” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Kroisos, from Anavysos, Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Marble, 6’ 4” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Why did Greek artists render the male form in the nude?
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Calf Bearer, dedicated by Rhonbos on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 560 BCE. Marble, restored height 5’ 5”; fragment 3’ 11 1/2” high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Marble, 4’ high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
Notice traces of encaustic paint on the Peplos Kore. Most Greek stone statues were painted.
Notice also that the Peplos Kore is clothed.
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Kore in Ionian dress, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 520–510 BCE. Marble, 1’ 9” high. Acr.
‘8 Sentence Body Paragraph’ Essay Template (22-sentence)Introducti.docx
1. ‘8 Sentence Body Paragraph’ Essay Template (22-sentence)
Introduction ¶(Includes thesis)
Body ¶ #1
Topic Sentence
Concrete Detail #1 (fact) (For example)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concrete Detail #2 (fact )(In addition,)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concluding Sentence (As a result,)
Body ¶ #2
Topic Sentence
Concrete Detail #1 (fact) (For example)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concrete Detail #2 (fact) (In addition,)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concluding Sentence (As a result,)
Conclusion ¶(Includes summary)
1
Ancient Greek Art
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The Greek World
Map 5-1 The Greek world.
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Geometric krater, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece,
ca. 740 BCE. 3’ 4 1/2” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York.
Geometric Period
(9th – 8th centuries BCE)
3
DIPYLON PAINTER, Geometric amphora with mourning scene,
from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece, ca. 750 BCE. 5’ 1”
high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos?), from
Olympia,Greece, ca. 750–730 BCE. Bronze, 4 1/2” high.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (gift of J. Pierpont).
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Mantiklos Apollo, statuette of a youth dedicated by Mantiklos
to Apollo, from Thebes, Greece, ca. 700–680 BCE. Bronze, 8”
high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Eleusis Amphora – front, 675-650 BCE
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Corinthian black-figure amphora with animal friezes, from
Rhodes, Greece, ca. 625–600 BCE. 1’ 2” high. British Museum,
London.
Observe the creatures on this black-figure amphora. Are there
any precedents for such composite creatures?
Orientalizing Period (7th century BCE)
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Lady of Auxerre, from Crete, probably Eleutherna, Greece, ca.
4. 650–625 BCE. Limestone, 2’ 1 1/2” high. Musée du Louvre,
Paris.
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kouros (male youth)/kouroi (pl.)
kore (maiden)/korai (pl.).
Archaic Period (6th century BCE)
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Kouros, from Attica, possibly Anavysos, Greece, ca. 600 BCE.
Marble, 6’ 1/2” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Kroisos, from Anavysos, Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Marble, 6’ 4”
5. high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Why did Greek artists render the male form in the nude?
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Calf Bearer, dedicated by Rhonbos on the Acropolis, Athens,
Greece, ca. 560 BCE. Marble, restored height 5’ 5”; fragment 3’
11 1/2” high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 530 BCE.
Marble, 4’ high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
Notice traces of encaustic paint on the Peplos Kore. Most Greek
stone statues were painted.
Notice also that the Peplos Kore is clothed.
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Kore in Ionian dress, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca.
520–510 BCE. Marble, 1’ 9” high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Plan of a typical peripteral Greek temple.
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Peripteral Greek Temple
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Elevations of the Doric and Ionic orders (John Burge).
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Compare Doric and Ionic Orders
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Temple of Hera I (“Basilica”), Paestum, Italy, ca. 550 BCE.
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Plan of the Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy, ca. 550 BCE.
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West pediment from the Temple of Artemis, Corfu, Greece, ca.
600–580 BCE. Limestone, greatest height 9’ 4”. Archaeological
Museum, Corfu.
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Aerial view of the sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, Greece, with the
temple of Apollo, begun 548 BCE, and Archaic treasuries.
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Reconstruction drawing of the Siphnian Treasury, Delphi,
Greece, ca. 530 BCE (John Burge).
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Gigantomachy, detail of the north frieze of the Siphnian
Treasury, Delphi, Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Marble, 2’ 1” high.
Archaeological Museum, Delphi.
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KLEITIAS and ERGOTIMOS, François Vase (Athenian black-
figure volute krater), from Chiusi, Italy, ca. 570 BCE. 2’ 2”
high. Museo Archeologico, Florence.
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KLEITIAS and ERGOTIMOS, centauromachy, François Vase
(Athenian black-figure volute krater), from Chiusi, Italy, ca.
570 BCE. Museo Archeologico, Florence.
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EXEKIAS, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from
an Athenian black-figure amphora), from Vulci, Italy, ca. 540–
530 BCE. Whole vessel 2’ high; detail 8 1/2” high. Musei
Vaticani, Rome.
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EXEKIAS, Achilles killing Penthesilea (Athenian black-figure
amphora), from Vulci, Italy, ca. 540–530 BCE. 1’ 4 3/8” high.
British Museum, London.
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LEFT: LYSIPPIDES PAINTER, Achilles and Ajax playing a
dice game (black-figure side of an Athenian bilingual amphora),
from Orvieto, Italy, ca. 525–520 BCE. 1’ 9” high. Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston.
RIGHT: ANDOKIDES PAINTER, Achilles and Ajax playing a
dice game (red-figure side of the same Athenian bilingual
amphora).
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EUPHRONIOS, Herakles wrestling Antaios (detail of an
Athenian red-figure calyx krater), from Cerveteri, Italy, ca. 510
BCE. Whole vessel 1’ 7” high; detail 7 3/4” high.Musée du
Louvre, Paris.
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Euphronios, Death of Sarpedon, ca. 515 BCE
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EUTHYMIDES, Three revelers (Athenian red-figure amphora),
from Vulci, Italy, ca. 510 BCE. 2’ high. Staatliche
10. Antikensammlungen, Munich.
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ONESIMOS, Girl preparing to bathe (interior of an Athenian
red-figure kylix), from Chiusi, Italy, ca. 490 BCE. Tondo 6” in
diameter. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique,
Brussels.
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Temple of Aphaia (looking southwest), Aegina, Greece, ca.
500–490 BCE.
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Model of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 500-490
BCE, showing internal elevation (top) and plan (bottom).
Glyptothek, Munich.
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GUILLAUME-ABEL BLOUET’S 1828 restored view of the
façad of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 500–490
11. BCE.
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Dying warrior, from the west pediment of the Temple of
Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 500–490 BCE. Marble, 5’ 2 1/2”
long. Glyptothek, Munich.
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Figure 5-29 Dying warrior, from the east pediment of the
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 480 BCE. Marble, 6’ 1”
long. Glyptothek, Munich.
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Temple of Hera II or Apollo (looking northeast), Paestum, Italy,
ca. 460 BCE.
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Athena, Herakles, and Atlas with the apples of the Hesperides,
metope from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece, ca. 470–456
BCE. Marble, 5’ 3” high. Archaeological Museum, Olympia.
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Chariot race of Pelops and Oinornaos, east pediment from the
Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece, ca. 470–456 BCE. Marble,
87’ wide. Archaeological Museum, Olympia.
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Centauromachy, west pediment from the Temple of Zeus,
Olympia, Greece, ca. 470–456 BCE. Marble, Apollo (central
figure), 10’ 8” high. Archaeological Museum, Olympia.
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Seer, from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia,
Greece, ca. 470–456 BCE. Marble, full figure 4’ 6” high; detail
3’ 2 1/2” high. Archaeological Museum, Olympia.
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Apollo, from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus,
Olympia, Greece, ca. 470-456 BCE. Marble, restored height 10’
8”. Archaeological Museum, Olympia.
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Kritios Boy, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 480 BCE.
Marble, 2’ 10” high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
Kritios Boy is the earliest known example of contrapposto, a
relaxed and natural stance.
Notice how his weight shifts to his left leg and how his head
turns slightly to his right.
Notice absence of Archaic smile
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Warrior, from the sea off Riace, Italy, ca. 460–450 BCE.
Bronze, 6’ 6” high. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Reggio
Calabria.
This Riace Warrior, like most Classical Greek statues, was
sculpted in bronze. Most Classical bronzes have not survived.
Much of the Classical Greek sculptures today are Roman marble
copies.
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Charioteer, from a group dedicated by Polyzalos pf Gela in the
sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, Greece, ca. 470 BCE. Bronze, 5’
11” high. Archeological Museum, Delphi.
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Zeus (or Poseidon?), from the sea off Cape Artemision, Greece,
ca. 460–450 BCE. Bronze, 6’ 10” high. National Archaeological
Museum, Athens.
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MYRON, Diskobolos (Discus Thrower). Roman marble copy of
a bronze original of ca. 450 BCE, 5’ 1” high. Museo Nazionale
Romano—Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
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POLYKLEITOS, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman marble
copy from Pompeii, Italy, after a bronze original of ca. 450–440
BCE, 6’ 11” high. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
Doryphoros (Spear Thrower), POLYKEITOS
15. Originally titled Canon
Established Polykleitos’ canon of proportions, setting ideal
correlations among body parts
Contrapposto
Notice the harmony of opposites
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KRESILAS, Pericles. Roman marble herm copy of a bronze
original of ca. 429 BCE. Full herm 6’ high; detail 4’ 6 1/2”
high. Musei Vaticani, Rome.
Pericles:
Elected stratego, general of Athens 15X
Instrumental in rebuilding and beautifying Athens after second
Persian invasion
Notice his idealized appearance
The Acropolis of Pericles
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Aerial view of the Acropolis looking southeast, Athens, Greece.
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Restored view of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece (John Burge).
16. (1) Parthenon, (2) Propylaia, (3) pinakotheke, (4) Erechtheion,
(5) Temple of Athena Nike.
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IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES, Parthenon, (Temple of Athena
Parthenos, looking southeast), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 447–
438 BCE.
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Plan of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, with diagram
of sculptural program (after Andrew Stewart), 447–432 BCE.
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PHIDIAS, Athena Parthenos, in the cella of the Parthenon,
Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438 BCE. Model of the lost
chryselephantine statue. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
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Lapith versus centaur, metope from the south side of the
17. Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 447-438 BCE.
Marble, 4’ 8” high. British Museum, London.
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Helios and his horses, and Dionysos (Herakles?), from the east
pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438–
432 BCE. Marble, greatest height 4’ 3”. British Museum,
London.
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Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?), from the east
pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438–
432 BCE. Marble, greatest height 4’ 5”. British Museum,
London.
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Details of the Panathenaic Festival procession frieze, from the
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 447–438 BCE.
Marble, 3’ 6” high. Horsemen of north frieze (top), British
Museum, London; seated gods and goddesses (Poseidon, Apollo,
and Artemis) of east frieze (center), Acropolis Museum, Athens;
and elders and maidens of east frieze (bottom), Musée du
Louvre, Paris.
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MNESIKLES, Propylaia (looking southwest), Acropolis,
Athens, Greece, 437–432 BCE.
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Erechtheion (looking northwest), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca.
421–405 BCE.
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Plan of the Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 421–
405 BCE.
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19. Caryatids of the south porch of the Erechtheion, Acropolis,
Athens, Greece, ca. 421–405 BCE. Marble, 7’ 7” high.
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KALLIKRATES, Temple of Athena Nike (looking southwest),
Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 427–424 BCE.
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Nike adjusting her sandal, from the south side of the parapet of
the Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 410
BCE. Marble, 3’ 6” high. Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Late Classical Period (4th century BCE)
Late 5th century was marked by the devastating Peloponnesian
War between Athens and Sparta
Macedonians invade Greece and defeat the united city states at
the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE.
4th century Greece – political turmoil
Affected appearance of art
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PRAXITELES, Aphrodite of Knidos. Roman marble copy of an
original of ca. 350–340 BCE. 6’ 8” high. Musei Vaticani, Rome.
Aphodite of Knidos, PRAXITELES
Bold step to render a goddess in the nude
Sensuous and humanizing qualities – different from the cold,
aloof gods and athletes of the High Classical
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PRAXITELES(?), Hermes and the infant Dionysos, from the
Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece. Copy of a statue by
Praxiteles of ca. 340 BCE or an original work of ca. 330–270
BCE by a son or grandson. Marble, 7’ 1” high. Archaeological
Museum, Olympia
Hermes and the infant Dionysus
By follower of Praxiteles (son or grandson possibly)
Notice S-curve of the body (pronounced contrapposto)
New standard of adult and child interaction
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LYSIPPOS, Apoxyomenos (Scraper). Roman marble copy of a
21. bronze original of ca. 330 BCE, 6’ 9” high. Musei Vaticani,
Rome.
Apoxyomenos, LYSIPPOS
Established a different canon of proportions from that of
Polykleitos
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LYSIPPOS, Weary Herakles (Farnese Herakles). Roman marble
copy from Rome, Italy, signed by GLYKON OF ATHENS, of a
bronze original of ca. 320 BCE. 10 ‘ 5” high. Museo
Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
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Head of Alexander the Great, from Pella, Greece, third century
BCE. Marble, 1’ high. Archaeological Museum, Pella.
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PHILOXENOS OF ERETRIA, Battle of Issus, ca. 310 BCE.
Roman copy (Alexander Mosaic) from the House of the Faun,
Pompeii, Italy, late second or early first century BCE. Tessera
22. mosaic, approx. 8’ 10” X 16’ 9”. Museo Archeologico
Nazionale, Naples.
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Hellenistic Period (323 – 30 BCE)
Begins after the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE); lasts
through the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony by the
Romans at the Battle of Actium (30 BCE)
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POLYKLEITOS THE YOUNGER, Corinthian capital, from the
tholos, Epidauros, Greece, ca. 350 BCE. Archaeological
Museum, Epidauros.
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Reconstructed west front of the Altar of Zeus, Pergamon,
Turkey, ca. 175 BCE.Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu
Berlin, Berlin.
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Athena battling Alkyoneos, detail of the gigantomachy frieze,
from the Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey ca. 175 BCE. Marble,
7’ 6” high. Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,
Berlin.
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EPIGONOS(?), Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife.
Roman marble copy of a bronze original of ca. 230–220 BCE, 6’
11” high. Museo Nazionale Romano–Palazzo Altemps, Rome.
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EPIGONOS(?), Dying Gaul. Roman marble copy of a bronze
original of ca. 230–220 BCE, 3’ 1/2” high. Museo Capitolino,
Rome.
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24. Nike alighting on a warship (Nike of Samothrace), from
Samothrace, Greece, ca. 190 BCE. Marble, figure 8’ 1” high.
Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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ALEXANDROS OF ANTIOCH-ON-THE-MEANDER, Aphrodite
(Venus de Milo), from Melos, Greece, ca. 150–125 BCE.
Marble, 6’ 7” high. Louvre, Paris.
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Aphrodite, Eros, and Pan, from Delos, Greece, ca. 100 BCE.
Marble, 4’ 4” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Sleeping satyr (Barberini Faun), from Rome, Italy, ca. 230–200
BCE. Marble, 7’ 1” high. Glyptothek, Munich.
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Sleeping Eros, from Rhodes, ca. 150–100 BCE. Bronze, 2’ 9
25. 1/2" long. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Rogers
Fund, 1943).
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Seated boxer, from Rome, Italy, ca. 100–50 BCE. Bronze, 4’ 2”
high. Museo Nazionale Romano–Palazzo Massimo alle Terme,
Rome.
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Old market woman, ca. 150–100 BCE. Marble, 4’ 1/2” high.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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POLYEUKTOS, Demosthenes. Roman marble copy of a bronze
original of ca. 280 BCE. 6’ 7 1/2” high. Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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ATHANADOROS, HAGESANDROS, and POLYDOROS OF
RHODES, Laocoön and his sons, from Rome, Italy, early first
century CE Marble, 7’ 10 1/2” high. Musei Vaticani, Rome.
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ATHANADOROS, HAGESANDROS, and POLYDOROS OF
RHODES, head of Odysseus, from Sperlonga, Italy, early first
century CE. Marble, 2’ 1 1/4” high. Museo Archeologico,
Sperlonga.
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Ancient Egyptian Art
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Ancient Egypt
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People, boats, and animals, detail of a watercolor copy of a wall
painting from tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic,
ca. 3500–3200 BCE. Paint on plaster, entire painting 16’ 4” X
3’ 7 3/8”. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Predynastic, Early Dynasties, and the Old Kingdom
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Stylistic Conventions of Egyptian Art
Palette of Narmer: a blueprint for a formula for figure
representation and other conventions seen in Egyptian art for
nearly 3000 years.
Palette of King Narmer (left, back; right, front), from
Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, ca. 3000–2920 BCE. Slate,
2’ 1” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Early Funerary Architectural Forms
Section (top), plan (center),and restored view (bottom) of
typical Egyptian mastaba tombs.
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IMHOTEP, Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser,
Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Restored view (top) and plan (bottom) of the mortuary precinct
of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Columnar entrance corridor to the mortuary precinct of Djoser,
Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Detail of the facade of the north palace of the mortuary precinct
of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611
BCE.
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Aerial view of the Fourth Dynasty pyramids (looking north),
Gizeh, Egypt. From bottom: Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 2490–
2472 BCE; Khafre, ca. 2520–2494 BCE; and Khufu, ca. 2551–
2528 BCE.
The Pyramids
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Section of the Pyramid of Khufu, Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty,
ca. 2551–2528 BCE.
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Model of the pyramid complex, Gizeh, Egypt. Harvard
University Semitic Museum, Cambridge. 1) Pyramid of
Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) mortuary temple of Khafre,
4) causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) valley temple of Khafre, 7)
Pyramid of Khufu, 8) pyramids of the royal family and mastabas
of nobles.
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Khafre enthroned, from Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca.
2520–2494 BCE. Diorite, 5’ 6” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
15
Sculptors at work, detail of the south wall of the main hall of
the funerary chapel of Rekhmire, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty,
ca. 1425 BCE.
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Great Sphinx (with Pyramid of Khafre in the background at
left), Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2520–2494 BCE.
Sandstone, 65’ X 240’.
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty(?), from Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth
Dynasty, ca. 2490–2472 BCE. Graywacke, 4’ 6 1/2” high.
31. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Seated scribe, from Saqqara, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2500
BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 9” high. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, relief in the mastaba of Ti,
Saqqara, Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, ca. 2450–2350 BCE. Painted
limestone, 4’ high.
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Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal, reliefs in the
mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, ca. 2450 – 2350
BCE. Painted limestone.
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Middle Kingdom
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Painted sandstone seated statue of Mentuhotep II, 11th Dynasty,
c. 2061–2010 BC, Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (looking southwest), Deir el-
Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1473–1458 BCE.
New Kingdom
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Hatshepsut with offering jars, from the upper court of her
mortuary temple, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1473–
1458 BCE. Red granite, 8’ 6” high. Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York.
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King and queen of Punt and attendants, relief from the
mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th
Dynasty, ca. 1473–1458 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 3” high.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Aerial view of the temple of Amen-Re (looking north), Karnak,
Egypt, major construction 15th – 13th centuries BCE (Jean
Claude Golvin).
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3-24A Aerial view of the temple of Amen-Re, Mut, and Khonsu
(looking east), Luxor, Egypt, 18th and 19th Dynasties, begun
early 14th century BCE.
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Relief showing the sacred bark procession, in the sanctuary of
Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Columns and clerestory of the hypostyle hall of the temple of
Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290–1224 BCE.
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Model of the hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re, Karnak,
Egypt, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290 – 1224 BCE. Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York.
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35. Figure 3-28 Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun,
Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400–1350 BCE. Fresco
secco, 2’ 8” high. British Museum, London.
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Musicians and dancers, detail of a mural from the tomb of
Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE.
Fresco secco, 1’ x 2’ 3”. British Museum, London.
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Akhenaton, colossal statue from the temple of Aton, Karnak,
Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Sandstone, 13’ high.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Akhenaton and
the Amarna Period
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36. Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters, from Amarna, Egypt,
18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Limestone, 1’ 1/4” high.
Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.
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Tomb of Ramose, Private Tomb ("Tombs of the Nobles") at
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
18th Dynasty, ca 1375 BCE
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THUTMOSE, bust of Nefertiti, from Amarna, Egypt, 18th
Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 8” high.
Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.
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Portrait of Tiye, from Ghurab, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–
1335 BCE. Yew wood, gold, silver, alabaster, faience, and lapis
lazuli, 8 7/8” high. Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu
Berlin, Berlin.
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Figure 3-35 Death mask of Tutankhamen, from the innermost
coffin in his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323
BCE. Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones, 1’ 9 1/4” high.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
King Tut
reverts back to the earlier conventions
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Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen, from his tomb at Thebes,
Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of enamel
and semiprecious stones, 6’ 1” long. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Throne with footstool, from the Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes,
Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1333–1323 BCE. Gold with enamel
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38. Painted chest, from the Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt,
18th Dynasty, ca. 1333–1323 BCE. Wood, 1’ 8” long. Egyptian
Museum, Cairo.
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Continuity of Ancient Egyptian Art
Despite some alterations and short deviations (Amarna) from
their artistic tradition, why did Egyptians maintain such
continuity in their art (statue of Mentuemhet, ca. 650 BCE) and
architecture (Temple of Horus, ca. 237 – 47 BCE)?
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Portrait statue of Mentuemhet, from Karnak, Egypt, 26th
Dynasty, ca. 660–650 BCE. Granite, 4’ 5” high. Egyptian
Museum, Cairo.
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2490–2472 BCE
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Relief showing the sacred bark procession, in the sanctuary of
Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Fragment from bark shrine of Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of
Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
Purification and Crowning of the king by Thoth & Horus, at the
temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Temple of Horus (looking east), Edfu, Egypt, ca. 237 – 47 BCE.
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