Dirived from egyption art Free standing statue in kouros pose left foot forward arms at side and not shift of weight is present
Inscription Stay and mourn at site of kroisos Cut down by vilolet airs Fighting in the front ranks of army Soilder fulling civic duty fighting in battle and was killed Funerary object, grave marker Wealthy family who could afford sculpture Heroic nude Missing connection of name and image represented Idealized beauty Set up a kind of equilance to this guy and kroisos Visual reprensentation of ideals Symbol more than anything Not being shown as a soilder Patraral society Men are ideal versions of humans most beautiful time in man life is emerging into adulthood when he is the most physically able Nudity in greek sculpture as symbol of prime of life and the best Kroisos name is not greek King of lyida a great empire will fall Non greek king went to oracle at delphi to ask about a battle coming up with persia Cosmopolatin group the weathly Name same of a great king across the ageian Making connection between the two
From athens Still tyranny ongoing Kicked out in 511 new democracy founded in 509 First time could held political office At end of tyranny 514 Events led to murder of one the tyrannts Sons of Pesistratos Hippias and Hipparkhos Sons far worst than fathers Keep control of demos people of athens Was to have elites in controll Hippias had a crush on younger of two men Involed in relationship with each other Harmodios and Aristogeiton Hippias takes interest in harmodios and is denied and Did not allow harmodios sister to the pananthiaic festival Plot to kill brothers Only partially sucessful hipparkios is killed and hippias escaped Aristogeiton and Harmodios are killed ‘ But this leads to the fall of tyranny and rise of democracy Their actions led to the explotion of Hippias Adopted as heros as tyrannicides by people of athens
A piar of sculptures set up in agora where attack occurred at north entrance of agora Sculptures pplaced originally by antenor were looted during persian sack of 480 First pair was bronze taken back to persia When greeks return set up a new bronze pair by Kritios and Nesiotes Roman copies have been made
Striding forward Ready to make slashing movemetns Active sculpture compared to kritios 50 yrs earlier Realisum and more naturlistic anatomy But still not quite, very buff men for age Monument to democracy Ironiclly two aristcrates Heric nudity with ideal physique
Not seen a sculpture made during lifetime of hero Image of general perakles Strategos-general maintain power only posistion could be elected for Bust Roman copy made from full length copy of perakles Set up on acropolis by sons Standing in controposto holding spear Helment up ready for battle but not fighting Nothing about it is individulized features Helmet, beard, mark occupation and age but not any personal identifyable features A type was used to represent him
Perikles carring out building program on acropolis was also general during peloppenssian war Conflict that lasted almost 30yrs perakles died during 1 st year during plage War waged by democracy New system of dealing with war dead Partly inspired by battle at marathon 192 men burried in mass grave Same in pelop. War to preserve those died in battle Name of graveyard demosion sema= the people’s marker This sculpture relif formed part of that monument Subject and style dates to period suggests that what it was Shows a youthful soider cavierly stricking down an enemy Most have been sculpted by group lots of labor force from parthenon available To proclaim athority of all athenians and those that scarificed themselves in battle If caverily man had to wealthy had to have space for horse because provide own stuff
