Friday, October 1, 2010

Ancient Greek Sculpture-Geometric-Archaic

Ancient Greek Sculpture

Geometric
Bronze Horse
British Museum
London
Geometric
Bronze Horse
Metropolitan
Museum, NY

Hero and Centaur
Geometric Period
Bronze
Metro Museum, NY


Lady of Auxerre
Orientalizing period
Limestone Louvre
Daedallic Style (after Daedalus)
Blocky, unproprtioned, would have been painted

Temple A
Prinas, Crete
Orientalizing


Male statues-shows muscles-kouroi
Female-shows the body beneath the clothing-korai
completely 3 dimensional statues
simular to egyptian sculptural

Berlin Kore
Keratea
Archaic Period
Funerary Kore-grave marker
painted
out of proportion, not as egyptian

Peplos Kore
Acropolis
Athens, Greece
Archaic
Marble
old fashioned dress, more proportioned, shows body better, painted, less tacky smile

Kore
Acrolpolis
Athens, Greece
Archaic Period


La Delicata
Acropolis
Athens
Archaic
facing down, less smile, defined eyes

New York Kouros
Archaic
early sculpture because its out of proportion, not as defined muscles

Calf Bearer
Acropolis
Archaic
Not Kouros because he has  beard


Kroisos Kouros
Anavysos
Funerary-grave marker
Greece
Archaic Period
Marble
More naturalistic, better muscle detail, bent arms

Kritios Boy
Acropolis, Athens
Marble
Contrapposto-counter balance (stance in picture)

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