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Classical & Hellenistic GreeceA. Classical Greece1. Archaic to ClassicalMap of the Persian Warstop2. The Golden Age of AthensFig 4-1General view of the Acropolis. Fig 4-2 Diagram of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders. Nice general site that has background on Greek society during the Golden Age; has several images of a variety of items from that period. top3. Architecture and Architectural Sculpture on the AcropolisFig 4-3Plan of the Acropolis, Athens, after the mid-fifth century B.C. Fig 4-4 Fourteen images of the Propylaia. Fig 4-5 Three images of the Parthenon. Fig 4-6 Plan of the Parthenon. Fig 4-7 Lapith and centaur, metope, Parthenon, ca. 440 B.C. Fig 4-8 Three seated goddesses, east pediment, Parthenon, 438ñ432 B.C. Fig 4-9 Procession of Women, relief, from the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, ca. 440 B.C. Fig 4-10 Erechtheus, Praxithea, and Their Daughters (?), relief, from the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, ca. 440 B.C. Image 1 Image 2 Fig 4-11 Five images of the Erechtheion. Fig 4-12 Eight images of the Temple of Athena Nike. top4. SculptureFig 4-13The Kritios Boyca. 480 B.C., marble, Acropolis Museum, Athens. Fig 4-14 Unknown Sculptor after Polykleitos Doryphorus (Man holding a Spear)The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Not a single original work by Polykleitos survives today. Fig 4-15 Aphrodite of Knidos, Roman marble copy of a Greek original of ca. 350ñ300 B.C. by Praxiteles. Fig 4-16 Apoxyomenos (The Scraper), Roman copy after the original bronze of ca. 330 B.C. by Lysippos. top5. Vase PaintingFig 4-17Muse and Maiden "Achilles Painter," ca. 445ñ430 B.C. Several images of works in the white-ground painting style. top6. The Emergence of DramaÝFig 4-18Polykleitos the Younger, theater, Epidauros, ca. 350 B.C. Works by Sophocles The plays of Aristophanes are the only surviving complete examples of Old Greek Comedy, all written between 427 and 385 B.C.-texts and interpretations top7. PhilosophyFig 4-19Portrait bust of Socrates , Roman copy of an original bronze of ca. 350 B.C. by Lysippos Fig 4-20 Portrait bust of Plato, 350ñ340 B.C., copy of an original bronze of ca. 427ñ347 B.C. by silanion (?) top8. Music and Greek SocietyThe Musical ModesThe modern modes that are playable with the context of the well tempered 12 tone system are named using the ancient Greek appelations--for those who are students of music to understand. topB. Hellenistic GreeceFig 4-21Alexander the Great, related information and images. top1. ArchitectureFig 4-22Temple of the Olympian Zeus, Athens, second century B.C.ñsecond century A.D. Fig 4-23 Plan of Upper City, Pergamon. Fig 4-24 Altar of Zeus, from Pergamon, Turkey, west front, restored, built ca. 180ñ160 B.C. top2. SculptureFig 4-25Battle of the Gods and the Giants, Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, ca. 180ñ160 B.C. Fig 4-27 Nike of Samothrace , ca. 200ñ190 B.C., MusÈe du Louvre, Paris. Fig 4-28 Laocoˆn and His Sons, perhaps a Roman marble copy after a Greek original by Hagesandros, Athanodoros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, variously dated between the second century B.C. and the first century A.D., top3. PhilosophyZeno of Cittium - founder of Stoicism and brief summaries of the Stoics' beliefsSkepticism Greek skepticism is usually divided into three periods: early Pyrrhonism (fourth and third centuries BCE.), Academic skepticism (third and second centuries BCE.), and post Academic skepticism (first through third centuries CE.). Pyrrho was a Greek philosopher from Elea, and founder of the Greek school of skepticism. In his youth he practiced the art of painting, but passed over this for philosophy. top |
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