HA 433 Midterm

Venus de milo / ca. 130 bce / milos / one of the most famous works of ancient greek sculpture. depicts aphrodite, greek goddess of love and beauty.

New york kouros / ca. 590 bce / attic / one of the earliest forms of free-standing greek sculpture. inspiration came from egyptians.

Discobolos / ca. 460 bce / greece / original greek bronze lost. means discus thrower. shows athletic energy and motion. one of the first statues to embody this style.

Riace bronzes / ca. 460 bce / coast of riace / bearded warriors. rare instance of bronze sculpture. example of contrapposto stance.

Central figures of west pediment of temple of aphaia / 500 bce / aegina / depicts second trojan war. style of sculptures is of archaic period. composition deals with decreasing angles of pediment by filling the space using a shield and helmet.

Parthenon north frieze / ca. 443 bce / athens / low relief. shows panathenaic processions from dipylon gate to acropolis

Parthenon / 432 bce / athens / dedicated to goddess athena. most important surviving building of classical greece, considered culmination of development of doric order. decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of greek art. enduring symbol of ancient greece and ancient democracy.

Temple of apollo at bassae / ca. 450 bce / bassae / temple dedicated to apollo. beauty of its stone and harmony of its construction revered.

Polyxena sarcophagus / ca. 6th century bce / turkey / depicts sacrifice of polyxena, daughter of priam

Mausoleum of halicarnassus / ca. 350 bce / halicarnassus (present day turkey) / a tomb built for mausolus. structure designed by greek architects. each of the four sides adorned with sculptural reliefs.

Great altar at pergamon / first half of 2nd century bce / pergamon / base decorated with frieze in high relief showing gigantomachy

Temple of hera at olympia / ca. 590 bce / olympia, greece / destroyed by earthquake and never rebuilt. one of the earliest doric temples in greece. dedicated to hera, wife of zeus.

Sanctuary of zeus / ca. 470 bce / olympia / exemplifies doric order greek temple. east pediment shows chariot race btw pelops and oenomaus. west pediment shows centauromachy.

Ishtar gate at babylon / ca. 575 bce / babylon / constructed using glazed brick with alternating rows of reliefs of dragons and aurochs. originally considered a wonder of the world

Palace at khorsabad / 8th century / khorsabad, assyria / adorned with sculptures and wall reliefs. gates were flanked with shedu.