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1.11.2Chronology & Development OverviewThe periods of Greek art — Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic — and how style developed across them.1.3FunctionCult statues, votives, grave markers and memorials; pediments, friezes and metopes; pot shapes and their uses.1.4MaterialsMarble, bronze, limestone and clay; slip and added colour; copies and damaged pieces.1.5TechniquesBlock carving, lost-wax casting, and the black-figure and red-figure techniques.1.6Architectural Vocabulary & Temple BasicsThe Doric and Ionic orders and the parts of a temple needed to discuss architectural sculpture.Analysing a Source & Exam TechniqueHow to read a prescribed source and structure exam answers.
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2.0Overview: The Development of Free-standing SculptureHow free-standing sculpture developed from the rigid Archaic kouros to the relaxed Hellenistic figure.Archaic2.12.2New York KourosAn early Archaic marble kouros showing Egyptian influence and rigid frontality.2.3Kleobis and BitonTwin Archaic kouroi from Delphi, compact and powerfully built.2.4Berlin Standing GoddessAn Archaic kore (standing goddess) with preserved drapery and added colour.2.5Anavysos KourosA late Archaic grave kouros showing growing naturalism and modelling.2.6Peplos KoreAn Archaic kore from the Acropolis, named after the peplos garment.Aristodikos KourosA very late Archaic kouros on the threshold of the Severe style.Classical2.72.8Delphic CharioteerAn Early Classical bronze showing Severe-style restraint and inlaid eyes.2.9Artemision ZeusA Severe-style bronze of Zeus (or Poseidon) caught mid-action.2.10Diskobolos (Myron)Myron's discus-thrower, famous for its frozen rhythmos and balance.Doryphoros (Polykleitos)Polykleitos' spear-bearer, embodying the Canon and contrapposto.Fourth Century & Later2.112.12Aphrodite of the AgoraA fourth-century type showing softer drapery and modelling.2.13Eirene and Ploutos (Kephisodotos)Peace holding the infant Wealth — an allegorical group.2.14Hermes and DionysusHermes carrying the infant Dionysus, attributed to Praxiteles.2.15Aphrodite of Knidos (Praxiteles)The first major female nude, a landmark of fourth-century sculpture.2.16Apoxyomenos (Lysippos)Lysippos' athlete scraping himself, with new slender proportions.Antikytheran YouthA bronze youth from a shipwreck, reaching into space.
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3.0Overview: Pediments, Metopes and Ionic FriezesWhere sculpture sits on a temple and how each kind of architectural sculpture works.Pediments3.13.2Temple of Artemis, CorfuThe Archaic Gorgon pediment and the problem of filling the triangular space.3.3Temple of Aphaia, AiginaTransitional pediments showing the shift toward the Severe style.3.4Temple of Zeus, OlympiaThe east and west pediments — chariot race and centauromachy.ParthenonThe birth of Athena and the contest of Athena and Poseidon.Ionic Friezes3.53.6Siphnian Treasury, DelphiAn Archaic Ionic frieze with a gigantomachy and divine spectators.3.7ParthenonThe continuous frieze showing the Panathenaic procession.Temple of Apollo, BassaeThe interior Ionic frieze with its crowded amazonomachy and centauromachy.Metopes3.83.9Temple C, SelinusAn Archaic metope showing Herakles and the Kerkopes.3.10Temple of Zeus, OlympiaLabours of Herakles — the Cretan Bull, the Garden of the Hesperides and the Stables of Augeas.ParthenonSouth metopes XXVI, XXVII and XXVIII of the centauromachy.Monument Hubs3.113.12ParthenonThe whole sculptural programme of the Parthenon gathered in one place.Temple of Zeus, OlympiaThe whole sculptural programme of the Temple of Zeus gathered in one place.
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4.0Overview: Shapes, Techniques and Reading a PotPot shapes, the black- and red-figure techniques, and how to read a painted pot.Black-figure4.14.2Gorgon Painter DinosAn early black-figure dinos with Gorgons pursuing Perseus.4.3François Vase (Kleitias)A volute krater packed with mythological friezes by Kleitias.4.4Sophilos DinosA signed dinos showing the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.4.5Amasis Painter Neck AmphoraA neck amphora with Dionysus and the maenads.4.6Exekias Belly AmphoraAchilles and Ajax playing dice — Exekias at his finest.Exekias KylixDionysus sailing across the sea among dolphins and vines.Bilingual4.7Lysippides & Andokides Painter Belly AmphoraA bilingual belly amphora pairing black-figure and red-figure.Red-figure4.84.9Kleophrades Painter HydriaThe sack of Troy — the Ilioupersis on a red-figure hydria.4.10Kleophrades Painter Pointed AmphoraDionysus and the maenads in mature red-figure.4.11Berlin Painter Volute KraterAchilles and Hector (or Memnon) on a volute krater.4.12Euphronios Calyx KraterHerakles wrestling Antaios — pioneering anatomy.4.13Euphronios Volute KraterHerakles and the Amazons in early red-figure.4.14Euthymides Belly AmphoraHector arming, and three men carousing — bold foreshortening.4.15Pan Painter HydriaPerseus and Medusa in the Mannerist style.Pan Painter OinochoeBoreas pursuing Oreithyia in lively movement.
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5.15.2Stylistic Features and DevelopmentHow style develops across sculpture, architecture and vase painting.CompositionPose, contrapposto, chiastic composition, foreshortening, torsion, movement and emotion.Subject Matter5.35.4MedusaHow the Gorgon Medusa is depicted across periods and media.5.5CentauromachyThe battle of Lapiths and centaurs as a recurring theme.5.6Trojan WarScenes from the Trojan War across the prescribed sources.5.7AchillesAchilles as a subject in sculpture and vase painting.5.8AthenaAthena across the prescribed sources.5.9DionysusDionysus and his followers across the prescribed sources.HeraklesHerakles and his labours across the prescribed sources.