Exam 2
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 11:08 AM
- Title: Geometric Krater/ Dipylon Krater
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece
- Period of Art: Geometric
- Materials: painted abstract angular and figural
motifs in horizontal bands, made of terracotta
(type of clay)
- notes:
○ It is a grave marker
▪ The painting depict the mourning for a
man
○ The bottom is open (so everything that is
poured inside can be drained)
▪ On purpose????
○ VOCAB:
▪ Meander = key/pattern around the rim
of the krater
Art Hist I Page 1
, - Title: Lady of Auxerre
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: (Crete?) Eleutherna, Greece
- Period of Art: Orientalizing, Daedalic
Style
- Materials: Limestone
- Notes:
• Although the statues are now
white they used to have color
(but the paint faded)
• VOCAB WORD:
○ Encaustic: A painting
technique in which pigment
is mixed with melted wax
and applied to the surface
while the mixture is hot.
○ It was a votive offering
○ Kore (korai plural) was not
a goddess but perhaps the
deceased woman
○ Unlike the men statues that
are in the nude, she is
clothed
- Title: Peplos Kore
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: Acropolis, Athens
- Period of Art: Archaic
- Materials: made of marble, was also
painted originally
- Notes:
○ Named after clothing *Peplos (-
wool, sleeveless and belted) but she
is actually wearing a chiton (- linen,
sleeved and belted)
○ She is a votive offering statue
representing a goddess wearing four
garments
○ Held the identifying attribute in her
missing left hand
Art Hist I Page 2
, - Title: Kroisos
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: Anavysos, Greece
- Period of Art: Archaic
- Materials: made of marble
- Notes:
• Statues begin to look more natural, still a bit
idealized but have more flesh and are in the
nude
○ Has more volume and is more realistic
• For the deceased, it is also a grave marker
• Hair is curly at the top
- Title: Temple of Hera
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: Basilica, Paestum, Italy
- Period of Art: Archaic
- Materials: used limestone and mudbrick to built
- Notes:
• No columns in the middle only around the outside of the temple
• It is a doric order temple
Art Hist I Page 3
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 11:08 AM
- Title: Geometric Krater/ Dipylon Krater
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece
- Period of Art: Geometric
- Materials: painted abstract angular and figural
motifs in horizontal bands, made of terracotta
(type of clay)
- notes:
○ It is a grave marker
▪ The painting depict the mourning for a
man
○ The bottom is open (so everything that is
poured inside can be drained)
▪ On purpose????
○ VOCAB:
▪ Meander = key/pattern around the rim
of the krater
Art Hist I Page 1
, - Title: Lady of Auxerre
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: (Crete?) Eleutherna, Greece
- Period of Art: Orientalizing, Daedalic
Style
- Materials: Limestone
- Notes:
• Although the statues are now
white they used to have color
(but the paint faded)
• VOCAB WORD:
○ Encaustic: A painting
technique in which pigment
is mixed with melted wax
and applied to the surface
while the mixture is hot.
○ It was a votive offering
○ Kore (korai plural) was not
a goddess but perhaps the
deceased woman
○ Unlike the men statues that
are in the nude, she is
clothed
- Title: Peplos Kore
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: Acropolis, Athens
- Period of Art: Archaic
- Materials: made of marble, was also
painted originally
- Notes:
○ Named after clothing *Peplos (-
wool, sleeveless and belted) but she
is actually wearing a chiton (- linen,
sleeved and belted)
○ She is a votive offering statue
representing a goddess wearing four
garments
○ Held the identifying attribute in her
missing left hand
Art Hist I Page 2
, - Title: Kroisos
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: Anavysos, Greece
- Period of Art: Archaic
- Materials: made of marble
- Notes:
• Statues begin to look more natural, still a bit
idealized but have more flesh and are in the
nude
○ Has more volume and is more realistic
• For the deceased, it is also a grave marker
• Hair is curly at the top
- Title: Temple of Hera
- Artist: Unknown
- Location: Basilica, Paestum, Italy
- Period of Art: Archaic
- Materials: used limestone and mudbrick to built
- Notes:
• No columns in the middle only around the outside of the temple
• It is a doric order temple
Art Hist I Page 3
