Greek Art Or, the Art of Man St. Lawrence, 12/09/2012 Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Course Outline The Heroon The Greek Orders The Parthenon Theatres Colossal buildings The Stoa Urbanization Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Key Notions -Capital -Cella (naos) -Colonnade -Entablature -Entasis -Heroon -Pediment -Stoa Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 1
Greece and Region Source: 3 Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin The Heroon Or, an homage to ancestors 2
Heroon Lefkandi, c. 1000-950 BCE Source: 7 & 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Heroon Lefkandi, c. 1000-950 BCE Source: 7 & 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin The Orders Or, building according to established forms 3
The Orders (or Forms) Source: 18 Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Archaic period (700-500) -The emergence of temples and treasuries Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 4
Temple to Apollo Thermos (Aetolia), 640-630 BCE Proportion: 3:1 Source: 8 & 9 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Temple of Aphaea Island of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Temple of Aphaea Island of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE Proportion: 2:1 Source: 3 & 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 5
Temple of Aphaea Island of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE Source: 15 & 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Temple of Aphaea Island of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE Source: 11 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Classical period (480-338) -The Acropolis, a question of refinement -The emergence of theatres Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 6
Classical Greek Temple: Vocabulary Proportion: y=2x+1 where x is # of columns on facade; y, # of columns on side Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Phidias The Acropolis, Athens, 460 430 BC Source: 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Ictinus and Kallicrates, Parthenon 447-432 BCE, marble, 72 x 33 x 10,4 m Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 7
Aphaea and Parthenon Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Parthenon: Plan Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Parthenon: Subject of Sculptures Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 8
Parthenon: Parts of the Frieze Cavalcade, south frieze, British Museum Preparations, west frieze, British Museum Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Parthenon, Golden Rule Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Kallicrates, Temple of Athena Nike Acropolis, Athens, 427-424 BCE Source: 16 & 17 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 9
Mnesicles, Erechtheion 420-409, marble, 24,4 x 27,4 m Source: 8 & 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Erechtheion South view, caryatids Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Polycleitus the Younger, Theatre Epidaurus, 350 BCE Theatron (or Cavea) Orchestra Skene Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 10
Hellenistic period (338-31) -The colossal temple -Proliferation of the Corinthian order -The emergence of the stoa -Monumental sculpture -Urban organization Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Paionios and Daphnis, Temple of Apollo Didyma, 313 BCE Proportion: y=2x+1 Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Temple of Zeus (the Olympeion) Greece, Athens, 41,1 x 107,8 m, marble, 174 BCE-132 AD Source: 13 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 11
Temple of Zeus (the Olympeion) Greece, Athens, 41,1 x 107,8 m, marble, 174 BCE-132 AD Source: 13 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Stoa of Attalos Athenes, 150 BCE Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Stoa of Attalos Athenes, 150 BCE Source: 15 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 12
Grand Altar of Pergamon 180 BCE, Marble, 36 x 34 m, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin Source: 14 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Grand Altar of Pergamon, detail, Gigantomachy, and Replica of City Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin City of Priene 4th BCE, Antikenmuseum, Berlin Temple of Athena Theatre Agora Temple of Zeus Stoae Gymnasium Stadium Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 13
Suggested readings -Gombrich, The Story of Art, p. 63-91 -Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p. 84-113 -Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 1. p. 67-128 -Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages, p. 105-169 Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Bibliography and Sources 1. Brommer, Discovering Art History 2. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 1 3. Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages 4. Gombrich, The Story of Art 5. Rogers, Art, a World History 6. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction 7. Schnapp, Préhistoire et antiquité 8. University Laval Course Notes 9. www.atthalin.fr 10. www.whitman.edu 11. http://commons.wikimedia.org 12. www.techno-science.net 13. www.chem.uoa.gr 14. sitemaker.umich.edu 15. www.wikipedia.com 16. www.sikyon.com 17. www.ne.jp 18. www.britannica.com Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 14