Classical Late and Hellenistic Art of Greece, 350 - ca. 100 B.C.E.
Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, ca. 350-340 B.C.E. [roman copy]
Praxiteles, Hermes and infant Dionysius; 340B.C.E. [this is a copy]
Lysippos, Weary Herakles (Hercules); 320 B.C.E. [roman copy from a bronze original; almost 11']
[This is image is for your reference, you need not memorize it!]
The Alexander Mosaic, original is 310 B.C.E. [this is a roman copy]
Title: Temple of Apollo, Didyma, Turkey
Date: Begun 313 B.C.E.
Gallic Chief Killing himself and his wife; 230-220 B.C.E. [here, a Roman copy]
Venus de Milo, 150-125 B.C.E.
Title: Nike of Samothrace Date: ca. 190 BCE.
Three sculptors from Rhodes, Laocon; 1st century C.E.
Humanizing the Gods
Breaking the Rules: In sculpture, the classical canon is challenged. In architecture, the temple type is altered.
Theatricality Expressiveness
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The Art of the Etruscans
Gold fibula, Cerveteri, ca. 650 B.C.E. ("orientalizing")
Repouss - a metal-working technique that pushes out a figure from the reverse sid to create a form of bas relie
Granulation - fusing of meta beads to a surface for ornamentation
Apollo from Veii, 500 B.C.E.; painted terracotta
Necropolis of Cerveteri; 7th - 2nd century B.C.E.
Sarcophagus with reclining couple; Cerveteri, 520 B.C.E.
Cerveteri, Tomb of the Reliefs, 3rd century, B.C.E.
Tarquinia, Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, ca. 530 B.C.E.
Chimera of Arezzo, ca. 375 B.C.E. [Bronze, 2'7" high]
Aule Metele (the orator); 1st century B.C.E.
Perugia, Gate of Mars; 2nd century B.C.E. [Etruscan use of the ar engaged pilaster (flat column)
Voussoirs - trapezoidal stones that make up an arch