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Fitnet Lleshi John Jay College/Intro. to Art/Spring 2024 Ancient Greek Art and Culture Homework Assignment. 1. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/ancient-greece-an-introduction/ answer the question by reading the text: Around what year did “democracy” emerge in Greece? By around 500 B.C.E. “rule by the people,” or democracy, had emerged in the city of Athens. Following the defeat of a Persian invasion in 480-479 B.C.E., mainland Greece and Athens in particular entered into a golden age. 2. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/greek_intro/ and answer the question by reading the text: What are the characteristics of the “Severe Style”? The “Severe Style” features realistic anatomy, serious expressions, pouty lips, and thick eyelids. 3. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/introduction-to-greek-architecture/ and answer the question by reading the text: What is a Greek Stoa and what was it used for? A stoa in ancient Greek architecture, is a covered walkway or portico, commonly for public use. 4. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/olympic-games/ and answer the question by reading the text: If an athlete attained at least three victories, what was the allowed to acquire given they or a patron had the finances? A victor received a crown made from olive leaves, and was entitled to have a statue of himself set up at Olympia. 5. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/contrapposto/ and answer the question by viewing the video: In general, what does contrapposto do to a sculpture?
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ontrapposto is a sculptural scheme, originated by the ancient Greeks, in which the standing human figure is poised such that the weight rests on one leg, freeing the other leg, which is bent at the knee
. 6. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/riace-warriors/ and answer the question by reading the text: What do the sculptures have on their feet alluding to how they were installed? The statues have lead dowels installed in their feet, indicating that they were originally mounted on a base and installed as part of some sculptural group or other. 7. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/greek-sanctuaries-artistic-hubs/ and answer the question by reading the text: What was the most important Panhellenic sanctuaryin Ancient Greece and who did it honor? The most important Panhellenic sanctuary was that of Zeus at Olympia in Peloponnesos. This sanctuary was where Greeks from all geographies, gathered to honor not only Zeus but almost all other primary deities and many ancestral heroes. 8. Go to the following link, https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/content/temple-athena-nike/3 and answer the question by reading the text: What was on the eastern frieze on the Temple of Athena Nike? The east frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike depicts the gathering of the gods around Zeus who sits on his throne roughly in the middle of this side. 9. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/francois-vase/ and answer the question by reading the text: What is the narrative of the main, central register of the vase? The Greek Vase interprets their forms and stories along with a variety of themes, from the adventures of the gods and mythological heroes, to expressive scenes of sexual intimacy and depictions of social, family and domestic life. 10. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/apollonius-boxer-at-rest/ and answer the question by watching the video: What are the traces of copper supposed to represent in the sculpture?
Copper and its alloys have been used throughout the ages for artistic pursuits. Due to the metal's unique physical properties, it can be manipulated into various shapes, designs and structures of all sizes
. 11. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/dying-gaul/ and answer the question by watching the video: what creates the serpentine line in one of the Ludovisi Gaul sculpture? The fluid motion of the bodies can be seen in how the man's arm flows in a serpentine motion into the woman's arm. 12. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/athanadoros-hagesandros-and-polydoros-of-
rhodes-laocoon-and-his-sons/ and answer the question by watching the video: The Greek Hellenistic sculpture was important for which Italian Renaissance artist? Discovered in Rome in 1506 and seen immediately by Michelangelo
, beginning its huge influence on Renaissance and Baroque art. 13. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/bronze-statue-of-eros-sleeping/ and answer the question by watching the video: How is the sculpture of eros different from Classical representations of children as miniature adults? Eros Sculpture: artist is caring the purity of love. Classical representation is the reality of a baby born into chaos turned into cupid. 14. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/the-pergamon-altar/ and answer the question by watching the video: What is Zeus using in his battle against the Giants? The rest of the giants were "destroyed" by thunderbolts thrown by Zeus, with each Giant being shot with arrows by Heracles. 15. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/nike-winged-victory-of-samothrace/ and answer the question by watching the video: The sculpture supposedly was a originally placed on what?
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The Nike of Samothrace was originally erected as a military victory monument in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods (Theoi Megaloi) on Samothrace, a small island in the northern Aegean Sea. 16. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/athanadoros-hagesandros-and-polydoros-of-
rhodes-laocoon-and-his-sons/ and answer the question by watching the video: What are the elements of the sculpture that characterize this artwork as Hellenistic? During this period sculpture became more naturalistic, and also expressive; there is an interest in depicting extremes of emotion
. 17. Go to the following link, https://smarthistory.org/alexander-mosaic-from-the-house-of-the-
faun-pompeii/ and answer the question by watching the video: What was the mosaic based on and where would the works that it was based on be located? An ancient art form first appearing in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BCE
, mosaics have captivated art lovers for thousands of years. Mosaic art uses small pieces of glass, stone, shells, or other hard natural materials, also called tessera, to form a pattern or composition. 18. Go to the following link https://smarthistory.org/spinario-boy-with-thorn/ and answer the question by watching the video: Which Renaissance artist copied this and where was that copy located? Filippo Brunelleschi copied it into the gilded bronze panel with which he participated in the famous competition for the north door of the Baptistery of Florence cathedral. The statue - in a first time - was stored at the Villa Medici in Rome.