1. Ancient Art History Survey, Week 9
Doric and Ionic orders, entasis, volutes, triglyphs and metopes, frieze, Corinthian order,
acanthus, acropolis (Athens), Pericles (Perikles), Propylaeia, Mnisikles, Athena
Promachos, Salamis, Athena Nike, Parthenon, Iktinos and Kallikrates, Vitruvius,
Panathenaic Procession, Phidias, Erectheion, Porch of the Maidens (caryatids), Lysippos,
Praxiteles, Skopas, Alexander the Great, Hellenic, Hellenistic, Macedonia/Pella, mosaic,
tesserae, Ephesus, Lysimachos, Pergamon, Attalids, Pergamon Altar/Gigantomachy,
Asclepion, Seven Wonders of the World, Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar
II), Zeus/Olympia, Mausoleum, Temple of Artemis, Herostratus, Colossus of Rhodes,
Lighthouse of Alexandria, Etruscans (Etruria/Tuscany)
Possible essay question:
--Discuss optical refinements in the plan of the Parthenon--how does the building's
design take the viewer's experience into account? What was the subject of the Parthenon
frieze, and why was it considered important?
--Differentiate between Hellenic and Hellenisitic. Discuss the Seven Wonders of the
World. Which were of Hellenisitic origin? What has happened to them?
Images:
Parthenon, c.440 BC, p. 113-116
Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxitiles, c.340 BC, p. 123
Apoxyomenos by Lysippos, c.330 BC, 125
Pergamon Altar, c.175 BC, p. 133