Visual Culture Quiz #1

Greek/AthensParthenon447-32 BCESimplistic, Stylobate, Doric Order, MarbleReplaced a temple destroyed by Persian invasionTreasury --> Athenian Empire --> Church --> Blown up

Greek/AthensParthenon Plans447-32 BCEPlinth 3 steps high, Temple surrounded by a single row of columns, Fluted Doric columns, Open to public,

Greek/AthensAthena Parthenos Model in Cella438 BCECreated by Phidias

Greek/AthensParthenon West Frieze, Horsemen447-32 BCEIonic friezeThe subject matter is the procession of the Panathenaic Games, celebrated each year on the occasion of Athena's birthday

Greek/AthensTemple of Athena Nike420 BCEOn Parapet, Nike adjusting sandles

Greek/AthensAcropolis plans, Reconstruction perspective

Greek 6th Century BCAnavysos Kouros520 BCEAthensMale youth, Typically marble, Typically life-size, Represents God Apollo, Marks Athens as center of Greek art

Polykleitos Greek/Athens; Roman CopyDoryphoros450-40 BCEClassical, Solid built athlete, Carries Spear, Marble tree stump added for support, Seems to be in movement

Greek 1st Century BCLaocoon and Sons99 BCELocated in Rome at the VaticanInfluenced course of Italian Renaissance art, Hellinistic, Marble (subtractive), Trojan priest Laocoon and his sons being strangled by sea serpents.

Rome, ItalyPantheon Exterior118-128One entry way, more orderly, More authority & power associated due to ceremonial entry way to view ruler, Pediment, Corinthian, Portico, On immediate ground

Rome, ItalyPantheon Plans118Perspective with forecourt

Rome, ItalyPantheon Plans: Painting by Pannini118Coffered concrete ceiling, buttressing, Saints, Granite Corinthian columns, Central opening (oculus) to sky, Circular building

Nimes, FranceMaison Carree Exterior19 BCETerritory of former Roman Empire, built by same architect as Pantheon, redirected as Christian church, Oblong "long square" shape, Portico, Raised on podium, Corinthian columns, Pediment, Heavier and bigger looking

Nimes, FrancePont du Gard15 ADAqueducts, Carried water to diff't towns, On a continuous slope, Arches to hold it up (Greeks never used), Even distribution of weight, Constructed by Romans, 3 Tiers

Rome, ItalyBaths of Caracalla: Plans212-17Public baths, Huge, Running water, Contemporary, Precedent, Axial access, Grid structure, Venue later used for gymnastics events