ARTHIST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lysippos, Polykleitos, Lekythos
10 May 2018
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Lecture 14: Hellenistic Greece
Public/Private Art: Civic Representation vs. Collectors/A Question of Taste?
Idea of hubris – excessive pride to a fault
Greek idea of infinite abilities
Erectheion, Porch of the Maidens
421-405 BCE
Caryatid columns
430 – plague devastates city of Athens; half of population die
427 – 404 Peloponnesian War; city-states of Delian League team up against Athens
The Nike Parapet Sculpture
410 BCE
Emphasis on elegance and irrationality
Ornament seems to usurp substantial meaning and style
Grave Stele of Hegeso
400 BCE
National Museum of Athens
Hegeso is woman sitting with servant girl holding a box
Monument is put up by Hegeso’s father to commemorate her
White ground Lekythos
440 BCE, Athens
Funerary vase
Saying goodbye to the person
Other-worldly detachment for the person who passed away
Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos
350-340 BCE
Exploration of emotional states
Praxiteles known as sculptor of sex and sensuality
First to make the sculpture nude
Aphrodite has taken off her clothes, ready to bathe, the dewy look of surprise at being walked in
Pronounced S-curve
Appealing to personal tastes and experiences
Mass produced for personal collectors for homes and gardens
Venus of Milos
150-125 BCE
Alexandros of Antioch
Same story of being caught ready to bathe
S-curve, drapery, softness of flesh, exaggerated contrapposto
Venus Kallipigos
Bottom-showing
Almost shiny quality
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Document Summary
Idea of hubris excessive pride to a fault. 430 plague devastates city of athens; half of population die. 427 404 peloponnesian war; city-states of delian league team up against athens. Ornament seems to usurp substantial meaning and style. Hegeso is woman sitting with servant girl holding a box. Monument is put up by hegeso"s father to commemorate her. Other-worldly detachment for the person who passed away. Praxiteles known as sculptor of sex and sensuality. Aphrodite has taken off her clothes, ready to bathe, the dewy look of surprise at being walked in. Mass produced for personal collectors for homes and gardens. Same story of being caught ready to bathe. S-curve, drapery, softness of flesh, exaggerated contrapposto. Hermes would have been holding grapes, baby dionysios reaching for the grapes. Falling drapery may indicate that this is a roman copy. Compared to proportions in the past, the body is more lengthened.
