ARTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thebes, Greece, Geometric Art, Negative Space
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Roman took from the greeks heavily (as well as: renaissance, neo-classical, etc. ) They believed man to be the measure of all things. Pantheon sky gods took over the titans, they have human emotions. Apollo god of healing, arts and sun. Artemis goddess of hunting and the moon. Centaur, circa late 10th century, proto-geometric, terra cotta. Found broken in two and placed adjacent to one another. Geometric krater, from the dipylon cemetery, athens, greece, 740 bce. Open at both the top and bottom, meaning rain can flow through. Geometric shapes and symbols (arms form rectangles) Found in a sanctuary, likely something that was votive. Compositions become much more open, abstracted plant forms. Corinthian black-figure amphora with animal friezes from greece 625-600 bce. Bird with the head of a woman. Mantiklos apollo, statuette of a youth dedicated by mantiklos to apollp from. He is the first step towards human figures looking more realistic. Lady of auxerre 650-625 bce limestone daedalus.
