[ART HIS 20] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (25 pages long!)
1 Dec 2016
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Art history robin osborne: archaic and classical greek art pg 1 pg 2 pg3 pg4 pg5 pg7. 7th century was when the buildings had stone for walls and terracotta tiles for roofs. Columns were made to rest on a foundation. Doric order: original way to build temples in greece. Earliest doric order: temple of apollo , thermon, aitolia, nw greece. Metopes incorporated own painted rosette frame, exploited for visual effect. Women leaning forward has intense eye, eyebrow dips sharply. Greek myth: khelidon was raped by sis"s husband who tore out tongue. Weaved a written message, then the two killed son and fed him to the husband. Two women were turned into birds (aedon/ khelidon) Earliest pediment sculpture: pediment of the temple of artemis: fig31. Presented w/ the gorgon"s powers pg8 pg9 pg10 pg12 pg14. Gorgon btween lions was centerpiece of the pediment of temple. Limestone and marble were used to make them.
