CLST 101 Lecture Notes - Cella, Opisthodomos, Corinthian Order
30 Nov 2012
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Circles/ semi circles etchings, black paint +clay. Later vases all covered in patterns, some figures represented. Profasis mourning the dead before burial figures not very human-like; geometric, all figures. Detailed, made by incision; invented in corinth, some had. Triangular face, flat skull; wig like hair; big eyes/ noses; black apart from face scenes portrayed inscriptions triangular torso. Always naked, dedicated to statues, sometimes used as grave markers regardless of age of deceased; derived from egyptian statues, but greek statues were always naked. Were clothed, usually holding something; wore ependytes, a popular oriental tunic worn over peplos; also wore chiton, another popular dress. Doric order = used in temples, developed in peloponnese; only base made of stone, rest made of wood; triglyphs could be decorated or not. Plan of a doric temple: surrounded by columns, cella/nao 430-390 b. c. s in the centre, pronaus in front of temple, sometimes opisthodomos in back.
