Images are found in Tag File  RK207-4
 
 

*Temple of Aphaia, Aegina west pediment, c. 500, east pediment, c. 490 b.c.
 
 

*The Tyrannicides Harmodios and Aristogeition by Kritios and Nesiotes of Athens, c. 480 b.c.
*Kritios Boy, c. 480 b.c.
Blond Boy, C. 480 b.c.
The Charioteer of Delphi, 478-474 b.c.
*The "Zeus" of Artemision, second quarter of 5th century b.c.
The Discobolus (Discus Thrower) Roman copy of an original by Myron, c. 460-450 b.c.
*Temple of Zeus at Olympia, 465-457 b.c.
    A close copy, Temple of Poseidon from Paestum, c. 460 b.c.
 
 

*The Doryphoros, (Spearbearer) Roman copies of an original by Polykleitos, c. 450-440 b.c.
The Diadoumenos (Headbinder) Roman copies of an original by Polykleitos, c. 440 b.c.
*The Riace Bronzes, c. mid 5th century b.c.
 
 

CLASSICAL VASE PAINTING

Red figured cup by the Penthesilea Painter, Death of Penthesilea, c. 460 b.c. Compare Exekias from 540 b.c.
*The Argonaut Krater by the Niobid Painter, 460-450 b.c.
White ground lekythos, Muse playing the kithara, by the *Achilles Painter, c. 440 b.c.
White ground lekythos, with a farewell scene, Achilles painter, c. 440 b.c.
White ground Lekythos, Hermes waiting for a departing woman, 440-430 b.c., Phiale painter
 

J. J. Wincklemann excerpts

What does Wincklemann think of Greek art? How does he use it to define beauty? (See pp. 122-127) How does he explain the relationship between Greek life and art?

Andrew Stewart, Art Desire and the Body in Ancient Greece

In reading the excerpt from Andrew Stewart concentrate on his discussions of  the Kroisos youth  63-70, the Tyrannicides, 70-75 and the Doryphoros 86-96.

How did Greek sculptors depict the ideal form?  What cultural traditions does Stewart cite to explain it?