Cards (30)

    • NY Kouros, Osborne
      The plain features of the New York Kouros make no definitive statement about man at all
    • Aristodikos Kouros, Woodford
      now appears unnaturally stiff. For the first time in over a hundred years the pose is called into quesiton
    • Delphic Charioteer, Woodford
      Slight twist of the figure lends it life
    • Delphic Charioteer, Woodford
      The Charioteers' introvert, reflective expression is very different from the thoughtless smile of the kouroi barely a generation before
    • Doryphorus, Osborne
      We no longer look on a real man; we know we look at a construct.. the personal is no longer on the agenda
    • Woodford
      4th Century saw a revival of interest in naturalism
    • Temple of Zeus (Seer), Pollitt
      the extreme adaptation of the figure's physical characteristics - his sagging body and bald head - to his dramatic role something new
    • 4th Century, Woodford
      4th century b.c. saw a revival of interest in naturalism
    • East pediment Parthenon, Woodford
      the folds in the messenger's peplos swirl back from her advancing leg in a double curve, that conveys her haste
    • West pediment Parthenon, Woodford
      back view of the river god reveals the drapery seeming to lap at the body, as if the current were sweeping by
    • Parthenon frieze, Woodford
      Speed is conveyed realistically by the cape billowing backwards and the wind blown manes of the horses
    • Korai, Spivey
      Korai were sexy
    • Peplos Kore, Spivey
      on the one hand, the peplos kore is covered and respectable and on the other she is attractive and alluring
    • Aphrodite of the Agora, Woodford
      Aphrodite is engulfed in a swirl of curvilinear drapery
    • Cnidian Aphrodite, Scott
      one of the most ground breaking not to mention sexy statues of all time
    • Francois vase, Woodford
      translates epic poetry into a visual image
    • Ajax and Achilles, Pedley
      seemingly peaceful, this scene is full of foreboding, ominous with pent-up rage shortly to be released
    • Boreas and Oreithyia, Woodford
      Produced one of those powerful, sad, muffled figures which opened up a whole new, hitherto, unimaginable world of feeling
    • Herakles and the Amazons, Woodford
      In terms of drawing and composition the painting is masterly
    • Berlin Painter, Williams
      Berlin Painter's special talent lay in his ability to build small elegent details
    • Perseus and Medusa, Williams
      quirky charm
    • Wedding scene, Sophilos Dinos, Woodford
      His heart was in the mythological scene he portrayed at the top
    • Parthenon metopes, Woodford
      Play of light and shadow provides a splendid foil to the beautiful nude body of the man and the powerful forms of the monster
    • Parthenon East Pediment, Woodford
      waves of excitment
    • Temple of Zeus East Pediment, Woodford
      intense but wholly without action
    • Herakles and the Kerkopes, Woodford
      most of the elements of which they are composed are carefully arranged to yield symmetrical patterns
    • Temple of Aphaia, Woodford
      beautiful and complex design
    • Temple of Zeus Metopes, Woodford
      dynamic design was to serve as the basis of many later compositions
    • Herakles and Dionysus feasting, Woodford
      Change from black figure to red figure was revolutionary
    • Osborne
      the metopes act as a device for the sculptor to tell a narrative story rather than portray a static scene