Art of the Classical Era

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 Featured art:
Greek Architecture

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 Parthenon
 Dedicated to Goddess Athena
(Goddess of Wisdom)
 Construction started in 447BC –
438BC
 Architects: Ictinus and Callicrates
 Master sculptor: Phidias

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 Parthenon
 The columns that hold the structure
of the Parthenon were thick and
massive created in a style known as
Doric (unadorned column)
 Athena’s backroom treasury had tall
and slender column that has an
elaborate and distinct scroll shaped
ornaments called the Ionic

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 Corinthian - most ornate of the
three ancient Greek architectural
orders distinguished especially by
its large capitals decorated with
carved acanthus leaves.

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Panathenaic Procession
Parthenon Frieze(South)
 A frieze was a standard part of
Greek architecture, a decorative
area above the columns and below
the roof line.
 Panathenaic procession, a festival
to honor Athena and celebrate
Athens as the leader of all Greek
city states.

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 Doryphoros
 Sculpture by Polykleitos
 Also called the “Spear Bear” a
statue of a man holding a
spear or in the attitude of a
spear-bearer.

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 Aphrodite of Knidos

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Hermes and the
Infant Dionysus

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Winged Victory of Samothrace

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Laocoon and his Sons

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