UVA Greet Art Final

UVA final Gre ek art

23 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Question 1
Nike of samothrace
2nd century BC Hellenistic Marble Sculpture of the greek goddness Nike (victory) displayed at the Louvre in paris C.220-190 BC signal for victory and to honor Nike
Pergamon
Ancient Greek city which is now modern day turkey durring the helenistic period Where the great altar of pergamon was located
Question 3
Didyma Temple
Stoa- covered walk ways or entraces Hellenistic made of marble and limeston Doric exterior colonnade Ionic interior colonnade
Question 4
Gaul and wife
Creator-Epigonos roman copy after greek original marble sculpture man in the act of plunging a sword into his chest while he is holding a dying women 2nd century Hellenistic
Question 5
Dying Gaul
Roman marble copy of Hellenistic original from 230-220 BC was a made to celebrate the victory over the Celtic Shows a dying Celt alot of realism in the face depicted as a celt warrior by his hairstyle and moustache, nude, sword and shield lay beside him serves as a reminder of the celts defeat
Question 6
Great Altar of Zeus, pergamon
Hellenistic C.166-156BC Marble The frieze depicts the battle between the gods and the giants(important battle because after this battle the gods came to power) was at the acropolis of Pergamon
Question 7
Bronze horse and jockey
Hellenistic 160-30BC Bronze
Question 8
Aphrodite of Melos
C. 100BC Marble Sculputure From the Isle of Melos greek goddess of love and beauty Larger than life size
Question 9
Sleeping Satyr (Barberini Faun)
Hellenistic C.220 BC life size Marble sculpture Satyr- mythological, human like male woodland creature with animal features(goat like tail, ears or horns) attended Dionysus(god of wine)
Question 10
Slipper slapper group
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Seated boxer
c.50BC bronze sculpture late hellenistc post fight, exhaustion and pain expressed on the face
Laocoon Group
Shows Laocoon and his sons monumental white marble sculpture shows the Trojan priest Laocoon and his sons being strangled by sea serpents
Pebble mosacis from pella
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Dervieni Krater
Found in the tomb of Derveni made of bronze and tin funerary urn attached handles, the next shows a scene of animals and 4 statuettes 2 are maenads 1 dionysus 1 satyr
Head of Phillip
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