Greek Art Late Classical Period (4th century Greek) 400-323 BCE 4th-century BCE in Greece • (Spartans defeated Athens 404 BCE, overthrown again 403 BCE) • Continuing political strife and upheaval throughout the century • Philip II of Macedon conquered Greek city-states 338BCE; becomes an empire • Alexander the Great, his son, conquered Egypt, Persia, and nearly India 336-323 BCE • Greatest empire—greater interest in luxuries Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles. 350-340 BCE. 6’8” Where did Praxiteles see me naked?” -Aphrodite on seeing this statue Hermes and the infant Dionysos, by Praxiteles. C 340 BCE. 7’1” Hermes, the messenger god Apoxyomenos (Scraper) by Lysippos. C 330 BCE. 6’9” Scraping oil and dirt from the body with a strigil Typical Late Classical sculptural style • Pronounced S-curve (languid, leaning contrapposto) • Flesh and texture emphasized, more sensual (marble often used as the original media, not bronze) • Not frontal; meant to be seen from all angles • Nude women acceptable as subject matter • Canon of proportions changed: 8+ heads tall, more slender • More youthful idealizations • More human: loving, playful, wistful, dreamy, tired, reflective; less heroic and invincible • More gestures, more communicative • More toussled hair Weary Herakles by Lysippos. C 320 BCE Tomb of Mausolos at Halikarnassos Amazon frieze, Mausoleum for Mausolus Theater, Epidaurus Polykleitos the Younger. 350 BCE Theatron= place for sitting Orchestra Tholos, Delphi Doric exterior and Corinthian interior, Late Classical period Corinthian capital with acanthus leaves: often for interiors only Alexander the Great, ruled 336-323 BCE court sculptor: Lysippos, 328-325 BCE Stag Hunt, mosaic by Gnosis 3-D illusionism by using: -shading -highlights -foreshortening & ¾ views -overlapping Battle of Issus, Alexander Confronting Darius III, mosaic of tesserae. c 313 BCE (original painting by Philoxenos of Eretria) Alexander the Great Darius III Hellenistic (Greek-like) Art c 323-31 BCE By Skopas?
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