Thursday, October 29, 2015

Porta Marzia

Porta Marzia (Gate of Mars)
From Perugia, Italy
2nd century BCE
One of the gates in Perugia's walls.

Capitoline Wolf

Capitoline Wolf
Best known of Estruscan statue of the Classical period
Bronze statue
The two children are Romulus and Remus
The Statue tells a story.

Aule Metele


Aule Metele (Arringatore)
it is a magistrate from Estrucan
From Cortona, Italy
It is a bronze statue
1st century
Estruscan art that became a Roman art


Apulu


Apulu (Apollo of Veii)
Estrucan art
Made by Vulca of Veii, the famous Estrucan sculptor
From the roof of the Portonaccio temple Veii, Italy
510-500 BCE
Painted terracotta
It is part of group depicting a Greek myth 
It also depicted one of 12 labors of Herakles

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Sarcophagus of Ramtha Visnai and Arnth Tetnies


Sarcophagus of Ramtha Visnai and Arnth Tetnies
350-300 BCE


Chalchas examing a liver

Chalcahs examing the liver
400-375 BCE
Engraved bronze mirror
popular gift for both living and dead

Interior of the Tomb of Shields and Chairs


Interior of Tomb of the Shields and Chairs
From Banditaccia, Cerveteri, Italy
550-500 BCE
burial chamber for Estruscan

The Cerveteri Tumuli


The Cerveteri Tumuli
From Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri, Italy
Seventh to second century
Burial chamber for Estrucan

Monday, October 26, 2015

Sarcophagus with reclining couple


Sarcophagus with reclining couple
From the Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri, Italy
520 BCE
Made of terracotta
Husband and wife ashes in Sarcophagus

Estruscan Temple

A Typical Estruscan temple
 Sixth century
Made of wood, mud bricks, stone

Regolini-Galassi Tomb

Regolini-Galassi Tomb
From Sorbo Necropolis, Cerveteri, Italy
650-640 BCE
Made from bronze cauldrons and gold jewelery

Interior of the Tomb of Leopards


Interior of the Tomb of Leopards
Constructed around 480 BCE
From Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia, Italy

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Temple of Apollo


Temple of Apollo, Didyma
From Didyma, Turkey
300 BCE
one of most ambitious projects of the Hellenistic period.
Architecs PAIONIOS OF EPHESOS and DAPHNIS OF MILETOS

The Caryatids of the south porch of the Erechteion


The Caryatids of the Erechtheion 
At the south porch of the Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
421-405 BCE

Three Goddesses

Three Goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite)
East Pediment of the parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
made of marble
438-432 BCE
Scene of the of the birth of the goddess Athena Parthenos, and the three goddesses are witnessing it.



Athena Parthenos


Athena Parthenos ( The "Virgin")
Sculptor: Phidias
In the cella  of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
438 BCE
Made of Gold and Ivory
the Statue represents the Victory of Athen
Most expensive item in the pediment


Chariot race of Peloos and Oinomaos


Chariot race of Pelops and Oinomaos ( Temple of Zeus's East Pediment)
From Olympia, Greece
470-456 BCE
Made of marble
Depicts the legendary chariot race across the Peloponnesos from Olympia to Corinth

Kritos Boy


Kritos Boy
Made of marble
one of most important statue in the history of art
480 BCE
From Acropolis, Athens, Greece
The statue shows how how a person naturally stands, and how the different parts of the body act as a system.

Temple of Aphaia (restore view of the facade)


Temple of Aphaia ( restored view of the facade  in 1828)
Design by Guillaume-Abel Blouet
From Aegina, Greece
500-490 BCE
Theme of the temple is the Battle between the Greeks and Trojans

Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game


Achailles and Ajax playing a dice game
sculptor: Exekias ( Athenian) 
540-530 BCE
From Estruscan Tomb, Vulci, Italy

Kouros


Statue of kouros
From Attica, possible Anavysos, Greece
600 BCE
Made of marble
Funeral functions, replace huge vase over the tomb
Archaic period


Corinthian black-figure amphora with animals friezes



Corinthian black-figure amphora with animal friezes
From Rhodes, Greece
625-600 BCE
Sold on the marketplace

Friday, October 23, 2015

Dipylon Krater


Dipylon Krater
Geometric Art
huge krater marking the grave of a man buried around 740 BCE
discovered at the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, Greece

Temple " Parthenon"

 PARTHENON
Greatest Greek temple in Acropolis, Athens, Greece
447-438 BCE
IKTINO architect of
built to celebrated the victory of the Greeks over the Persians
Dedicated to the Goddess of Athena