Demba Traore's Art History Blog
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
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