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Art 1/Artist Spotlights

You will be introduced to selected works of art and artists as they relate to the curriculum. In your sketchbook:
1. Complete a thumbnail sketch of the work
2. Document the #, heading, and credit line
3. Review all provided resources - take notes
4. Answer the questions completely and with specificity; complete sentences should reveal the question (write legibly or type/print)

Entries started in class must be completed as homework by the same day/next week

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#7 Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

11/20/2017

Roman copy of the bronze original by Polykleitos
ca. 450 - 440 BCE
6’ 11” high

READ/TAKE NOTES: The Canon of Polykleitos
READ/TAKE NOTES: Roman Copies of Ancient Greek Art

WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW/TAKE NOTES:

Why was bronze used for the original sculpture (of which this example is a copy)? What is problematic about this material and why is it lucky that the Romans were so enamored of Greek art?
What is a "canon"? How is the canon of Polykleitos different from the canon used in ancient Egypt?
Polykleitos is also known as a foremost "aesthetician." His ideas about beauty aligned with the philosophy that beauty = _____________________.

a) the harmony of mathematical proportions
b) the heroic figures of Greek mythology
c) the moral character of an individual
d) the muscular bodies of Olympic athletes

#6 Kritios Boy

11/6/2017

from the Acropolis
Athens, Greece
c. 480 BCE
Marble, approx. 3’ 10” high.
Acropolis Museum, Athens.

NOTE: While it's important that you know the general time periods and countries of origin for each presented Artist Spotlight, this is the only one for which you need to know the exact date. It's just that important.

Click on both links below and read carefully/take notes:
KRITIOS BOY
CONTRAPPOSTO (this is a download)

We will be watching a video clip from "How Art Made the World," in order to understand the importance of this sculpture and what is yet to come.

Watch this video on your own:

AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE RESOURCES ASSIGNED ABOVE: Answer the following questions completely and with specificity to the provided resources, personal reflection, and additional research as needed:

1. This sculpture represents a "transitional" style of Greek sculpture. What is the name of this specific style/time period in Greek history (not Late Archaic) AND which two periods does it bridge?
2. Explain "contrapposto": 1) What does the term mean, literally 2) How does it show itself in the Kritios Boy, and 3) Why is it so important?
3. Compare and contrast Kritios Boy to the statues that would come later in the Middle Ages.

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and...look at Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2" to see how MOVEMENT can be shown in a painting!

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Art 1/Artist Spotlights

#7 Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

#6 Kritios Boy

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