1. ART 101:
Introduction to Art
Classical Greek Art
James Greene | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1110 CAC | greenjam@gvsu.edu
2. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Classical Period
Reconstruction view of the Acropolis of Athens
3. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Classical Period
Aerial view of the Acropolis of Athens
4. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Classical Period
Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos) Acropolis, Athens, 447-438 BC.
(view from the northwest)
5. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Classical Period
6. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – High Classical Period
Phidias
Athena Parthenos
(model of the lost statue)
Approx. 38’ tall
The Parthenon
(Nashville, TN)
7. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – High Classical Period
Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, Aphrodite?) from the East pediment of the
Parthenon, c. 438-432 BC, Marble, greatest height approx. 4’5”
8. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – High Classical Period
Nike Adjusting Her Sandal
(from the south side of the
parapet of the temple of
Athena Nike.)
Acropolis, Athens,
c. 410 BC
Marble
approx. 3’6” high
9. Praxiteles,
Aphrodite of Knidos
(Roman copy of lost Greek
original of c. 350-340 BC)
Marble
Approx. 6’ 8” high
Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE –Late Classical Period
10. ART 101:
Introduction to Art
Hellenistic Greek Art
James Greene | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1110 CAC | greenjam@gvsu.edu
11. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Hellenistic Art
Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, c. 175 BC, (now in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
12. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Hellenistic Art
Altar of Zeus,
Pergamon
c. 175 BC
Now in Staatliche
Museen, Berlin.
13. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Hellenistic Art
Athena Battling Alkyoneos, from Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, marble, approx. 7’x6”
14. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Hellenistic Art
Dying gaul
Dying Gaul
(Roman marble copy of Greek
original bronze)
From Pergamon
Original c. 230-220 BC
15. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Hellenistic Art
Nike of Samothrace
c. 190 BC
Marble
approx. 8’ 1”
16. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Hellenistic Art
The Cyclops Polyphemus and Odysseus, from Sperlonga, 14-19 AD
Attributed to Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes.
17. Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE – Hellenistic Art
Laocoon and His Sons
by Athanadoros,
Hagesandros, and
Polydoros of Rhodes
Early first century
Marble
approx. 7’ 101/2” high
18. ART 101:
Introduction to Art
Etruscan Art
James Greene | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1110 CAC | greenjam@gvsu.edu
26. Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Temple of “Fortuna Virilis” (Temple of Portunus) Rome,
Late second or early first century BC.
27. Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
The main advantage of concrete construction was the ability
to create vaulted and domed ceilings without internal supports
28. Head of a Roman Patrician
From Otricoli, c. 75-50 BC
Marble
approx. 14” high
Art & Cultural Mythology: THE EARLY REPUBLIC
29. Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Denarius with portrait of Julius Caesar, 44 BC.
Silver, diameter approx. ¼ inch.
30. Portrait of Augustus as general
from Primaporta, copy of a
bronze original
Marble, c. 20 BC
Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN EMPIRE
43. Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Trajan’s Column
From Trajan’s Forum
Rome
Marble
128’ high
A.D. 113
44. Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Trajan’s Column (detail), Marble, 128’ high, A.D. 113
45. Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Pantheon, exterior view, Rome, A.D 118-125
46. Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Pantheon,
interior view,
Rome,
A.D 118-125
47. Portraits of the
Four Tetrachs,
c. A.D. 305
Poryphyry
(purple marble)
Approx. 4’ 3” high
San Marco,
Venice
Art & Cultural Mythology: THE ROMAN EMPIRE