Riace (Ri-a-ch-e) Warrior
Greece, c. 450 BCE, classical period
Spear Bearer
Artist: Polykleitos, Greece, c. 450 BCE, classical period
Man Scraping himself
Artist: Lysippos, Greece, c. 350 BCE, late classical period
Aphrodite of Knidos
Artist: Praxiteles (Prac-si-te-lees), Greece, c. 350 BCE, late classical period
Farnese Hercules
Artist: Lysippos, Greece, c. 350 BCE, late classical period
Canon
A set of ideal proportions for representing the human figure. Usually 1:8 or 1:7
Contrapposto
The shifting of weight to one foot, causing hip and shoulder lines to counterbalance esch other. Result a graceful curve alone the vertical axis of a figure
High relief/low relief
How much a figure extends from the background of the sculpture
Hubris
Excessive pride
Lost wax casting
An ancient process of casting wax to make a bronze piece
Patina
The surface layer of a metal object
Pediment
the triangular space (gable) at the end of a building
Stoic/stoicism
Showing no expression
X-pose
Composite pose, a combination of profile and frontal poses
Dying Gaul and His Wife
Patrons: Attalids, Turkey, c. 225 BCE, Hellenistic
Nike of Samothrace
Greece, c. 200 BCE, Hellanistic
Seated Boxer
Italy, c. 100 BCE, Hellenistic
Hellenistic
Greek-like
Pergamine Baroque
A Hellenistic art style originating in the city of Pergamon
