Those were the days!

Those were the days!
Those were the days!

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Spanish Monarchs.

Fernando and Isabel
Carlos I (Spain). Carlos V (Germany)
Felipe II
Felipe III
Felipe IV
Carlos II
Felipe V
Luis I
Fernando VI


Carlos III
Carlos IV
Fernando VII
Isabel II
Alfonso XII
Alfonso XIII
Juan Carlos I














Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Renaissance architecture. Cinquecento.

Bramante (first project). Michelangelo (new dome). Maderno.

Friday, 6 May 2011

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Greek sculpture throughout its main periods.

ARCHAIC AGE: Figures are very static and schematic. They represented nude athletes and draped young women.
Kora.

A nude athlete (Kouros)

CLASSICAL AGE: Figures represented movement. They were more realistic, harmonious and balanced.
Discus thrower (Discóbolo) by Miron.

Doryphorous (Doríforo) by Policleto.
Hermes (Praxiteles). Praxitelian curve.

HELLENISTIC AGE: FIGURES SHOWED FEELINGS AND MOODS. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO REPRESENTED.

Laoconte and his sons.

Victoria Samotracia.

Dying Gaul.




Chariatides.

Erecteion. Athens.
Their name means "people from the city of Caria, in Laconia. This name is said to come from the time this city was an allied of the Persians during the war. Their inhabitants were killed by the other Greeks and their wives became slaves and were condemned to bear the "heaviest burdens" forever (The burden of the temple).

Say the orders aloud (Ionic!!, Doric!!, Corinthian!!)


Identify the following temples. Name their orders. (Ionian, Doric, Corinthian)

Apteros.
Agrigento.

Segesta. Sicily.

Athena Nike.

Temple of Zeus.



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