Classics

High Classical

LATE CLASSICAL, 400-323

I. Historical Context Peloponnesian War (431-403) and its consequences. Renaissance of cities in Greek east. II. FOURTH CENTURY (480-50)

***Please note that different texts/scholars will have different dates. You should recognize which piece or work is earlier, that is, be able to establish a relative chronology. Page numbers refer to place in Pedley text.

Architecture

1. Bassai (Bassae): Temple of Apollo. First known use of Corinthian capital (used in interior of temple; the capital is now lost.) c. 400
   • Friezes: Lapiths and Centaurs; Greek against the Amazons (from interior of temple)
2. Epidauros: Temple of Asklepios 380
   Theater c. 300
3. Nemea: Temple of Zeus. 330
   All of the sites are in the Peloponnesos (i.e., southern Greece)
4. Halicarnassos (Caria in Asian Minor): The Mausoleum of Mausolos and Artemesia. c. 350

Free Standing Sculpture

1. Praxiteles:
2. • Hermes and the baby Dionysus (Olympia)
   • Apollo Sauroktonos
   • Aphroditeof Knidos
3. Skopas of Paros
   • Attic Grave Stele 350-330, 5'6"
   • Drum from temple of Artemis at Ephesos
   • Tegea: The Temple of Athena Alea 340
     • head of Herakles
   • Dresden Maenad
   • Mausoleum at Halicarnassos (see above)
4. Lysippos fl. 330-300
   • Apoxyomenos 330 6'9". New canon of proportions.
   • Hermes 320

Bibliography: Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period (1985)
Pollitt, Art and Experience in Classical Greece (1972)
J.J. Coulton, The Ancient Greek Architect at Work (1977). A classic.

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