By Jason Godin Archaic funerary monuments Grave markers in the Archaic period Who would get these funerary monuments Who would build these funerary monuments Where would these funerary monuments be built ID: 790352
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Archaic Funerary monument
By: Jason Godin
Slide2Archaic funerary monuments
Grave markers in the Archaic period.
Who would get these funerary monuments?
Who would build these funerary monuments?Where would these funerary monuments be built?
“Immortality lay in the continued remembrance of the dead by the living”.
Slide3Anavysos Kouros
- Athens, national museum,
Anavysos
Kourus, from
Anavysos
, 530
Bc
(
Parian marble) height 1.94 m.- Inscription on base: “Stay and mourn at the tomb of dead Kroisos, whom raging Ares destroyed one day, fighting in the foremost ranks”. (trans. A.F. Stewart)- The Anavysos Kouros is not a portrait or likeness of the individual Kroisis but a type meant to signify Kroisis.- Features of the Anavysos Kouros.
Slide4Aristion (marble grave stele)
- The marble grave stele of
Aristion,
work of Aristokles
, found at
Velanideza
,
Attica, (
Pentelic marble) ca. 510 Bc.- Grave stele of a hoplite warrior.- Base of the stele is inscribed on Front side. - Less extravagant funerary monument(not as expensive as the Anavysos Kouros).
Slide5Phrasikleia funerary monument
-
Phrasikleia,
Marenda
(
A
ttica), Paros marble,
ca. 560-550
Bc.- Only female funerary statue that is used asa grave marker.Inscription on the base: “Grave marker forPhrasikleia, I will ever be called maiden/kore”- Features of Phrasikleia monument.- Reference to the myth of Persephone &Kore.- Extremely expensive and luxurious decorated
Slide6Funerary monument for an Athlete
- Boston, museum of fine arts, “funerary
Monument for an athlete”, from
Boiotia
,
Greece. Ca. 550
Bc
(Marble from Mt.
Pentelikon)- Wears an olive wreath with fruit and leavesand he holds up two pomegranates, indicates an Olympic athlete. - Features of the monument.- Inscription of the first two letters of his name: ‘Tho’
Slide7The Persian invasion
The Persian invasion soon after 500
Bc
… and its repercussions.
Shift to public memorials
Slide8Bibliography
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culptured
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