1. Classical Greek architecture was in existence for only a short time while elements of its form have been exported all over the world. First, by the Macedonians and Alexander the Great, and then the Roman empire later. In the mid 1800's Greek revival architecture became popular in the United States and Northern Europe. In Regensburg, Germany, Leo von Klenze's designed Walhalla, a monumental Greek styled temple named after the mythical home of the Norse gods and depicting the history of the German peoples. Why do you think the Greek style continued to be reinvented for to promote different cultures and values?
2.Erotic images of nude woman in public sculpture did not appear until the Late Classical period in Greek Art, yet the Venus de Milo (figure 5.83) and the Aphrodite of Knidos (figure 5.62) become standards for the eroticization of female form in Western Art. examine the above statue (Aphrodite, Eros & Pan fromm 100 BCE) in terms of its form and content paying attention to the period, placing it within a context of what you have learned in this chapter. Specifically, is she representative of Helenistic art? Why or why not?
3.Compare and contrast the West and East Pediments of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. Then look at the East and West Pediments of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia.
Describe specifically the changes in form and content that show the development of sculpture from Archiac to Classical.