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    GREEK ART

    This period in art history took place from


    about 800 B.C to 50 B.C.
    History of greek art
    • This period is also called the Age of Pericles

    • Greek art began in the Cycladic and Minoan


    civilization,
    GREEK PAINTING
    • The Greeks were skilled painters.
    • Greek artists achieved a breakthrough in
    realistic trompe l'oeil effects.
    Vase
    PAINTING

    • Vase Painting told stories


    about God and heroes of
    Greek myths

    Painted Pottery

    Dramatic Poetry
    Frieze with mourning figures (detail), Dipylon
    Amphora, c. 750 B.C.E., ceramic, 160 cm
    (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

    Dipylon Dipylon Amphora, c. 750 B.C.E., ceramic, 160 cm


    Amphora (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
    Exekias, amphora with Ajax and Achilles
    playing a game

    Exekias (potter and painter), Attic black-figure amphora (detail showing Ajax and
    Achilles playing a game), c. 540-530 B.C.E., 61.1 cm high, found Vulci (Gregorian
    Etruscan Museum, Vatican City)
    TERRACOTA
    KRATER

    Terracotta Krater, attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Geometric, c. 750-735


    B.C.E., Ancient Greece, terracotta, 108.3 x 72.4 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of
    Art, New York) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth
    Harris and Steven Zucker.
    GREEK
    SCULPTURE

    • Greek sculpture
    and reliefs usually
    represented gods
    and heroes, and
    were made for
    temples

    • They worked in
    marble and bronze.
    GEOMETRIC ART

    • This was a time of dramatic transformation that


    led to the establishment of primary Greek
    institutions.

    • The Greek city-state (polis) was formed.


    THE THREE
    ANCIENT PERIODS
    The Archaic
    Period

    • Sculptors created
    large, rigid,
    freestanding
    sculptures called
    Kouros.

    • Very similar to
    Egyptian
    sculpture.
    The
    Classical
    Period

    In the 5th century BC,


    the sculptor,
    Polykleitos,
    established a canon
    (or rule) for human
    beauty.
    The Hellenistic
    Period

    They were interested in


    showing emotion on
    the face and used
    realistic proportions as
    opposed to ideal
    proportions of the
    classical period.
    GREEK ARCHITECTURE
    GREEK ARCHITECTURE
    • Temples of ancient Greece built to honor their
    gods were the biggest and most beautiful.

    • Political purpose as they were often built to


    celebrate civic power and pride, or to offer
    thanksgiving to the patron deity of a city for
    success in war.

    • Greek temples were usually built in marble.


    GREEK ORDERS
    • The Greeks developed three architectural
    systems, called orders, each with their own
    distinctive proportions and detailing. The Greek
    orders are: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
    doric
    sturdy and its top
    (the capital), is
    plain.
    IONIC
    • This style was
    found in eastern
    Greece and the
    islands.
    CORINTHIAN

    • Its capital is very


    elaborate and
    decorated with
    acanthus leaves.
    THE ACROPOLIS

    • Acropolis is a Greek word meaning 'high city'.


    • The Athenian Acropolis rises from the plain of
    Attica to 500 feet above sea level.
    THE ACROPOLIS
    • The Acropolis hill, so called the Sacred Rock of
    Athens, is the most important site of the city.
    The Parthenon

    • Rises on the acropolis, the sacred outcropping dominating


    Athens.
    • Icon in the history of Architecture.
    • Was built as a temple and dedicated to virgin goddess,
    Athena Parthenos.

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