Greek

• Greeks - believed that art was an expression of perfection
• Greeks - represented the Gods in their art, to express the ideal form of beauty, physical strength and power
• The beginnings of Education (Greek)

  1. Development of Individuality
  2. Athenians - to be perfect man
• Sculpture (Greek)- Tended to focus on athleticism and mythology
• Sculpture (Greek)- Represent their objects in an idealized fashion, making them almost unrealistic though beautiful
• Architecture (Greek) - used marble
• Perikles (r. ca. 461–429 B.C.) - most creative and adroit statesman of the third quarter of the fifth century B.C
• GEOMETRIC PERIOD - when Greece starting to get back from the onslaught of what seemed to be their Dark Ages
• GEOMETRIC PERIOD - when geometric shapes and patterns have
• ARCHAIC PERIOD - Importance on human figure
• ARCHAIC PERIOD - result of Greece’s trading activities with other civilization
• CLASSICAL PERIOD - The peak of Greek sculpture and architecture
• CLASSICAL PERIOD -when the Greeks found themselves rebuilding their temples and focusing creating artworks
• HELLENISTIC PERIOD - Time of Alexander the Great
• HELLENISTIC PERIOD - primarily focused on showcasing emotions and depicting reality
• Black-Figure Pottery (630 BCE) - emphasized human figures rather than animal motifs as pictorial themes
• Red-Figure Pottery (530 BCE) - just the reverse of the black-figure style in that the reddish figures appear light against the black background of the pot surface
• The red hues mimicked the colour and tone of sun-bronzed skin and dramatically spotlighted the figures against the dark background
• Dipylon amphora (760-750 BC) - also known as Athens 804
• Dipylon amphora (760-750 BC) - a large Ancient Greek painted vase, and is now held by the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
• Theseus and Ariadne - A man and woman stand beside a ship outfitted with tiers of rowers. Grasping at the stern and lifting one leg into the hull, the man turns back towards the female and takes her by the wrist
• DIPYLON AMPHORA - the passing of an aristocratic woman, who is illustrated along with the procession of her funeral consisting of mourning family and friends situated along the belly of the vase.
• TERRACOTTA PAINTED PLAQUES (c.625 BCE) - earliest evidence for architectural decoration in Iron Age Greece
• Greek mythology a Gorgon - a monstrous feminine creature whose appearance would turn anyone who laid eyes upon it to stone
• Classical Greek - Statues depicting male and female bodies are iconic, legendary and set the standards for numerous artists and art movements to come.
• Kouros & Kore (7th - 5th BCE) - Classical Era, Archaic
• Kouros & Kore (7th - 5th BCE) -first foray of Greek artists into exploring the human form in stone
• Kouros -The males are nude, youthful and athletic
• Kore- The women are clothed, modest and self-contained
• archaic smile – not as a means of emotion
• Laocoon - a Trojan priest, and his sons being strangled by serpents.
• Poseidon - the Greek God of the sea was enlarged by such action which led him to send serpents to strangle Laocoon and his sons.
• Inside Doric Temple, stood the colossal gold-and-ivory statue of Athena
• Greek sculptor Pheidias - made statue of Athena
• Dipylon amphora (760-750 BC) - silhouette human forms
• Terracotta painted plaque found at temple of Apollo at Thermon
• Dionysus- started greek theatre
• Parthenon - temple built in honor of Greek Goddess Athena
• Pantheon- Iconic structure built from concreate and used a government building