Greek Art 600 - 150 BC

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Greek Art600 - 150 BC
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Greek Art

• Art was centered around humans
• Tried to create the perfect person
• Gave human bodies to their gods
• Tried to achieve a balance between intellectual
  and physical discipline
• Excelled in math, science, architecture,
  philosophy, poetry

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Greek Art Periods

• 600 - 480 BC - Archaic Period
• Similar to Egyptian style
• 480 - 323 BC - Classic Period
• Change in posture, facial expressions, draped
  clothing
• 323 - 150 BC - Hellenistic Period
• Shows more emotion

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Archaic Period

• Started out similar to Egyptian style
• Contrapposto- standing with a leg in front

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Kritios Boy480 BC - end of Archaic Period

• Example of Greek statue
• where the arms and legs are
• separate and its not built into
• a block - free standing
• Right leg is in front, right hip
• drops down, one knee is lower
• than the other - more natural pose

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Classic Period

• Changes in posture, facial features are more
  realistic, added draped cloth
• Charioteer of Delphi
  Three Goddesses

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Hellenistic Period

• Art showed more emotion
• Dying Gaul - life size sculpture of a wounded man
• Shows agony and pain in the facial expression and
  pose

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Hellenistic PeriodOld Market Woman

• Art isnt about beauty but reality. This
  sculpture shows pain and fatigue

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Tomorrow

• Video over Pompeii and questions.
• Aegean and Greek art questions.
• - Bring both sets of notes to have the answers.