THE ART OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS
Overview:
1) Key ideas 2) You Tube Videos 3) Study Guides and power points divided into three sections. 4) The Greeks and the Human Figure 5) Homework Docs 6) Links 7) Flash Card Images Class Documents for download and printing
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Key Ideas
Excellent links to more information on Ancient Greek Art.
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/ancient-greece-and-rome.html http://www.ancient-greece.org/art.html Excellent link to more information on the Hellenistic Period.
http://www.greeklandscapes.com/greece/athens_museum_hellenistic.html |
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The Human Figure For the Greeks : To Obtain Perfection
Archaic
550 BCE- 6th CE Artists: ??? Artworks: kouroi and korai Descriptions: Idealization, stylized, frontal, rigid |
Severe
480 BCE- 5th CE Artists: Kritios Artworks: Pedimental sculpture of the Temple of Aphaia and the Temple of Artemis, Kritios boy Descriptions: Contrapposto, movement |
Classical
450 BCE- 5th CE Artists: Phidias, Polyklitos, Myron Artworks: Riace warrior, Zeus/Poseidon, Doryphoros, Diskobolos, Nike Adjusting her Sandal Descriptions: Idealization, unemotional, perfection, self-contained |
Late Classical
350 BCE- 4th CE Artists: Praxitiles, Scopas, Lysippus Artworks: Aphrodite of Knidos, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Apoxyomenos, Farnes Herakles Descriptions: Naturalism, humanized, relaxed, elongation |
Hellenistic
250 BCE- 3rd CE Pythokritos, Polydorus, Agesander, Athenodorus Artworks: Dying Gaul, Nike of Samothrace, Barberini Faun, Seated Boxer, Old Market Woman, Laocoon and his Sons Descriptions: Emotional, dramatic, exaggeration, movement, individualistic |
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