1. CULTURES OF EUROPE 1. Greece and Rome, the Bible

2. ‘Western’ /European culture Sources: ’Greco-Roman’ and ’Jewish-Christian’ (the Bible) Europe and religion : –Medieval Europe: Christianity everywhere –Early Modern Age, 16th c.: Protestantism, reforms/changes in religious matters –18th c.: Enlightenment – scepticism, deism, atheism –late 19th c. Nietzsche: ’God is dead’ –20th-21st c. religious faith is more and more a private issue

3. PERIODS Ancient Greece and Rome, the Bible (776 BC-476 AD) Middle Ages: Age of Chivalry (5th c- 15th c.) Renaissance (15th-16th c.) Baroque (17th-18th c.) The Enlightenment – 18th c. 19th c. Romanticism and Realism Late 19th c. Art Nouveau, decadence, etc. 20th c. Modernism Postmodernism (late 20th-21st c.)

4. CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY First Olympic Games (776 BC) The city of Rome (753 BC) Mythology: gods and goddesses (Greek → Roman) Greek culture: warriors and merchants – Troy vs Greek army (Homer’s Iliad), - Odysseus’ travels (Homer’s The Oddyssey) Democracy (5th c, BC, Athens), drama, philosophy, science The Roman Republic → The Roman Empire (most of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East): art, philosophy, law Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD)

5. Ancient Greece

6. The Roman Empire

7. GREEK GODS/GODDESSES

12. Hercules

13. Leda and the Swan -Da Vinci

14. Leda and the Swan - Rubens

15. Leda and the Swan -Da Vinci(1580)

16. The Battle of Troy

18. Odysseus

22. The Bible: The Old Covenenat (Moses and the law) and the New (Jesus Christ)

23. The Fall of Man

24. The Flood

25. Noah’s Ark

26. The Tower of Babel

27. Last Supper

28. Crucifiction of Christ

30. Incredulity of St. Thomas by Caravaggio