1. TIMELINE: Greece

2. Greece The culture of the ancient Greeks used Egyptian and Assyrian ideas as building blocks with traditional Greek prehistoric folk forms. One basic idea that made the Greek civilization different from the cultures that influenced them was the importance of human beings within the governmental system. – Humanity became the center of the universe rather than the “state” as the most important unit. – Human forms became ideal. – Human ideas and creative expression were more important than antique rules and regulations.

3. Greece Increased trade with eastern Mediterranean lands influenced the arts of Greece. Near Eastern subjects such as lions and sphinxes became common motifs in pottery and painting.

4. Greek Artists Greek artist worked in a cultural environment that encouraged art of all types they were free to experiment The human form was placed at he center of Greek culture The Greeks encouraged all forms of art Proportion, balance and unity were key Greek ideals The human body was considered beautiful and perfectly proportioned

5. The Kritios Boy The Kritios Boys was created by Athenian sculptor Kritios and been portrayed as a revolation in art because for the first time you see a stature stand free in a relaxed position The work Contrapposto is used to describe this position where the engaged leg is in the forward position

6. The Classic Period Began after 480 B.C. when the Greeks defeated the Persian fleet The Charioteer of Delphi is typical of the changes that took place in the Classic Greek Period The figure is cast in bronze and is the earliest in the few remaining bronze statues

7. Naxian Sphinx Delphi, Greece 570 BCE

8. Also during the Classic Period The Age fo Pericles was the culmination of the Classic Period in Greek sculpture and architecture The Athenians decorate the most prominent building, the Parthenon, in their most ambitious sculptural undertaking A continuous frieze, a sculpted band ran for 525 feet around the top of the wall of the cella which contained a huge statue of Athena The clothing changes from stylized to a more draped natural style

9. The Parthenon

12. Architecture Borrowed the post and lintel method from the Egyptians

13. Parthenon Athens, Greece 447 BCE

14. Types of Columns Doric – the most plain style

16. Types of Columns Ionic – design incorporating scrolls

18. Types of Columns Corinthian – fancy, and fluted – resembling feathers

22. Greece Greek culture expanded throughout Europe and Egypt as a result of the conquests of Alexander the Great. – As a record of the wars won and the expansion of their empire, political and military leaders were honored with public statues and narrative relief sculptures carved on monumental altars, arches, and columns. – sculptural relief - sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

23. Procession of Alexander the Great 310 BCE

26. Great Altar of Zeus Greece 3 BCE

27. Greece The rules applied to the arts by the Greeks centered on proportion and balance in a search for perfect beauty. These rules, whether applied to architecture or sculpture, gave a sense of stability, unity, and balance. Today we often use the term “classic” to describe an object that reflects ancient Greek aesthetics.

28. Greece Artists idealized the human form in sculpture, painting, mosaics, and pottery. Artists attempted to represent action in their figure painting and sculpting.

30. Sculpture in the round - sculpture freed from any background plane. It is meant to be seen from all view-points. – “All the way around”

31. Winged Victory of Samothrace Samothrace, Greece 190 BCE -Sculpture for the goddess Nike

32. The Discus Thrower Myron, Greece 450 BCE

33. Venus de Milo Greece 130 BCE

34. Laocoon and his sons Greece 200 BCE

35. ACTIVITY Write heading on the upper left corner of the Paper You will use a pencil to CAREFULLY and NEATLY draw a Greek vase.

37. ACTIVITY You will use a crayon within the red- orange family to color the entire vase that you draw You will press very hard with the crayon to make the surface waxy Color it NEATLY – NO WHITE SPACES!

39. You will use black paint to cover the entire surface of the vase that you draw – The VASE ONLY! – not the background Neatly put your cardstock on the shelf when I give the “ok”

40. Pottery Pottery form the Greek period was decorated with flat linear designs, and themes from mythology and legends appear in endless variety. Ancient pottery has recorded more information about how the Greeks lived than many written records.

43. Black-Figure Pottery Black-figure pottery: paintings on Greek pottery where figures and ornaments were painted on the body of the vessel using shapes and colors reminiscent of silhouettes. Delicate contours were incised into the paint before firing, and details could be reinforced and highlighted with opaque colors, usually white and red. Between the 7 th and 5 th centuries BCE

48. Red-Figure Pottery Red-figure pottery: figural depictions in red color on a black background. In this process, the entire vessel would be painted black and once the black dried, the potter would carve away the black to reveal the red clay underneath. Between 5 th and 3 rd centuries BCE

52. Red-Figure Pottery sgraffito: a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing. Slip: a suspension of clay in water When colored: it is used for painting on clay When un-colored: it is used for joining sections of raw clay

56. Finish - ACTIVITY Use a paperclip to carve Greek designs into the surface – Patterns, people, animals