1. Evolution of Greek Sculpture
Week 6
February 20, 2018

2. Greetings & Salutations
Recap
You read pages
Completed the vocabulary
Answered 50 questions including vocabulary definions
You had no Studio Art

3. Beginning Blog:
Do you think buildings are capable of communicating moods or feelings? Can you identify any buildings that succeed in doing this?

4. Archaic Period
Large, freestanding figures known as Kouroi, meaning youth
Similar to Egyptian statues in stiffness and straight pose
Even though Kouros is stepping forward, both feet are flat on the ground
This is not physically possible unless the left leg is longer than the right
To correct it, bend the right leg

5. Sculpture in the Hellenistic Period
We have NO real sculptures from the Greek period as they were destroyed by the Romans but what we have is Roman because they copied the Greeks.
Hellenistic period is the last phase of Greek art after Alexander the Great—expanding the influence of Greek Art
Nike of Samothrace (Victory of Samothrace

6. Roman Art
Before the Roman conquest, Italy was home of an ancient people called the Etruscans.
Most civilized
Romans conquered the hill town of Rome
Romans copied Greek art because of their love for it.
Differences between Greek and Roman Sculpture
Artists came from Greece
Greek tradition
Greeks wanted idealistic portraits whereas Romans wanted more realism
Romans wanted the statues to remind people of character; therefore they commissioned portrait heads rather than the whole body
Greeks would have considered this incomplete.

7. Roman Engineering
Roads, sea routes, harbors, city services, aqueducts and sewer systems, public buildings for business and leisure
Great builders of the world
Temples, unlike Greek temples, were to satisfy their own needs and tastes rather than homage to gods.

8. Collosseum
Khan Academy

9. Pantheon
Temple dedicated to all the roman gods.
Khan Academy

10. Quiz:
1. Define contrapposto. 2. How did Athens rise to greatness? 3. From the Khan Academy video: The facade of the Pantheon looks like an oversized Greek temple. All of the following contribute to this visual effect, EXCEPT the (Large porch; columns, pediments, Latin inscription) 4. The Pantheon was built to contain a perfect sphere and was influenced by Greek mathematical ideas. (T or F) 5. Which of the following is NOT true of the Pantheon?: (A--The Pantheon is a temple and was dedicated to the seven main gods in the Roman religion. B--When Rome was sacked by Germanic tribes in the fifth century, they removed the gold that decorated the Pantheon.C--The dome of the Pantheon was constructed with precisely cut marble bricks.--DWhen it was made, the Pantheon was the largest dome in the world and it would be hundreds of years before architects built another dome of a similar size.)

11. Conclusion
Ending Blog: What interest you about the Greek or Roman Period of art?
Next week:
Vocabulary and questions = 73
Studio Art: Totem: pg. 263; Technology Project—Totem Symbols except instead of being in groups design your own totem following the directions.