Greek Sculpture
Art History 110 E & F
Greek Sculpture, Idealism, & Realism
Essay Assignment
What were the different phases of ancient Greek Art?
There were many phases from the 16th century, until the Greeks were defeat at the hand of the Romans in 31 BC.
Mycenaean Art occurred from roughly 1550 to 1200 BC on the Greek mainland. Although the
Mycenaean and Greek cultures were two separate entities, they occupied the same lands, successively. The Mycenaean learned a few things from the Greeks, including how to build gates and tombs.
Besides architectural explorations including Cyclopean masonry and tombs, the Mycenaean's were awesome goldsmiths and potters. They raised pottery from merely functional to beautifully decorative, and segued right out of the Bronze Age into their own insatiable appetite for gold.
Around 1200 and the Homeric fall of Troy, the Mycenaean culture dwindled and died, followed by an artistic phase known both as Sub-Mycenaean and/or the "Dark Ages". This phase, lasting from c. 1100 - 1025 BC, saw a bit of continuity with the previous artistic doings, but no innovation. From c. 1025 - 900 BC, the Proto-Geometric phase saw pottery beginning to be decorated with simple shapes, black bands and wavy lines. Additionally, both technique in creating, and shapes of pots were being refined.
Geometric Art has been assigned the years of 900 - 700 BC. Its name is utterly descriptive of the art created during this phase. Pottery decoration moved beyond simple shapes to also include animals and humans. Everything, however, was rendered with the use of simple geometric shapes.
Archaic Art, from c. 700 - 480 BC, began with an Orientalizing Phase (735 - 650 BC). In this, elements from other civilizations began to creep into Greek art. The elements were those of the Near East
The Archaic phase is best known for the beginnings of realistic depictions of humans and monumental stone sculptures. It was during
Greek Sculpture, Idealism, & Realism
Essay Assignment
What were the different phases of ancient Greek Art?
There were many phases from the 16th century, until the Greeks were defeat at the hand of the Romans in 31 BC.
Mycenaean Art occurred from roughly 1550 to 1200 BC on the Greek mainland. Although the
Mycenaean and Greek cultures were two separate entities, they occupied the same lands, successively. The Mycenaean learned a few things from the Greeks, including how to build gates and tombs.
Besides architectural explorations including Cyclopean masonry and tombs, the Mycenaean's were awesome goldsmiths and potters. They raised pottery from merely functional to beautifully decorative, and segued right out of the Bronze Age into their own insatiable appetite for gold.
Around 1200 and the Homeric fall of Troy, the Mycenaean culture dwindled and died, followed by an artistic phase known both as Sub-Mycenaean and/or the "Dark Ages". This phase, lasting from c. 1100 - 1025 BC, saw a bit of continuity with the previous artistic doings, but no innovation. From c. 1025 - 900 BC, the Proto-Geometric phase saw pottery beginning to be decorated with simple shapes, black bands and wavy lines. Additionally, both technique in creating, and shapes of pots were being refined.
Geometric Art has been assigned the years of 900 - 700 BC. Its name is utterly descriptive of the art created during this phase. Pottery decoration moved beyond simple shapes to also include animals and humans. Everything, however, was rendered with the use of simple geometric shapes.
Archaic Art, from c. 700 - 480 BC, began with an Orientalizing Phase (735 - 650 BC). In this, elements from other civilizations began to creep into Greek art. The elements were those of the Near East
The Archaic phase is best known for the beginnings of realistic depictions of humans and monumental stone sculptures. It was during