Art Hist. Review Ancient Greek Art and Arch. (600 BCE-30 BCE) The Early Classical Period 480-450 BCE 5.23 KRITIOS BOY Acropolis‚ Athens 480 BCE -Marble -He is self confident and serious looking -He is a sculpture in the round -The artist is believed to be KRITIOS -The statue has an S-curve to him and is in the contrapposto pose‚ which is when artists use tension and relaxation around the central axis of the body to increase to muscular tension and enhance the musculature of a body. It is
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NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall‚ 2007. Print White‚ K. D. Greek and Roman Technology. Ithaca‚ NY: Cornell UP‚ 1984. Print. "The Temple of Apollo in Corinth: Mysteries Behind the Temple ’s Dedication and Use." Greek History. Web. 30 July 2010. . "Parthenon - Athens‚ Greece." Sacred Sites at Sacred Destinations - Explore Sacred Sites‚ Religious Sites‚ Sacred Places. Web. 30 July 2010. . Classical Greek Architecture - The Archaic Period‚ The Classical and Hellenistic Periods‚ tholos‚ stoa Web. 30 July 2010
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4 Phases of Greek Art * Geometric 900-600 B.C.E * Archaic 600-480 B.C.E * Classical 980-323 B.C.E * Hellenistic 323-31 * Large funerary Vase * Known as Diphlon Vase or Krator * From the geometric era * Made from busted clay * Ceramics were used for storage * It also showed a lot of culture with images * The Greek buried their dead & practiced cremations Bronze Man & Centaur * Human body mixed with a horse like figure * Centaur from lefkand
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temples came to be built in honour of a particular god and these usually housed a cult statue of the deity‚ most famously the huge statue of Athena in the Parthenon of Athens or Zeus at Olympia. In time‚ a whole complex of temples to lesser gods could spring up around the main temple‚ creating a large sacred complex‚ often built on an acropolis dominating a city or surrounding area.This sacred area was separated from the rest of the community by a symbolic gate or propylon‚ and in fact it was believed
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Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” and substituted a bowl of pasta in place of Adam‚ so God was touching a bowl of pasta instead of Adam. Pretty Cheeky‚ to say the least. Of course‚ there is also the Greek restaurants that use a picture of the Acropolis of Athens or the Parthenon in their menu or painted on the walls. I think‚ it is all to bring a bit of authenticity‚ to the restaurant or create a sense of ambiance‚ but if you ask me‚ it just creates a sense of gaudiness. It reminds me of Marcel Duchamp
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Ancient Greek Architecture Was Profoundly Influenced By The Ancient Near East. Discuss. To answer this question‚ it is vital that we define the boundaries of the ancient near east. Two prominent countries‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ seem to have been subjected to an appearance of ‘monumental architecture and sculpture’ at almost the same time‚ according to Henri Frankfort in his publication The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (Fourth Edition 1970‚ p.11)‚ with the other countries being Asia
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all other people "barbarians"/ After Persian army was repulsed Athenians established a democratic government headed by Pericles-began building temples & sculpture on the Acropolis to commemorate the gods who made victory possible-During Periclean Age-artist‚ historians‚ writers‚ dramatists & scientists flourished / from 431-404 Athens‚ Sparta & other city states engaged in Peloponnesian War/ 4th century age of Socrates‚ Plato‚ & Aristotle / 338 BCE Greece fell to Philip of Macedon-succeeded by his son
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cultural period of Bronze Age Greece taking its name from the archaeological site of Mycenae in northeastern Argolis‚ in the Peloponnese of southern Greece | Mycenae my-see-nee | An Archaeological site in Greece‚ located about 90 Km southwest of Athens‚ in the north-eastern Peloponnese Argos is 11 km south | Dorians | One of the four major Greek into which the Ancient Greeks‚ or Hellenes‚ of the classical period considered themselves divided along with the Aeolians‚ Achaeans and Lonians | Colony
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style is the oldest and most sturdy‚ the column itself is thicker as well. The top part of the column is called the capital and is very plain‚ no decoration. This style was used in mainland Greece and in southern Italy and Sicily. The Parthenon‚ located on Acropolis in
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and general in Athens. He is said to have brought about a very important time in Athenian history known as ‘The Golden Age of Athens’ where he brought about or placed focus on certain things like art‚ which gave Athens the reputation as the cultural and educational centre of Ancient Greece‚ architecture‚ where he created a project to beautify the city and provide work for Athenians with most of its products like the Parthenon still surviving and giving us an idea of the glory of Athens. He also made
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