Bell Ringer

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Bell Ringer

• What did the Greeks believe in?
• What did they enjoy doing?

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Greek Art
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Greece

• Excelled in many different areas
• Political ideals serve as a model for
  contemporary democracy
• Poetry and drama survived as living classics
• Architecture and sculpture had an enormous
  influence in Rome and Europe.
• Art and architecture were matters of public
  policy

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• Acropolis-The highest point of a Greek city where
  temples and government buildings were located.

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Parthenon

• Temple built to honor the goddess Athena, the
  goddess of wisdom. A giant statue of the goddess
  was placed inside the temple. Doric temple made
  of a special marble that changes color with the
  time of day .

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• Parthenon- 447-432

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Greek Prizes

• Greek vases used as prizes for the Olympic games.
  Orange because of the clay. Painted with black
  figures representing the race for which the prize
  was won.

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Greek Sculptures

• Contraposto- Italian for weight shift
  sculptural technique where the body is positioned
  in a s curve. The weight of the legs are
  balanced causing the figure to look more relaxed.
• Canon- a set of guidelines developed by the
  Greeks to help sculptors sculpt the body
  accurately.

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• Laocoon Group-

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Amphora

• Set in a gymnasium
• From childhood exercise was as much as Greek
  culture as learning math, music, and philosophy.
• Males were in constant training for competition,
  beauty, and protection of their cities.
• Women were largely confined to a domestic role
  and their bodies were usually not for public
  display.

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• Kore-Greek for girl. Statue of a clothed young
  girl. Always painted.

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• Venus de Milo-c.150 B.C.

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Krater

• Not only depicted a funeral but also served as a
  grave marker itself
• Death was death to the Greeks, not so optimistic
  like the Egyptians were.

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