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ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE: 

ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE

HUMANISM: 

HUMANISM end (for a while) of god-kings “Man is the measure of all things” – Protagoras (p. 61 box) plenty of gods but no sacred text or dogma art reveals a delight in the human form

amphora ca. 530 B.C.; ArchaicAttributed to the Euphiletos PainterGreekTerracotta; H. 24 1/2 in. : 

amphora ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter Greek Terracotta; H. 24 1/2 in. Human figures as decoration Black-figure technique (not in textbook)

Slide4: 

SEE TEXT p. 46 Red-on-black

Three periods: 

Three periods Archaic (650-490 BC) Classical (480-323 BC) Hellenistic (323-145 BC) about 500 years in all

Archaic: 

Archaic epic and lyric poetry evolution and change in works such as in terracotta from black figure to red figure Pythagoras

Classical (480-323 BC): 

Classical (480-323 BC) Plato, Aristotle Theater – comedy & tragedy Sophocles (p. 59): Oedipus Rex, Antigone (play titles) about 150 years

Golden Age: 

Golden Age 480-404 BC (or 480-430 BC) Beginning of Classical Period 76 years! (or only 50) of demos (people) kratos (power) Democracy! (Also an Imperial era)

Hellenistic (323-145 BC): 

Hellenistic (323-145 BC) Works more dramatic First to look back on “the good ol’ days” – Classical Greece Alexander’s empire Other philosophies: Skepticism, Epicureanism, Stoicism doesn’t really end in 145 BC; continues while attention shifts to Rome, which invades Greece in 145 BC

Change in Greek sculpture: 

Change in Greek sculpture An illustration of the 3 periods

kouros: 

kouros Kouros monumental sculpture of human (6 ft.) Text p. 47 KEY IMAGE

What is a kouros?: 

What is a kouros? free-standing nude MALE youth. MALE = IDEAL sculpture would be outside a temple or serve as a grave-marker possibly a god, but usually a human athlete rigid symmetry from Egyptian roots "stylized geometry" note – the term is singular

kore: 

Kore - female kore Text p. 47

The Archaic Smile: 

The Archaic Smile Text p. 47

The first evidence of change in sculpture: 

The first evidence of change in sculpture Kritios boy No Archaic smile New idea . . . Contrapposto (weight shift; literally, “placed opposite”) Idealized form - perfection

Kritios boy: 

Kritios boy Ideal proportions? CLASSICAL TEXT p. 56 KEY IMAGE

Vitruvius: Principles of Symmetry (Roman, c. 30 BC): 

Vitruvius: Principles of Symmetry (Roman, c. 30 BC) Probably based on writings of Polycleitus (Classical Greek) open hand = chin to top of hairline = 1/10 of entire body height head from chin to top = 1/8 middle of the breast to top of head = ¼ bottom of chin to nostrils = nose to eyebrow = 1/3 of face length of the foot = 1/6 of body height forearm = breadth of the breast = 1/4

Leonardo da Vinci, Proportional study of a man in the manner of Vitruvius: 

Leonardo da Vinci, Proportional study of a man in the manner of Vitruvius TEXTBOOK p. 190

Poseidon/Zeus?: 

dynamic pose! bronze Poseidon/Zeus ?

Discobolus : 

Discobolus Discus Thrower (Discobolus) by Myron Text p. 57

Hermes and Dionysis: 

S-curve Hermes and Dionysis Text p. 55

Riace Warrior: 

Riace Warrior TEXT p. 56-57

Laocoön and his two sons (lay ahk a wan) : 

HELLENISTIC - dramatic! c. 150 BC Laocoön and his two sons (lay ahk a wan) KEY IMAGE p. 66

More Hellenistic examples: 

More Hellenistic examples p. 66 Copy after bronze original

More Hellenistic examples: 

More Hellenistic examples Copy after bronze original

More Hellenistic examples – Athena Slaying Giant, Pergamon, c, 180 BC: 

More Hellenistic examples – Athena Slaying Giant, Pergamon, c, 180 BC p. 65

More Hellenistic examples: 

More Hellenistic examples p. 65