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History 104

History 104. Hellenistic Art and Culture. 1 Q. Write your full name. Hellenistic Society. Opportunities grow bureaucracies, armies For women too education some public offices in return for liturgies. Arsinoe II (ca. 277BC). Arsinoe II. Problems of Power. Much emigration

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History 104

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  1. History 104 Hellenistic Art and Culture

  2. 1 Q • Write your full name

  3. Hellenistic Society • Opportunities grow • bureaucracies, armies • For women too • education • some public offices in return for liturgies

  4. Arsinoe II (ca. 277BC)

  5. Arsinoe II

  6. Problems of Power • Much emigration • Many mercenaries • cleruchies • Problems of loyalty • What about the non-Greeks? • segregation of Greek population vs. adopting local customs

  7. The Hellenistic World, ca. 280

  8. Art and Culture in the Hellenistic World • Alexandria – the new intellectual center • The Library • Athens – still very prominent • Hellenistic kingdoms allow arts and sciences to flourish through royal patronage • self-promotion of kings • patronage has its disadvantages...

  9. Hellenistic Culture and Alexandria • Arts • Theocritus • Callimachus • Scholarship • Aristarchus • Science • Eratosthenes • Euclid • Medicine • Herophilus • Erasistratus

  10. Hellenistic Art • “Realism” vs. “idealism” • A wider range of subjects • High drama • Political tools

  11. Monumental Architecture • “Wonders of the World” • Colossus of Rhodes • Pharos of Alexandria • Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

  12. The “Barberini Faun”, ca.200

  13. Nike of Samothrace, ca. 190

  14. Dying Gaul, ca. 230

  15. Gaul and wife, ca. 230

  16. Boxer, ca. 100-50

  17. Laocoon group, 175-150BC?

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