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GREEK ART

GREEK ART. The Ideal in Everything The Ideal in Everything. Dates. Archaic Greece 900 – 510 BC Classical Period 510 – 404 BC Hellenistic Period 404 – 146 BC. About The Greeks.

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GREEK ART

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  1. GREEK ART The Ideal in Everything The Ideal in Everything

  2. Dates • Archaic Greece 900 – 510 BC • Classical Period 510 – 404 BC • Hellenistic Period 404 – 146 BC

  3. About The Greeks • The Ancient Greeks are known for three main items; their sculptures, their temples, and their vase paintings.  The art work embodies much of what made the Greek civilization great.  The Ancient Greeks were organized into independent city-states.  In these states the ideas of courage, valor, and independence where strongly held values.  These themes can be seen very clearly in their human depictions. 

  4. The Greeks idealized humans, showing the strong and youthful depiction of men and women.  The topics shown in their vases reflect the importance of strength, athletic competition,  and battles.   Their temples reflected their religious beliefs in the gods. 

  5. The "Agamemnon" MaskGold, from Tomb V at MycenaeSixteenth century BCNational Archeological Museum, Athens

  6. Mythology/Belief • Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. • Their ways of life, traditions, art and architecture is based on their strong belief in their gods.

  7. Greek mythology consists, in part, of a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and other mythological creatures. • Central Greek concept is the human figure was the principle motif of Greek art.

  8. Greek Art • Their style progressed from a stiff looking structured style and rendering (Archaic Period) to a more free flowing action depiction. (Hellenistic Period) • Successive styles increase in Ideal Human proportions, realistic features, movement.

  9. Characteristic’s of Their Painting • Geometric Style(c. 900-700 BC) characterized by stylized motifs • Simple black figures. Geometric Shapes • The purpose was to tell a story rather then perfect the human form.

  10. Famous Pottery • Their figures improved as time went on. • Vase with Ajax and Achilles Playing Morra. 540 BC • Vase painting told stories about gods and heroes of Greek Myth. • Figures more life like. • Exekia’s , uses detail to make the scene as realistic as possible

  11. Ajax and Achilles • Intricate design on garments , facial features, hands, faces carefully drawn. • It shows great compositional skill, centre to the eye is the board game. • Figures lean forward and curve of their backs-repeat the curve of the vase.

  12. Red Figure

  13. Black Figure (c. 600-480 BC) black coated surface that was scratched into, example: Ajax Commiting Suicide by Exekias, 525 B.C • Black figure Pottery

  14. Sculpture The Evolution of Greek Sculpture

  15. Archaic Period • The Archaic period was the earliest period in Greek Sculpture which started around 600 B.C. and lasted until 480 B.C.   These works have a stiff and ridged appearance similar to that of the Egyptian sculpture.   

  16. Archaic PeriodFamous SculptureGrave SculptureSimilar to the Egyptians, but not supported, and nude. Kouros600 BCstatueNational Museum, Athens

  17. Kouros • Characteristic of the Kouros • The Kouros male represented a god or athlete. • The only suggestion of movement is in the left foot. • Symmetrically balanced

  18. The Ideal ManCharacteristic of Sculpture • Beautiful, young • Intelligent • Strong/physically fit

  19. The Ideal Woman • Demure (eyes looking down) • Beautiful (good hair, good clothes) • Ready to serve, have babies, do as she is told. • Young

  20. Korai were clothed women, often goddesses Style –straight vertical lines repeated, folds gently over the subtle curves of the figure Over six feet tall-impressive symbol of authority and dignity Hera of Samos c. 570-560 b.c. 6 “ tall

  21. Humanism Human proportions were used in architecture, math calculations

  22. Classical Sculpture • Characterisitcs showed joyous freedom of movement and expression, while celebrating mankind as an independent entity • The Classical age could be seen as a turning point in art. • Showed joyous freedom of movement and expression, while celebrating mankind as an independent entity.

  23. Life size statue • Sculptor Myron • Skillfully captured an athlete in action. • Strength into a mighty throw-face completely calm • Throwing arm is frozen for a split second • Details shows Myron had thorough understanding of anatomy • The athlete's right leg bears ll his weight. Discobolosc. 450 BCRoman marble copy after the bronze original by Myronheight 155 cm (61 in)Museo Nazionale, Rome

  24. Contrapposto • A famous sculptor by the name of Polyclitus started creating sculptures in a certain kind of pose. • A pose in which the weight of the body is balanced on one leg while the other is free and relaxed.

  25. Polyclitus, Doryphoros ( spear bearer) c.440 B.C. Roman Copy of Greek Original The left leg is bent and the toes lightly touch the ground Body turns slightly gives the figure a freer more lifelike look Right hip and left shoulder are raised; head tips forward and turns right Action is kept to a minimum, feeling of athletic strength

  26. Procession of Horsemen, from the west frieze of the Parthenon. c. 440 B.C. 43” high British Museum, London, England Moving figures bunch up in some places and spread out in others. Strong sense of movement in the spirited prancing of the horses. Movement is suggested by pattern of light and shadow in the carved drapery.

  27. Hellenistic Sculpture • Sculptures become more knowledgeable about the human form and thus become more skillful and confident. • They created dramatic movement and often violent images. • The sculptors were particularly interested in facial expressions and emotions. • Because of this breakthrough. The Sculpture lacks the symmetrical balance and harmony of the archaic and classical period.

  28. Hellenistic Sculpture • There also came more detail and fully clothed figures carved to show deep folds of the drapery • the Hellenistic period, started a little before 300 B.C. 

  29. AthenaMarble, h. 173 cm (5 1/2 ft)First-century copy after a fifth-century BC original by MyronFound in the Gardens of Lucullus, RomeLiebighaus Museum, Frankfurt

  30. Hagesandros, Athenodoros and Polydoros of Rhodes Laocoon and his sonsc. 175-150 BCMarble, height 242 cm (95 1/2 in)Museo Pio Clementino, Vatican

  31. The Dying Gaul

  32. The Dying Gaul

  33. Head of a Blond YouthMarbleAround 485 BCAcropolis Museum, Athens

  34. Venus de MiloParian marble, h 2.02 m (6 1/2 ft)Found at Milo130-120 BCMusee du Louvre, Paris

  35. Nike, or Winged Victory of Winged Victory (Nike) of SamothraceMarble, h. 3.28 m (11 ft)Found on the island of RhodesAround 190 BCMusee du Louvre, Paris

  36. Architecture Progression of Architecture

  37. Purpose • Built in honor of Gods and Goddesses. • Rituals and sacrifices took place on the steps of many of the temples to pay tribute to the God or Goddess the temple was built for.

  38. No ordinary people were allowed on the inside since the building was held so sacred. • Therefore the temples were more decorative on the outside rather than the inside.

  39. The progression of architecture can easily be determined by the columns. Doric Ionic Corinthian

  40. The Parthenon, Acropolis Athens Greece, c. 447 B.C.

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