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Art and Society in Early Greece: Exploring Cultures and Values

Delve into the Heroic Age, colonization, and Archaic Period of Early Greece, focusing on art, literature, religion, and the significance of the polis. Uncover the roots of Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and music, analyzing societal influences.

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Art and Society in Early Greece: Exploring Cultures and Values

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  1. Chapter Two:Early Greece Cultures and Values, 6th Ed. Cunningham and Reich

  2. History of Early Greece • The Heroic Age • The Age of Colonization • The Archaic Period

  3. [Image 2.1] Zeus (Poseidon?)

  4. Homer and the Heroic Age • Significance of the Polis • Religion, Mythology and Folklore • Art & Literature vs. Prayer

  5. The Iliad & The Odyssey • “the Homeric question” • Oral Tradition • Epithets, Elaborate Similes • Iliad • Theme of Human Responsibility • Odyssey • Return of the Epic Hero

  6. Art and Society • Painted Vases • Protogeometric (1000-900 B.C.E.) • Concentric circles, semi-circles • Geometric (900-700 B.C.E.) • Linear designs, the meander • Human Forms (~800 B.C.E.) • Amphoras

  7. Age of Colonization • Prosperity of City-States • Competition, Image • Wealth + Over-Population = Colonization • Italy, Sicily, Egypt, Asia Minor • Trade and Cultural Exposure • Orientalizing

  8. Visual Artsat Corinth and Athens • Corinthian Art • Eastern Motifs • Commercially Successful • Athenian Art • Narrative style (Myth, Daily Life) • Trade Rivalry: Corinth vs. Athens

  9. The Beginnings ofGreek Sculpture • Near Eastern and Egyptian influences • Kore, Kouros • Increasing Realism, Naturalism • Careful study of human anatomy • Representation of Life and vigor

  10. Sculpture and Painting in the Archaic Period • Solon’s Legal Reformations • Tyrants / Artistic Patronage • Artistic Developments • Freestanding Figures • High & Low Relief Carvings • The “Archaic Smile” • Vase Painting • Black- and Red-Figure Styles

  11. [Image 2.9] Calf-Bearer

  12. [Image 2.10] Peplos Kore

  13. [Image 2.13] Kritios Boy

  14. [Image 2.15] Euphronios, painter, Euxitheos, potter, red-figure calyx krater

  15. Architecture:The Doric Order • Simple dignity • No Base/20 flutes • Capital • Echinus, Abacus • Entablature • Architrave, frieze, triglyphs/metopes • Cornice, Pediment

  16. [Image 2.16] Basilica at Paestum

  17. Architecture:The Ionic Order • Ornate, fanciful • Tiered Base/24 flutes • Capital • Volutes • 3-D Architraves • Running Frieze

  18. Music and Dancein Early Greece • Doctrine of Ethos (Musical Theory) • Dorian, Phrygian modes • Music=Primarily vocal • Paean, dithyramb • Instrumentation • Cithera, aulos • Significance of Narratives • Music and Dance

  19. Literature and Philosophy • Hesiod • Theogony, Works and Days • Lyric verse vs. Heroic verse • Sappho • Presocratics • Materialists, Pythagoreanism, Dualists, Atomists • Herodotus (Father of History) • Right over Might

  20. Chapter 2: Discussion Questions • What significant differences exist between the cultures of the iron age and those of the bronze age? Explain. • Consider the role of religion in Early Greece. What does Early Greek theology suggest about the concerns of the society? Explain. • What were the causes for and the results of Greek colonization? Cite specific examples. • Explain the new directions of art in the Archaic Period. What do these changes suggest about the culture that was producing and patronizing this art?

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