Early Greece

Art and Society in Early Greece

History of Early Greece

The Heroic Age The Age of Colonization The Archaic Period

Geometric Art

Main surviving art What type of designs were found? Circles and Semicircles – clarity and order Later linear design Meander p. 41 Mathematical Realism in human form

Greek Vase

Daily use Grave Marker

Vase

Styles of vases

Black figure – Exekias p. 48 Red figure

Early Greek Sculpture

Egyptian influence Produced human form in realistic way Examine progress How does each become

more realistic? Kouros p. 44 Kouros p. 45 Calf-Bearer p.45 Kritios Boy p. 47

Early Greek Sculpture

High Relief p. 46 Low relief p. 47

Architecture

Temple housed the cult statue Sacrifice in front of the temple Doric

Masculine Dignity Weight

Architecture

Ionic Feminine Light Delicate

Architecture

Dance and Music

Ethos – Do you agree or disagree? Give examples.

Dorian – powerful war like Phrygian - passionate

Lyric Poetry

Conveys feeling, opinions and emotions Sappho Lesbos 612 BC School for girls Read Selection p. 64

Presocratic Philosophers

Love of wisdom What are the branches of philosophy?

Logic Metaphysics Epistemology Ethics Aesthetics Political Philosophy

What are the basic elements of the world? Thales – water Empedocles – fire, earth, air, water Anaxagoras – particles Pythagoras – harmony – eight Heraclitis – change Atomists

Herodotus

Persian rule – Darius Battle of Marathon Xerxes Battle of Thermopylae and Salamis Hubris Unity