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Greek Art History

This document provides historical background on ancient Greek art from the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. It discusses characteristics of Greek architecture, sculpture, painting, and music. Examples of notable artworks are given such as the Venus de Milo and Winged Victory of Samothrace sculptures.

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Greek Art History

This document provides historical background on ancient Greek art from the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. It discusses characteristics of Greek architecture, sculpture, painting, and music. Examples of notable artworks are given such as the Venus de Milo and Winged Victory of Samothrace sculptures.

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Notable

Characteristics Artists
of Ancient during the
Greek Arts Period
Example
Historical Artworks
Background
Historical Background

 Ancient Greek art proper "emerged" during the 8th century
BCE (700-800), as things calmed down around the Aegean.
 Iron was made into weapons/tools, people started using an
alphabet, the first Olympic Games took place (776), a complex
religion emerged, and a loose sense of cultural identity grew up
around the idea of "Hellas" (Greece).
 Early forms of Greek art were largely confined to ceramic
pottery
 Restricted the development of architecture and most
other types of art. Not until about 650, when maritime trade
links were re-established between Greece and Egypt, as well as
Anatolia, did Greek prosperity finally return and facilitate an
upsurge of Greek culture.
Historical Background

Chronology of Greek Art
The practice of fine art in ancient Greece evolved in
three basic stages or periods:

• Archaic Period (c.650-480 BCE)

• Classical Period (c.480-323 BCE)

• Hellenistic Period (c.323-27 BCE)


Archaic Period (c.650-480 BCE)

 period of gradual experimentation
 Best known for Vase Painting and Sculpture
 Figures where painted black
 Visually, the period is known for
large-scale marble kouros (male
youth) and kore (female youth)
sculptures showing the
influence of ancient Egyptian
sculpture
Classical Period (c.480-323 BCE)

 witnessed the flowering of mainland Greek power and artistic
domination
 two- and three-dimensional forms achieved proportions and
postures that were naturalistic
 Often painted red and infused great detail
 “Early Classical Period” (480/479 – 450 B.C.E., also known as
the “Severe Style”) features realistic anatomy, serious
expressions, pouty lips, and thick eyelids
 For painters, the development of perspective and multiple
ground lines enriched compositions
Hellenistic Period (c.323-27 BCE).

 witnessed the creation of "Greek-style
art" throughout the region
 the Greeks and their influence stretched
as far east as modern India
 artists were more interested in capturing
motion and emotion
 The art of this period also tends to be
more active and depicts heroic scenes
like Athena battling a giant
Venus de Milo (c.100 BCE) or
Aphrodite of Melos
Characteristics of Greek Art

 Flowering of an aesthetic idealism that seeks to
represent a pleasant vision of beauty
 Representation of nature and the surrounding
world with an idealized and sweetened vision of
this
 Representation of proportionality and balance in
the works of art
 The human body is the foundation of all beauty
and proportion, this trend is called
Anthropocentrism.
Characteristics of Greek Art

Greek Art Architecture
 Proportion and harmony, symmetry and technical perfection can
be seen in relation to
architecture. Greek temples
were designed to be observed
from the outside and not for
the use of its interior space.
 Its construction is based on a
constructive module of
mathematical measures that
perfectly make all the parts of
the building together.
Characteristics of Greek Art

Characteristics of Greek Art

Greek Art Sculpture
 Greek sculpture is not subject to rules or
conventions. The sculptor has freedom to express
their vision in the play.
 Is heightened naturalism in gestures and attitudes,
the faces begun to reflect the “pathos” (its emotional
expression and mood);
 The female nude began his appearance.
Characteristics of Greek Art

Characteristics of Greek Art

Greek Painting
 decorations follow the bases characteristics of
equilibrium and harmony, away from abrupted
lines, carefully representing the sinuosity of the form
in sophisticated fashion, like in the way the group
the characters, the lines to accentuate the figures
against the background, and others details
 Fresco Painting was a method widely used for
decoration of the walls of temples, public
buildings, houses and tombs.
Characteristics of Greek Art

Characteristics of Greek Art

Ancient Greek Music
 music was viewed as quite literally a gift from the
gods. The invention of specific instruments is
attributed to particular deities:
 Hermes the lyre
 Pan the syrinx (panpipes)
 Athena the aulos (flute)
Examples of Greek Arts

- Also known as Aphrodite
of Milo

- Located in the Louvre


Museum

Venus of Milo by Alexandros


of Antioch
Examples of Greek Arts

- Artists are
Athanadoros,
Hagesandros, and
Polydoros

- Displayed in Vatican
Museum

Laocoon and His Sons


Examples of Greek Arts

The Winged Victory of


Samothrace

The Amphipolis Mosaic


Examples of Greek Arts

Derveni Krater

Vatican Amphora by The Resting Satyr


Exekias
Examples of Greek Arts

Temple of Hera
Notable Artists during the period

Notable Artists during the period

Notable Artists during the period

Notable Artists during the period

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