Map of Greece and the Ancient Mediterranean

• Key Dates
• • Geometric
    c. 1000-700 BCE
  • Orientalizing
    700-600 BCE
  • Archaic
    (c. 600 - 480 BCE)
  • Classical
    (c. 450 - 400 BCE)
  • Early Classical (c. 480-450 BCE)
  • Classical (c. 450-400 BCE)
  • Late Classical (4th Century BCE)
  • Hellenistic
    (c. 323 - 31 BCE)

General Terms
• abacus
• acanthus/li>
• agora
• amphora
• architrave
• balustrade
• black-figure
• caryatids
• canon
• cella
• colonnade
• cornice
• contrapposto
• Corinthian
• Doric
• drum
• echinus
• egg-and-dart
• encaustic
• entablature
• entasis
• finial
• flutes, fluting
• foreshortening
• frieze
• geometric
• hydria
• Ionic
• isocephaly, isocephalic
• kore
• kouros
• krater
• kylix
• leaf-and-dart
• lekythos
• lost-wax bronze casting (cire-perdue)
• meander pattern
• metope
• naos
• necking
• oenochoe
• Order
• pediment
• peripteral
• peristyle
• portico
• protome, protoma
• red-figure
• scroll
• shaft
• slip
• stoa
• stylobate
• tesserae
• triglyph
• volute
• white-ground
• Core Course Thematic Links
• Artist Index
• Movement Index

 

AAT-Chp. 5- Greek Art
c. 800–1st Century B.C.E.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073379239/student_view0/part2/chapter5/

Reading

• Art Across Time: Chapter 5: The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of Ancient Greece c. 800–1st CENTURY B.C.

• Homeric epics written down (c. 800 B.C.)
• Greek alphabet; Delphic oracle; Olympian gods
• Battle of Marathon: Persian defeat (490 B.C.)
• Philosophy: Plato; Socrates; Aristotle
• Theater: Aeschylos; Sophokles; Euripides; Aristophanes
• "Man is the measure of all things"
• Vase painting; mosaics; monumental sculpture
• Orders of architecture: Doric; Ionic; Corinthian
• Periklean Athens (c. 450–400 B.C.)
  • The Parthenon; canon of Polykleitos
  • Herodotos ("father of history")
• Peloponnesian War: Sparta defeats Athens
• Alexander the Great dies (323 B.C.)
• Hellenistic period Cycladic Bronze Age (c. 3000–1100 B.C.): marble idols

 

The Parthenon, looking up through the outer Doric peristyle at the Ionic frieze New York Kouros from Attica (c. 600 BCE) Marble. 6 ft high Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York City, New York. USA. Photo: LaCour Slide Library Art Across Time Slide Set (wncc) Laocoön and his Two Sons, 2nd century B.C. – 1st century A.D. Roman copy

After reading Chapter 5, you should be able to: Label a map of Greece. Explain what is meant by "Man is the measure of things," and relate it to the development of Greek art. Compare the New York Kouros with Menkaure and his Queen. Describe the position of women in ancient Greece. Identify Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle and describe something of their philosophy. List the gods, their functions and attributes. Draw and label the plan of the Parthenon. Draw and label the Doric and Ionic Orders of Architecture. Identify all the works and define the terms in the chapter. Describe the development of Greek pottery styles and their techniques from Geometric to White Ground. Describe the development of Greek sculpture from Orientalizing through Hellenistic. Describe the style, technique, and iconography of the Battle of Issos. Describe the process of lost-wax bronze casting, encaustic painting, and pottery-making. Compare the Greek canon of Polykleitos with the Egyptian grid. Compare and contrast the temple of Zeus at Olympia with the Parthenon from the point of view of style and iconography. Identify the twelve Labors of Herakles. Draw and label the plan of the Athenian Acropolis. Compare the depictions of males and females in Greek sculpture. Identify the leading personages of Greek history.

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer),c. 440 B.C. Photo© LaCour Slide Library Gardner- Art Through the Ages Set

Glossary abacus acanthus/li> agora amphora architrave balustrade black-figure caryatids canon cella colonnade cornice contrapposto Corinthian Doric drum echinus egg-and-dart encaustic entablature entasis finial flutes, fluting foreshortening frieze geometric hydria Ionic isocephaly, isocephalic kore kouros krater kylix leaf-and-dart lekythos lost-wax bronze casting (cire-perdue) meander pattern metope naos necking oenochoe Order pediment peripteral peristyle portico protome, protoma red-figure scroll shaft slip stoa stylobate tesserae triglyph volute white-ground

Video Resources (where available)

These are good extra resources but are not required viewing and not on reserve at any of your local libraries.

• Art in Ancient Lands, Part 2. 36 min, Clearvue
• Art of the Western World: Volume 1: The Classical Ideal (55 min, VM)
• Elements of Sculpture: Aesthetics in Contrasting Cultures, filmstrip. 15 min, Clearvue
• Greek Temple 54 min, VM
• History Through Art: Ancient Greece 49 min, Clearvue
• The Greeks: Greek Pottery 20 min, 1987, TRC
• Treasures of the British Museum Series—The God-Haunted: Ancient Greece 27 min, FFTH

CD-ROMs

These are good extra resources but are not required viewing and not on reserve at any of your local libraries.

• History Through Art: Ancient Greece Mac/Windows, Clearvue, Zane Publishing
• History of Art: Ancient Greece, Zane Publishing
• The Perseus Project Mac, Clearvue