GREEK ART

ARCHITECTUREGREEK ART

• HUMAN SCALE (anthropocentrism)

• HARMONY

• PROPORTIONS

• IDEAL BEAUTY

• MATERIAL: STONE OR MARBLE

• COUNTERACT OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURAL ORDERS

DORIC

IONIC

CORINTHIAN

• The house of the god.• Ceremonies and sacrificies in an altar outside.• Parts:

– Cella: main room for the statue of the god.– Pronaos: entrance.– Opisthodomos: treasury

• Surrounded by colums: perystile• Decoration: pediment and frieze.

ARCHITECTURE - TEMPLE

ARCHITECTURE - TEMPLE

Author:ICTINUS & CALICRATESLocation:ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS

PARTHENON

Location:ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS

ARCHITECTURE - TEMPLE

ERECTHEUM

Location:ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS

ARCHITECTURE - TEMPLE

ATHENA NIKE

• Built on hillsides.• Seats on an slope and semi-circle.• Parts:

– Theatron: seats.– Orchestra: circular, for music.– Skene: stage.

ARCHITECTURE - THEATRE

ARCHITECTURE - THEATRE

THEATRE OF EPIDAURUS

SCULPTUREGREEK ART

• IDEAL BEAUTY

• PROPORTIONS OF HUMAN BODY = GREEK CANON

• ATHLETES AND GODS

• MATERIAL: STONE AND BRONZE

• PERIODS: ARCHAIC, CLASSICAL, HELLENISTIC

SCULPTURE - ARCHAIC

KOUROS

SCULPTURE - ARCHAIC

KOURE

SCULPTURE - CLASSICAL

DISCOBOLUS

Author:MYRON

SCULPTURE - CLASSICAL

PARTHENON FRIEZES

Author:PHIDIAS

SCULPTURE - CLASSICAL

DORYPHOROS

Author:POLYKEITOS

SCULPTURE - CLASSICAL

HERMES AND THE INFANT DIONYSUS

Author:PRAXITELES

SCULPTURE - HELLENISTIC

LAOCOON

POTTERYGREEK ART

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