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
BLACK FIGURES RED FIGURES