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Greek Art

Greek Art. Approx 800-330 B.C. The Greeks. We know very little about the Ancient Greek culture The Greeks are the first culture to write about their own artists.

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Greek Art

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  1. Greek Art Approx 800-330 B.C.

  2. The Greeks • We know very little about the Ancient Greek culture • The Greeks are the first culture to write about their own artists. • According to the Greeks, the world was created in a battle between the earth gods (Titans) and the sky gods who lived atop Mount Olympus (Zeus) • Ceramic art work was a staple in Ancient Greek art. • Vases were a very important part of Greek art.

  3. Battle Between the Gods and the Giants(Titans). From the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi. 530-525. marble, 26” • -A relief sculpture • -Figures are overlapping • to give a sense of space. • -Apollo is the god of • music, health, and the • sun

  4. Greek Vase Style

  5. Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game • These are two war heroes depicted playing a game • Achilles on the left and Ajax on the right • This is an amphora style vase • It is meant to remind us of the friendly times the men head before the war, where they would both be parted by death

  6. The EuphroniosKrater • Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death) are depicted here with Hermes in the centre. • Krater is the style of vase depicted • This depicts the death of Sarpedon ( a son of Zeus and a mortal woman) he was killed fighting in the Trojan war

  7. Kritios Boy • The figure is realistic and lifelike. • Proportions are accurate, unlike the work of the Egyptians. • The figure stands in contrapposto (all of the weight is on one leg.)

  8. The Parthenon architects Kallikrates and Iktinos • The Athenians began to work on this around 490 BCE. • The building would have to be very precise in order to execute the structure. • This building would have been built for the goddess Athena (Goddess of war and Wisdom) • The building was never completed, but this is what is left from the war

  9. Types of Column

  10. The Romans • Highly realistic in style • Many artworks were very large and quite complex • Architecture incorporates a lot of columns

  11. The ColusseumRome. 72-80 A. D. • The sound echoes throughout Because of the structure

  12. The Pantheon Rome. 118-25 A.D. • What type of columns are used here? Corinthian • Geometric shapes contrast with the organic details in the Corinthian columns • The pediment is the focal point • The building would have housed statues of religious figures that people would have come to worship. • Today it is used as a church

  13. Giovanni Paolo Pannini. The Interior of the Pantheon. 1740. Oil on canvas, 50 ½ x 39”. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. • Coffers= Recessed panels • Oculus= Eye of the dome • Highly realistic • Perspective is used to create depth • Depth is created by using large, detailed figures in the front and small less precise figures in the back

  14. Constantine the Great. Early 4th century A.D. Marble, height 8”. Palazzo deiConservatori, Rome • Highly realistic (proportionate) • Compare to the Kritios Boy • Huge in scale • Constantine was the emperor at the time, and the statue was created to look like him

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