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Homer
Achilles
Paris
Hera
A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
-son of Thetis and Peleus... -immortal except for his heel... -skill…
-Son of Priam the Trojan King... -brought up by shepherds on Mt.…
-Queen of the gods... -offered Paris power in goddess contest... -su…
Homer
A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Achilles
-son of Thetis and Peleus... -immortal except for his heel... -skill…
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Checks & Balances
Republic
Citizens vote directly on an issue and make a decision.
Citizens elect representatives to represent them and make a de…
Allows each branch to check on the others and share the same p…
The Romans established a republic; a government in which citiz…
Direct Democracy
Citizens vote directly on an issue and make a decision.
Representative Democracy
Citizens elect representatives to represent them and make a de…
Minoans
Mycenaeans
What likely happened to the Mycenaeans…
Why do people think the Minotaur story…
Old Civilization in the Aegean Sea know for the Minotaur story…
Old Civilization in the Aegean Sea known for the Corbeled Arch…
Probably Assimilated into other cultures but could also have d…
There are a lot of things in the Palace of Knossuss and stuff…
Minoans
Old Civilization in the Aegean Sea know for the Minotaur story…
Mycenaeans
Old Civilization in the Aegean Sea known for the Corbeled Arch…
Heinrich Von Schliemann
Sir Walter Evans
Minoans
Fall of Minoans
- from Germany ... -discovers Troy
-From Britain ... -finds Minoans
-The Mediterranean society that formed on the island of Crete…
-The volcanic island of Thera erupted 70 miles away causes a t…
Heinrich Von Schliemann
- from Germany ... -discovers Troy
Sir Walter Evans
-From Britain ... -finds Minoans
Anthropomorphic Stele
White Temple and its ziggurat
Palette of King Narmer
Statue of Votive Figures
Fourth millennium B.C.E.... content- bladed dagger-low relief- to…
c. 3500-3000 BCE... cnt... multiple bent axis entrance point... cella r…
3000-2920 BCE... cnt... dispay and focus human action... iconography e…
2700 bce... big eyes in awe of god in prayer... give sacrafice to go…
Anthropomorphic Stele
Fourth millennium B.C.E.... content- bladed dagger-low relief- to…
White Temple and its ziggurat
c. 3500-3000 BCE... cnt... multiple bent axis entrance point... cella r…
Archaic Style
Classical Greek Style
Late Classical Greek Style
Greek Architectural Orders
created between the 8th and 5th centuries BC ... during a time of…
Greek standard of beauty that included ideals of reason, balan…
The end of the Late Classical style is usually put at the deat…
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Archaic Style
created between the 8th and 5th centuries BC ... during a time of…
Classical Greek Style
Greek standard of beauty that included ideals of reason, balan…
Jupiter/Zeus
Juno/Hera
Diana/Artemis
Minerva/Athena
He is the god of the sky and king of the gods. His symbol is a…
She is the goddess of marriage and the Queen of the gods on Mo…
She is the goddess of the hunt and the moon. Her symbol is a s…
She is the goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and weaving.…
Jupiter/Zeus
He is the god of the sky and king of the gods. His symbol is a…
Juno/Hera
She is the goddess of marriage and the Queen of the gods on Mo…
idealized and intellectual; secular and…
innovation
temples to glorify gods
civic buildings (baths, forum) to honor…
Although Greek and Roman art share many similar characteristic…
While the Greeks excelled at ________, Romans were known for o…
preferred structure for the Greeks
preferred structure for the romans
idealized and intellectual; secular and…
Although Greek and Roman art share many similar characteristic…
innovation
While the Greeks excelled at ________, Romans were known for o…
Acropolis
Acropoli - Athens
Aphrodite
Athena
Greek for "high city". The chief temples of the city were loca…
temple: place of worship... -athen: most important city in times…
Goddess of love and beauty
Goddess of wisdom and war... -one of the strongest Goddess... -depic…
Acropolis
Greek for "high city". The chief temples of the city were loca…
Acropoli - Athens
temple: place of worship... -athen: most important city in times…
What time period was Greek and Roman ar…
What was put to use during the Greek an…
What did abstract figures include?
What did sculptors add?
1000-700BC geometric period
use of patterns
more realist people and animals
hair to the back of the sculptures and widened their stance to…
What time period was Greek and Roman ar…
1000-700BC geometric period
What was put to use during the Greek an…
use of patterns
Athenian Agora
Tholos
Stoas
Anavysos Kouros
A plaza at the base of the Acropolis that contained commercial…
an ancient circular shrine or temple
walkway with columns on one side and a wall on the other
Marble and paint... 530 B.C.E ... idealized version of young warrior…
Athenian Agora
A plaza at the base of the Acropolis that contained commercial…
Tholos
an ancient circular shrine or temple
Subject matter: portrait
Subject matter: still-life
Subject matter: landscape
Subject matter: allegorical
artwork that focuses on a person or animal
artwork that focuses on things/objects
artwork that focuses on a place; outdoor scene; could also be…
relating to morals or the soul
Subject matter: portrait
artwork that focuses on a person or animal
Subject matter: still-life
artwork that focuses on things/objects
Hellenistic Era
Geometric Era
Hellenistic Era Art
Geometric Era Art
In 336 BC, Alexander the Great came to power and later died in…
900- c, 650 BC. Larger Greek city-sates became powerful and pr…
'International' style of art. Architecture became overly sophi…
The Geometric Era consisted of Large pottery vessels with geom…
Hellenistic Era
In 336 BC, Alexander the Great came to power and later died in…
Geometric Era
900- c, 650 BC. Larger Greek city-sates became powerful and pr…
Kouros
Kore
frieze
Capital
An Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male.
An Archaic Greek statue of a young woman.
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, esp…
the topmost or head member of a column
Kouros
An Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male.
Kore
An Archaic Greek statue of a young woman.