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1100-800 b.c.
moved from Bronze Age to Iron Age
type of art: Geometric Style
Homeric Epics composed. |
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800-600 b.c.
spread out throughout Aegean, Asia Minor and Italy. |
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600-480 b.c.
emergence of permanent architecture and development of the Greek sculptural form. |
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| a sculpture of a male servant |
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479-404 b.c.
most spectacular period of ancient greek history also known as Age of Pericles. |
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404-323 b.c.
Philosophy flourished and Alexander the Great rose to power. |
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| before being conquered by Rome in 146 b.c., Greece spread its culture throughout the known world. |
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| most famous example of geometric style in 800 b.c. (greek vase) |
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| summed it up well that man is the measure of all things. |
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| the belief that reason - not experience, revelation, or authority - is the ultimate source of knowledge about the world. |
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| were concerned about the nature and origin of reality. |
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were searching for the rational design of reality.
Pythagoras |
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Idealist
469-399 b.c.
Socratic idea: Know thyself |
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Idealist
427-347 b.c.
he studied with Socrates and preserved his teachings in his works known as Dialogues. |
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Materialist
384-322 b.c.
the essence of a thing resides within the thing itself. |
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| makes the human figure look more life-like. |
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| development of realistic perspective |
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| from egyptian to greek shift |
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| Myron's Discobolus known as in english the discuss thrower. |
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| has achieved his astonishing effect of movement mainly through a new adaptation of very ancient artistic models |
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| the greeks were preoccupied with |
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| refining the idea and image of the human figure |
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| is an example of post and lineal architecture |
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| temple with a double row of columns |
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| temple with a single row of columns as in the parthenon |
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late archaic
strength/stability |
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Archiac/Classical
refinement/elegance |
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classical/hellenistic
imperial grandeur |
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one of the most famous buildings in all history
dedicated to athena |
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on all four sides
slight upward curvature |
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| the tapering of the columns |
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| columns have a slight swelling about two-thirds of the way up |
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| the angle at which the columns are set |
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| they all lean inward slightly |
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| architects responsible for the brilliant execution of the Parthenon |
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| "classical" comic plot portrays the integration of the hero back into society; typically ends with the marriage of the hero. |
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| "classical" tragic plot portrays the alienation of the hero from society; it typically ends with the death of the hero. |
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1) tragic hero must be of noble birth
2) hero has a tragic flow some point of weakness
3) hero is responsible for his own downfall
4) the gods punish the hero severly
5) the hero gains insight of his wrong doing
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imperialistic- influencing the world through its empire
eclectic- absorbing greek and other cultures
practical-doers and buliders |
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imperialistic- influencing the world through pop culture
eclectic- absorbing as a "melting pot" the world's cultures
practical- "can-do" philosophy. inventive with technology |
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| the logical corollary to imperialism and electism |
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| the logical corollary to imperialism and electism |
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Greeks were thinkers
Romans were doers |
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| major roman building projects |
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aqueducts
highways (the appian way)
Basilicas
Public Baths |
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| practical nature of the romans reveals itself in their strikingly realistic portrayals of the human face. |
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romans began telling stories with their visual art.
example of continuous style is with peter |
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| development of landscape in art |
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idealized landscape began to be depicted in the backgrounds of roman paintings.
surviving paintings of the destroyed city of Pompeii |
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| legendary founding of rome. year one for the romans dating system |
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| romans kick the etruscans out of rome and establish a republic. learned many things from the estruscans |
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| end of the punic wars. rome captures corinth. |
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| octavious declares himself Caesar Augustus, ending along civil war |
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| Marcus Arilous' Death in this year ended the period of Roman Peace (27 b.c.- 180 a.d.) |
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| Constantine the great legalized christianity with the edict of milan |
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| end of the roman empire; last roman emperor was disposed and replaced with a german |
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