Ancient Greece

Krater

Ancient Greece

Episodic Narrative

Ancient Greece

Continuous Narrative

Ancient Greece

Synoptic Narrative

Ancient Greece

Monoscenic Narrative

Ancient Greece

Polis/Poleis

Ancient Greece

Doric Order

pediment, entablature, trygliph, metope, column, capital

Classical Greece

Panathenaia

·      Art depicts idea of what the perfect procession would look like

·      Would write about processions

Classical Greece

Delian League

·      Treaty between bunch of city-states

·      Putting money into providing armor, money, soldiers – unified collective force

Classical Greece

Pericles

·      Athenian

·      Convinces Delian League that treasury at Delos is not well protected; they should move all of their money into Athens; diverts funds to rebuild city (Parthenon constructed within Acropolis)

Classical Greece

Euandria

Classical Greece

Contrapasto

Hellenistic Greece

Macedonia

Hellenistic Greece

Alexander the Great

·      Conquered Greek city-states after Peloponnesian War

·      Takes over Egypt Persia, Near East, and Helena

·      Saw himself as the embodiment of the classical hero

·      Armies get tired – but divides armies and makes them build 12 monuments to the Greek gods, even though he was not Greek

o   Altar, fake camp that made it look like giants were living there

o   Studied Aristotle

§  Emphasis on not only power, but learning

o   Interested in Persia where gods are not really god-like

§  Says he is semi-divine; creates images of himself as Zeus (Greek) and the sun (Egyptian)

§  Not a Greek concept – influence from outside

o   Sculptures of his head – looking sideways (towards gods? Intellect?)

o   “Lion-like” - hair

§  Claimed Herakles to be his ancestor

§  Even has lion shaped gold helmet

o   *Ginormous and gigantic concepts

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Theater of the state – meant to affirm his reign

·      Death à

Hellenistic Greece