General points and Dates Flashcards
Characteristics of Archaic ART
- more brutal in the execution:
- they are coming to terms with what art for them would be*
- *
Characteristics of Archaic period
- 600 BC - 480 BC
- very creative, but not a very well known period
- the art was produced,
- the background and the context - extremely vibrant:
Greeks starting to be a great culture, formulating various patterns and models
The END of Archaic Period:
Why this date is important?
What about the beginning date?
BEGINNING:
- ca. 600 BC
- no historical event to mark the date;
>> it is a bit vague.
END:
- 480 BC
- Greek victory over the Persians -_ battle of Salamis_
- ·The beginning of the pinnacle of the Greek art - beginning of Classical period.
+ around 500 BC Persian Empire Rebelled - series of Wars, end of Archaic Period
>> Archaic Period was marked by wars fought against the same enemy.
Developments
1 - ORGANIZED FORMAL RELIGION. Standartization of:
- stone buildings - religious building;
- images of gods.
2 - Great expansion of LITERATURE and WRITING.
>> people could express themselves and exchange their ideas.
3 - POLITICS.
although it did start as a big mess (since even Athens came through number of political systems, it did kind of became more organized by the end; at least they did established polisei and colonies)
4 - CULTURAL AWARENESS of being Greek (overarching concept over time).
The arrangement of the political systems and cultures
>> how people expressed themselves in relation to the others
>> they came to develop the s_ense of their native land_ and the sense of belonging – different personalizations.
Main points GEORGAPHY-wise:
- How Greece could be called geography-wise?
- THREE main parts of such.
- How come?
- End
1 - Greek WORLD
2 - WEST - Sicily, Italy (Magna Grecia); “CENTER” - Main Land Greece; EAST - parts of Asia Minor.
3 - ‘cause of colonization** **(and, as a result, trading):
colonization: extensively — in the 8th c., continued — throughout the 7th c. and throughout the Archaic period – the ongoing process.
4 - around 500 BC Persian Empire Rebelled - series of Wars, end of Archaic Period
>> Archaic Period was marked by wars fought against the same enemy.
Influences, CULTURAL and ARTISTIC
- ORIENTALIZING period, 7th c. - period of a considerable influence.
- The rise of the POLIS: unification into 1 large city center >> rise of nationalism
- COLONIZATION
- The rise of ATHENS
- Some – l_ocal developments,_ spurt by the necessity.
- Some – t_he result of the external forces_, pressing upon Greece;
- until 7th c. – didn’t do much,
- in 7th c. – changes.
- The influences - _not chronological _