General points and Dates

Question 1

Characteristics of Archaic ART

Answer 1

• more brutal in the execution:

• they are coming to terms with what art for them would be*
• *

Question 2

Characteristics of Archaic period

Answer 2

• 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

Question 3

The END of Archaic Period:

Why this date is important?

What about the beginning date?

Answer 3

BEGINNING:

• ca. 600 BC
• no historical event to mark the date;

>> it is a bit vague.

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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.

Question 4

Developments

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

Main points GEORGAPHY-wise:

1. How Greece could be called geography-wise?
2. THREE main parts of such.
3. How come?
4. End

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Influences, CULTURAL and ARTISTIC

Answer 6

1. ORIENTALIZING period, 7^th c. - period of a considerable influence.
2. The rise of the POLIS: unification into 1 large city center >> rise of nationalism
3. COLONIZATION
4. 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 _