GREEK DESIGN

Question 1

How far back does the tradition of wall paintings go in Greece?

Answer 1

The tradition of wall paintings in Greece goes back at least to the Minoan and Mycenaean Bronze Age, with sites like Knossos, Tiryns, and Mycenae.

Question 2

What were the Greek wall paintings called?

Answer 2

Fresco paintings.

Question 3

In what period(s) did the Greek wall paintings seem to appear the most?

Answer 3

The Classical and Hellenistic periods.

Question 4

Why have many Greek paintings struggled to be preserved?

Answer 4

Due to the lack of architecture surviving intact.

Question 5

What did most of these wall paintings communicate?

Answer 5

These paintings told stories of their daily life or mythology. The wall paintings are also reflected in contemporary grave decorations in the Greek colonies in Italy.

Question 6

What did some scholars suggest about the paintings?

Answer 6

That the celebrated Roman frescoes at sites like Pompeii are the direct descendants of Greek tradition and that some of them copy famous panel paintings.