TOPIC 5 ( Greece and Rome] GREECE ) Flashcards
While Egyptians fixed their eyes on the afterlife and the Paleolithic world dominated by beasts, the mindset of the Greek was towards
full self - awareness
. Man is what matters, being the
measure of all things
Greeks were aware of man’s intelligence and his power because of that intelligence. He knew himself to be far above the beasts and focused his life here on earth to
striving for what was IDEAL
The search for the ideal was seen in his close study of the human form. His depiction of his gods proved that he was
aware of man’s importance.
SUB-PERIODS
Geometric, classical, archaic, Hellenistic
Sculpture
Egyptian sculpture, greek kourus, greek kritios boy, greek doryphoros
Greek Orders of Architecture
ionic, doric, corinthian
Built for the goddess Athena, the patron of Athens
PARTHENON, Acropolis, Greece “temple of the virgin goddess”
in buidling PARTHENON who Comissioned
Pericles
in buidling PARTHENON who Chief Sculptor
Phidias
in buidling PARTHENON who Architects
Ictinus and Callicrates
delicate convexity
Entasis
Floor was curved in the middle to prevent the ______ effect of massive vertical Doric columns.
“sagging”