TOPIC 5 ( Greece and Rome] GREECE ) Flashcards

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While Egyptians fixed their eyes on the afterlife and the Paleolithic world dominated by beasts, the mindset of the Greek was towards

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full self - awareness

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. Man is what matters, being the

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measure of all things

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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

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striving for what was IDEAL

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The search for the ideal was seen in his close study of the human form. His depiction of his gods proved that he was

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aware of man’s importance.

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5
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SUB-PERIODS

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Geometric, classical, archaic, Hellenistic

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Sculpture

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Egyptian sculpture, greek kourus, greek kritios boy, greek doryphoros

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7
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Greek Orders of Architecture

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ionic, doric, corinthian

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Built for the goddess Athena, the patron of Athens

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PARTHENON, Acropolis, Greece “temple of the virgin goddess”

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in buidling PARTHENON who Comissioned

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Pericles

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in buidling PARTHENON who Chief Sculptor

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Phidias

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in buidling PARTHENON who Architects

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Ictinus and Callicrates

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12
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delicate convexity

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Entasis

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13
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Floor was curved in the middle to prevent the ______ effect of massive vertical Doric columns.

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“sagging”

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