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Art 9 Greek Art

Greek art flourished between 1050 BC to 31 BC and is divided into Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. The three main art forms were painting, sculpture, and architecture. Painting was found on vases, panels, and tombs and depicted mythological and everyday scenes through techniques like fresco and encaustic. Sculpture evolved from stiff early works to more anatomically accurate styles emphasizing movement. Architecture featured temples with central rooms surrounded by columned aisles in Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian orders.

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Art 9 Greek Art

Greek art flourished between 1050 BC to 31 BC and is divided into Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. The three main art forms were painting, sculpture, and architecture. Painting was found on vases, panels, and tombs and depicted mythological and everyday scenes through techniques like fresco and encaustic. Sculpture evolved from stiff early works to more anatomically accurate styles emphasizing movement. Architecture featured temples with central rooms surrounded by columned aisles in Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian orders.

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3.

GREEK ART
GREEK ART
-more accurately art in Greece
from about 1,050 BC to 31 BC
- It gave birth to Western
Classical in the subsequent
Geometric, Archaic, Classical
and Hellenistic periods .
3 ART FORMS
A. PAINTING
B. SCULPTURE
C. ARCHITECTURE
PAINTING
Paintings during the classical era were
most commonly found in vases, panels
and tomb. It depicts natural figures with
dynamic compositions. Most of the
subjects were battle scenes,
mythological figures, and everyday
scenes. It reveals a grasp of linear
perspective and naturalist representation.
2 methods
1. Fresco- method of painting water-
based pigments on a freshly applied
plaster usually on a wall surfaces. Ideal for
murals, durable and has a matte style.
2. Encaustic– developed to use by Greek
ship builders, who used the hot wax to
fill the cracks of the ship.
Most common motifs were mostly scenes
from the life of women (often
exaggeratedly idyllic), mythological beings
that were popular among the people of
the black sea, or a scene form mythical
story or event. It used a technique
VASE PAINTING
Kerch Style also referred to as Kerch Vases are red-
figured pottery named after the place where it was
found.
Shapes commonly found are:
1. pelike (wine container)
2. lekanis (a low bowl with two horizontal handles
and a low broad foot)
3. lebes gamikos (with high handles and lid use to
carry bridal bath)
4. krater (bowl use for mixing wine and water)
Pelike Vase
Ex. Judgment
of Paris
Lekanis Vase
Lebes gamikos
Krater Vase
PANEL PAINTING
Pitsa Panel (Archaic Period)- Paintings from flat
wood.
Tomb / Wall Painting
Tomb or wall painting was very
popular during the classical period.
It uses the method frescos either
tempera (water-base) or encaustic
(wax). It has a sharp, flatly outlined
style of painting and because it
uses water-based materials, very
few samples survived.
SCULPTURE
Early Greek sculptures were tense and
stiff, their bodies were hidden within
enfolding robes. After three centuries
of experiments, Greek sculptures had
finally evolved and showed all the
points of human anatomy and
proportion.
One of the most popular styles of
the greek sculptures was the
Hellenistic style. Hellenistic denotes
a preference in sculpture for more
elaborated patterns, mannered
arrangement of figures and groups,
and an emphasis on the
representation of movement for
dramatic effects.
THE GREEK SLAVE
THE GREEK SLAVE
C. ARCHITECTURE
Temples consisted of a central shrine or
room in an aisle surrounded by rows of
columns. These buildings were designed in
one of three architectural style or orders:
the Temple of Aphaia, the hypostyle columns rise in two tiers, to a
height greater than the walls, to support a roof without struts
Modern Architecture

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