AP Art History Greece (IMAGE SET)

Hellenistic Period

330-31BCE The death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. traditionally marks the beginning of the Hellenistic period.---> Expand greek culture "hellenized" (Made greek) Alexander the Great conquered a lot of land. Art glorified the gods and great athletes, but it also served to decorate the homes of the newly rich. Heroic portraits and massive groups were popular Hellenistic art built on the classical concepts, but became more dramatic, a lot of Emotion Posture and physical characteristics were used to show thoughts, feelings, and attitudes. Hellenistic painting are mostly in the facades and interiors of chamber tombs and mosaics, as well as in Roman copies.

central spot in ancient Greek city-states The agora was the center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city (Athenian Agora great example)

Agora

(800 BC - 480 BC) rise in population at the start of the Archaic period led the settlement of new towns and the expansion of the older population centers within poleos. establishment of colonies The Greek world of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. consisted of numerous autonomous city-states, or poleis,

Archaic Period

5th century- attempt depiction of human body realistically athlete figures- muscular with the introduction of democracy and the end of the aristocratic culture associated with the kouroi Classical period saw changes in the style and function of sculpture At the same time sculpture and statues were put to wider uses. The great temples of the Classical era such as the Parthenon in Athens, and the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, required relief sculpture for decorative friezes, and sculpture in the round to fill the triangular fields of the pediments.

Classical Greece

Parthenon= temple dedicated to athena Acropolis= entire structure- city on hill

parthenon & Acropolis