Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece Unit Plan Greek Art (2 weeks) – test Greek Philosophy (Natural Philosophers, Death of Socrates, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave) (2 weeks) The Matrix (1 week) Oedipus Rex (1 week) Essay: Is ignorance bliss or does the truth set you free? (Plato, Matrix, Oedipus) Greek and Roman Architecture – test Architecture Project

The Greeks: From Cavemen to Kings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qazf77VYIsU

“Arete” – The pursuit of excellence

Key Ideas of Greek Art and Culture Excellence in art, architecture, poetry, drama, philosophy, government, law, logic, history, science, and mathematics. “Man is the measure of all things” (Protagorus). Man has dignity and worth. The cult of the individual. Concerned with proportion, balance, symmetry, and rational thinking. Greek sculpture is characterized by the idealizing of the human form and the ability of sculptures to express a great range of emotions.

Six Periods of Greek Culture Cycladic (prehistory/Bronze Age) Minoan (Bronze Age) Mycenaean (Bronze Age) Archaic Classical (“The Golden Age”) Hellenistic

Put the sculptures in chronological order! Cycladic 1889 Archaic 1923 Early Classical 1951 Classical Hellenistic

Map Ancient Greece

Cycladic Period 3000-1600 BCE Cycladic islands in Aegean Sea

Cycladic Sculpture

Lyre Player from Keros 2000 BCE

Heavily influenced modern art )

The Minoan Period 1900-1375 BCE Crete

Snake Goddess Minoan Civilization 1600 BCE

Toreador Fresco Minoan Civilization 1500 BCE

Palace of Knossos

Palace of Knossos

Bull leaping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6YuJymWsRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXAk91PltMI

The Mycenaean Period 1600-1100 BCE Mainland Greece Map

Funeral Mask (a.k.a. Mask of Agamemnon) 1500 BCE Mycenaean Period

Greek “Dark Ages” 1100 – 776 BCE Between the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization and the Greek Archaic period Palaces abandoned; cities burned. Population scattered, dropped dramatically Linear B written language was lost Relatively few archaeological artifacts Why? Reasons unclear. Weakened by constant warfare and perhaps internal warfare. Invaded by Dorians from the north? Other civilizations (Italy, Syria) also declined at this time. Only Egypt continued to flourish.

Archaic Period 800-480 BCE

Archaic Period 800-480 BCE Stylistic Characteristics: Stylized Hair Vacant Eyes Goofy Grin Rigid/Stiff

Standing Youth Kouros 600 BCE Archaic

Kroisos 525 BCE Archaic

Peplos Kore 530 BCE Archaic

Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/daedalic-archaic/v/peplos-kore

Group Presentation Assignment Research and prepare a 7-8 minute presentation on your assigned sculpture, including sketch time Through questioning, guide classmates into discussing the sculpture and how it fits the stylistic characteristics of the Classical or Hellenistic period Give classmates background information on the work and show them features they may not have noticed You will need to research to do this effectively. Khan Academy videos and Wikipedia are great places to start, but don’t limit yourself to these only. These are some of the most famous sculptures of all time – you’ll find lots of information!

Classical Period 480-323 BCE Between the Persian Wars & the death of Alexander the Great Peak of Greek art, architecture, drama, philosophy, science, and democracy “The Golden Age” “The Age of Pericles” Stylistic characteristics: Contrapposto Idealized naturalism Stoic, calm face

Kritios Boy 480 BCE Classical Period

Zeus/Poseidon 460-450 BCE Classical Period

Artemision Zeus or Poseidon, c. 460 B.C.E.

Discobulus 450 BCE Classical Period

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus 4th century BCE Classical Period

Hellenistic Period 323 – 31 BCE From the death of Alexander the Great to when Rome conquered the last of the territories that the Macedonian king had once ruled. The word “Hellenistic” comes from the word “Hellazein,” which means “to speak Greek or identify with the Greeks.” Stylistic Characteristics: Pathos (emotional) Theatricality (dramatic) Realism (less coolly idealistic)

Dying Gaul 230-220 BCE Hellenistic

Laocoon & His Sons 200 BCE Hellenistic Period

Winged Victory of Samothrace 200-190 BCE Hellenistic Period

Venus de Milo 130-100 BCE Hellenistic Period

Greeks want their sculptures back! http://www.thetimes.co.uk/_TP_/article/give-us-back-the-venus-de-milo-greeks-tell-louvre-sr0fvtlt0?ni-statuscode=acsaz-307