1. Ancient Greece

2. 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

3. The Greeks: From Cavemen to Kings

4. “Arete” – The pursuit of excellence

5. 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.

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

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

8. Map
Ancient Greece

9. Cycladic Period 3000-1600 BCE Cycladic islands in Aegean Sea

10. Cycladic Sculpture

11. Lyre Player from Keros 2000 BCE

13. Heavily influenced modern art)

14. The Minoan Period 1900-1375 BCE Crete

15. Snake Goddess Minoan Civilization 1600 BCE

17. Toreador Fresco Minoan Civilization 1500 BCE

19. Palace of Knossos

20. Palace of Knossos

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

25. The Mycenaean Period 1600-1100 BCE Mainland Greece
Map

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

29. 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.

30. Archaic Period BCE

31. Archaic Period BCE Stylistic Characteristics: Stylized Hair Vacant Eyes Goofy Grin Rigid/Stiff

32. Standing Youth Kouros 600 BCE Archaic

35. Kroisos 525 BCE Archaic

37. Peplos Kore 530 BCE Archaic

39. Khan Academy

41. 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!

42. Classical Period 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

43. Kritios Boy 480 BCE Classical Period

45. Zeus/Poseidon 460-450 BCE Classical Period

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

47. Discobulus 450 BCE Classical Period

50. Hermes and the Infant Dionysus 4th century BCE Classical Period

52. 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)

53. Dying Gaul 230-220 BCE Hellenistic

57. Laocoon & His Sons 200 BCE Hellenistic Period

61. Winged Victory of Samothrace 200-190 BCE Hellenistic Period

68. Venus de Milo 130-100 BCE Hellenistic Period

70. Greeks want their sculptures back!