1. Classical Art Greece & Rome

3. What are those GREEKS so concerned with? 1.BALANCE 2.PROPORTION 3.The IDEAL HUMAN FORM 4.Reason (or thinking, making justified and logical decisions) was important – Emotion was not

4. WHEN was Classical Art? 480-323 BCE 480 BCE= Greeks defeat the Persians 323 BCE= Death of Alexander the Great

6. The Parthenon SIMPLICITY POST and LINTEL BALANCED VISUALLY and LITERALLY

9. Idealistic...NOT realistic... The “Perfect Proportion”

12. D2

14. “Apollo Belvedere” Ideal body Balanced body and mind – contrapposto (means – athlete and musician – healer and sun god

15. “The Discus Thrower”

16. Ideal human form engaged muscles, strength calm face great athlete

17. The Olympics Religious Paid tribute to Zeus, the supreme or most important god Held every four years – started around 800 BCE – banned in 393 BCE – did not resume until 1896

19. Batik Wax resist Cracks Dye over

20. Crackle Drawings WHAT do YOU want to be remembered for? HOW do YOU want to be remembered

21. What do you want to be remembered for? 1.Using only crayon, draw an image of something you’d be proud to be remembered by! 2.Crinkle your paper into a ball 3.Flatten it out 4.Paint over your whole picture with ink 5.Wipe your picture with a damp paper towel

22. D3 Extras

23. “Apollo Belvedere” Ideal body Balanced body and mind – contrapposto (means weight shift) – athlete and musician – healer and sun god

24. Column Capitals As time changed...so did the columns Doric Ionic Corinthian

26. Black Figure Pottery

27. Figure painted black details incised, or cut with a tool

29. Create your own Greek Black Figure 1.Start by finding a person in a magazine; one that is one the larger side; try to find one where the WHOLE body can be seen. 2.Cut out the figure 3.Trace the figure’s outline on your paper 4.Draw some Greek border designs around your page with Sharpie 5.Color the whole inside of the figure with BLACK OIL PASTEL 6.Scratch out details and designs in the black (this is called sgraffito!) 7.If there’s time, put your figure in a scene using more Sharpie!

30. Red Figure Pottery Background painted black Figures=red Details painted on or in figure