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1 Set Design at Delphi Understanding Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Art Courtesy of Archivision.com

2 Utilize elements of Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic in your set design

3 Archaic  600 BCE- 480 BCE  Arts developed rapidly during this period  In architecture stone and marble replaced the earlier mud brick and wood construction  600 BCE- 480 BCE  Arts developed rapidly during this period  In architecture stone and marble replaced the earlier mud brick and wood construction

4 Archaic  Doric and Ionic Orders developed during this period  Kore and Kouros sculptures  Anatomy of sculpture uses ridges and grooves to form geometric patterns  Archaic smile, arms usually rigidly placed at the sculptures sides  One leg of sculptures is slightly in front of the other  Doric and Ionic Orders developed during this period  Kore and Kouros sculptures  Anatomy of sculpture uses ridges and grooves to form geometric patterns  Archaic smile, arms usually rigidly placed at the sculptures sides  One leg of sculptures is slightly in front of the other

5 Classical Period  479 BCE - 322 BCE  Ideal and the General  Aloof expressions on sculptures  This period is framed by two major events: The defeat of the Persians in 479 BCE and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE  479 BCE - 322 BCE  Ideal and the General  Aloof expressions on sculptures  This period is framed by two major events: The defeat of the Persians in 479 BCE and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE Antinous, Delphi Museum, Greece

6 Classical Period  Adages carved into the Temple of Apollo such as:  “Man is the measure of all things”  “Know thyself”  “Nothing in excess”  Adages carved into the Temple of Apollo such as:  “Man is the measure of all things”  “Know thyself”  “Nothing in excess”

7 Classical Period  Humanism  Rationalism  Idealism  Humanism  Rationalism  Idealism

8  Humanism Imagined their gods looked like perfect human beings Apollo for example is the exemplified Greek ideal: body and mind in balance  Rationalism Greeks at this time valued reason over emotion. The Greeks saw aspects of life including the arts as having meaning and pattern. Cannon of proportions  IDEALISM The True, The Good, The Beautiful  Humanism Imagined their gods looked like perfect human beings Apollo for example is the exemplified Greek ideal: body and mind in balance  Rationalism Greeks at this time valued reason over emotion. The Greeks saw aspects of life including the arts as having meaning and pattern. Cannon of proportions  IDEALISM The True, The Good, The Beautiful

9 Hellenistic Period  323 BCE - 30 BCE  Individual and Specific  Turns from subject matter of heroic to the everyday  Sculptures begin to show human emotion  Appeals to the senses with dramatic poses and subjects  Architecture begins to reflect taste for high drama  323 BCE - 30 BCE  Individual and Specific  Turns from subject matter of heroic to the everyday  Sculptures begin to show human emotion  Appeals to the senses with dramatic poses and subjects  Architecture begins to reflect taste for high drama

10 Resources/Contributions:  Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History: Second Edition Volume One. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 2002.


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