1. Architecture and Fine Art of Classical Greece

2. Results of the Greek Victory of the Persian Wars Persian threat is ended – renewed sense of freedom and confidence on the Balkan Peninsula. Athens, with its powerful navy, becomes the leader of the Delian League. Athens enters into a golden age of creativity and progress.

3. Classical Greece: Age of Pericles Had three goals:  Strengthen the democratic government in Athens  Strengthen the Athenian navy & empire  Glorify, or elevate Athens’ status

4. Architecture Styles Column Capital Styles: Doric Ionic Corinthian

5. Doric Style  seventh century BCE  simple, unassuming  Greek mainland and western colonies

6. Ionic Style  sixth century BCE  has scroll-like volutes  developed on the Aegean Islands

7. Corinthian Style  Fifth century BCE  uses decorative acanthus leaves  developed in Athens  used often in Roman architecture

8. Common Themes in Architecture  Balance  Proportion  Simplicity  Elegance

9. The Parthenon

10. Porch of the Caryatids

11. Temple of Zeus

12. Greek Theater  Open air  All male  Used for political and social satire

13. Greek Tragedy  Themes: love, hate, war, betrayal  Hero: exceptional abilities, but has character flaws  Usually ends with hero being punished or killed

14. Greek Comedy  Originated at the festivals for Dionysus  Used to mock people and ideas  Characters, unlike the tragedies, solved their problems

15. Characteristics of Classical Sculpture  Serene  Unemotional  Perfect  Graceful  Well-formed

16. Classical Sculpture

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19. Greek Philosophy: the pursuit of truth  Socrates  Plato  Aristotle

20. Socrates  Taught through inquiry  Believed in absolute truths  Life should be examined  We should question our life and purpose  Sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth

21. Plato  Student of Socrates  Wrote Socrates teachings  Wrote the Republic –Society governed by a philosopher-king  Established the Academy

22. Aristotle  Student of Plato  Teacher of Alexander the Great  Opens the Lyceum  The world can be understood through observation  Forerunner to the scientific method

23. The End of Classicism  Sparta and Athens go to war  Peloponnesian War 431 B.C. – 404 B.C.  In the end Sparta won  This effectively ended the Golden Age of Greece  Sparta was not fit or willingly to lead the world created by Athens

24. Macedonians Conquer Greece In 322 B.C. the Macedonians led by Philip and his son, Alexander conquer Greece The ensuing empire built by Alexander ushers in a new era This time is called the Hellenistic Era It was a blending of Greek, Egyptian, Persian and Indian influences

25. Hellenistic Art  Realism  Movement  Emotion  Ordinary Subjects

26. Examples of movement…

27. Everyday subjects…