Aegean Greece Main Periods of Greek History 3500
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Aegean Greece § Main Periods of Greek History § 3500 – 1100 BCE – Helladic Age/Aegean Greeks § 1100 – 800 BCE – Doric Dark Ages § 800 – 400 BCE – Classical Greece § 332 – 30 BCE – Hellenistic Civilization
Aegean Greece § Ancient Aegean History – Chronology § 3000 – 2000 BCE – Cycladic Civilization appears and develops on Cycladic Islands § 3000 – 1450 BCE – Minoan Civilization appears and develops on Crete - the birthplace of European history – use of Linear A – Minoan writing - never deciphered § 1623 BCE – Eruption of volcano on Thera § 1600 – 1100 BCE – Mycenaean Civilization appears on Peloponnesian Peninsula (southern part of mainland Greece) § 1460 BCE – Mycenaeans invade and conquer Minoan capital of Knossos
Aegean Greece § 1400 BCE – mainland Greeks destroy Knossos – and most traces of Minoan culture disappear. Linear B in general use at this time – Mycenaean writing deciphered by Michael Ventris § 1250 – 1240 BCE – Trojan war § 1100 BCE – Dorian invasion, fall of Mycenaean civilization; Beginning of dark ages (dark age is a period of time we know little about due to the lack of written documentation in a period) § 800 BCE – The Iliad and The Odyssey written down as Greeks adopt Phoenician alphabet and dark ages end § Book I of the Iliad http: //www. perseus. tufts. edu/hopper/text? doc=Perseus%3 Atext%3 A 19 99. 0134%3 Abook%3 D 1 § Book IX of the Odyssey http: //www. theoi. com/Text/Homer. Odyssey 9. html
Aegean Greece § Cycladic Civilization § Cycladic Islands are so-named because they ‘cycle’ around the birthplace of Apollo and his twin sister Artemis § No written records, so their artwork is a main source of information about them § Their culture was mainly Neolithic
Aegean Greece § Minoan civilization § The Minoan civilization is named after the legendary King Minos who was the fabled ruler of Crete § Minoans were mainly a maritime culture : dealing with trading and fishing § The center of Minoan culture was the palace some examples are at Knossos, Phaistos and Mallia § Knossos was the center of political life (the capital)
Aegean Greece § § Characteristics of Minoan Art: Dynamic Colors Swirling Patterns Organic themes – Marine life the predominant motif § Playful § Decorative Designs
Minoan vs. Egyptian Painting
Aegean Greece § Mycenaean Civilization § Culture is named after the major city Mycenae, although sometimes called Achaeans - especially by Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey § Art was heavily influenced by Minoans, with an additional focus on power by the Mycenaeans § Mycenaeans were warlike and aggressive
Aegean Greece - Corbelling
Aegean Greece § § § § Mycenaean and Archaic Greek Civilizations Developed on mainland Greece First true Greek speakers Archaic Greeks Divide into 3 groups: Aeolians Ionians Dorians
Cycladic Islands
Aegean Greek - Art § Cycladic Female Figure § 3 rd Millennium BCE § Cycladic Islands, Greece § Thought to have a connection with fertility and also with death § Appears similar to modern art
Statuette of Seated Harp Player from the Cyclades ca. 2, 800 -2, 700 B. C. E. marble 11 1/2 in. high Possibly related to mythology
Minoans
Minoan Art § Spring Fresco (Landscape) § 1630 – 1500 BCE § Akrotiri, Thera § Natural world is focus, use of color § Landscape with Flowers § Not an attempt at exactitude and realism
Minoan Art § § Palace of Knossos 1700 - 1300 BCE Knossos, Crete Palace structure with courtyard – first building with running plumbing § Also had a labyrinth
Palace at Knossos (plumbing) Crete, Greece ca. 1, 700 -1, 300 B. C. E.
Knossos
Minaon Art § § Horns of Consecration 1700 -1300 BCE Knossus, Crete A sacrificial altar in the shape of bulls horns § Minoan religion focused on nature, particularly bulls and snakes
Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos, Greece ca. 1, 600 B. C. E. faience 13 1/2 in. high Made of ivory – proves trade was going on with Egypt Related to some goddess cult – different types
Minoan Art § § § Bull Leaping Fresco (Toreador Fresco) 1550 – 1450 BCE Knossos, Crete Fresco is a painting technique using wet plaster Coming of age trial or religious ceremony
Dolphin Fresco from the palace at Knossos, Greece ca. 1, 450 -1, 400 B. C. E. Fresco Located in the Queen’s megaron Marine life was key Minoan theme
Marine style octopus jar from Palaikastro, Greece ca. 1, 500 B. C. E. ceramic 11 in. high Marine theme the focus even in pottery
Minoan Art
Aegean Greece § § § Mycenaean Art Characteristics Heavy use of gold Large stone buildings and fortifications (Cyclopean Stones) Painting is same as Minoan, except for themes Focus on power and aggression
Mycenaean Art § § The Lion Gate 1250 BCE Mycenae, Greece Example of Cyclopean stones (large stones thought be Greeks to be built by Cyclops) § Lion’s used to portray power, intimidate and protect city § Entrance to city of Mycenae
Mycenaean Art § § Treasury of Atreus 1300 – 1250 BCE Mycenae, Greece Believed to be the tomb of the Atreus family - King Agamemnon from Homer’s Iliad § Called Bee-hive tombs because of their shape § Use of corbelled roofing
Mycenaean Art
Mycenaean Art § § Mask of Agamemnon 1250 – 1200 BCE Mycenae, Greece Made of gold, actual death mask of the deceased § Attributed to Agamemnon but not verified – if true it would be the only artifact of a man involved in Trojan War
Mycenaean Art
Early Greece § § § 1000 – 800 BCE – Rise of the Greek city-states 900 – 725 BCE – Geometric Style is used 776 BCE – First Olympic Games (Greeks measured time from this occasion) 750 BCE – Phalanx with Hoplites is used as basic battle formation 750 – 550 BCE – Greeks begin to colonize Mediterranean 725 – 650 BCE – Orientalizing Style is used
Archaic Period § 650 – 480 BCE – Archaic Period § 621 BCE – Draco establishes Athenian laws § 594 BCE – Solon elected Archon begins democratization of Athens “Architect of Democracy” § 570 BCE – First silver coins minted in Athens (Attic Silver Drachma) § 518 - 438 BCE – Pindar’s life – Ancient Greece’s greatest lyric poet http: //www. perseus. tufts. edu/hopper/text? doc=Pind. %20 O § 510 – 508 BCE – Athens created the first democracy § 499 – 490 BCE – Persians invade Greece, defeated by Greeks at Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE § 482 – 479 BCE – Persians invade Greece a second time; destroy the Acropolis in Athens; Greeks defeat the Persian navy in 480 BCE at Battle of Salamis and defeat the Persian army in 479 BCE at Battle of Plataea
Archaic vs. Egyptian Sculpture
Archaic Art – Classical Orders
Archaic Greece - Art § § Dipylon Krater 750 BCE Athens, Greece In geometric style – shapes are predominant motif – § Even animals and people are in shapes rather than realistic
Archaic Greek Art § § Levy Oinochoe 650 BCE Eastern Greece Orientalizing style breaks from geometric shapes § Eastern motifs like lotuses, rosettes derived form Egypt and Mesopotamia § Figures become more important
Archaic Greece - Art § § § Achilles and Ajax 550 -525 BCE Athens, Greece Artist: Exekias Black figured style – showing scene from mythology § Painted with black glaze on red clay
Archaic Greek Art § § Death of Sarpedon 515 BCE Athens, Greece Artists: Euxitheos and Euphronius § Red figure style – replaced black figure style as is allowed for more emotional scenes to be portrayed
Archaic Greece - Art § § § Paestum Temples Hera I and Hera II 560 BCE & 500 BC Paestum, Italy Doric Temple style Best preserved early Greek temples
Archaic Greece - Art § Hera I is in enneastyle – 9 columns on sides § Hera II is in hexastyle – 6 columns on sides
Archaic Greece - Art § § Standing Youth (Kouros) 600 - 590 BCE Attic, Greece First nude in ancient art; note again similarities to Egyptian sculpture § Although foot is forward weight is still equally distributed § Known as New York Kouros because of its location today § Kouros means standing male nude
Archaic Greece - Art § § Kore from Chios 520 BCE Chios, Greece The stiffness is gone, the drapery is refined and even flows about her body; she is wearing a garment called a Chiton; traces of color exist; considered the best Kore § Kore mean standing female
Temple of Aphaia Aegina, Greece ca. 500 -490 B. C. E.
Temple of Aphaia Aegina, Greece ca. 500 -490 B. C. E.
West pediment of the Temple of Aphaia Aegina, Greece ca. 500 -490 B. C. E. marble approximately 5 ft. 8 in. high at center
Dying warrior from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece ca. 500 -490 B. C. E. marble approximately 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. long
Dying warrior from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece ca. 490 -480 B. C. E. marble approximately 6 ft. 1 in. long Dramatic change in art in a short 10 year span
Ancient colors
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