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Art is life
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2. GREEK ART

3. OBJECTIVES
Location
 Language
 Beliefs
 Periods
Art Forms

4. It was a land of mountains, island
separated by straits and bays.
Location

5. They speak Greek.
Language

6. BELIEFS
They belief in gods and
goddesses.
The greatest in the Zeus and
the god of sea called
Poseidon.

7. SYSTEM OF LIVING
Their system of living
was democracy

8. CHARACTER
They were adventurous,
imaginative and warlike

9. ART FORMS:
Their highest artistic
development was in
 painting,
architecture,
 sculpture
 and pottery

10. PERIOD:
The history of ancient Greek art can be
divided into three important.
These are;
Archaic period (700BC-480BC)
Classical period (480BC-323BC)
Hellenistic period (323BC-27BC)

11. ARCHAIC PREIOD
The term archaic is a Greek
word which means early.
It includes the arts activities
that occur during that time.

12. Painting:
The Greeks introduced
Fresco
Foreshortening
 Perspective
Colours:
Black, green, red, yellow,
cream and violets

13. Fresco
painting

14. Perspective

15. Foreshortening

17. Pottery:
The Greeks made various vases, pots and
jars.
They invented the potters wheel.
They used clay
The decorations involves geometric
patterns, figures of animals, human
beings, gods and plants.
Works were fired to give a brownish
colour

19. USES OF VARIOUS VASES AND POTS
For decorations
For fetching water
 For serving of wine
 For storing of water
For safe keeping of
jewellery

20. Sculpture
The male sculpture figures
were called kouros (youth) and
female called kore

21. Characteristics of art forms
Symmetry and stiffness of forms
 The female figures were fully clothed
 The male figures were naked with the left leg
placed infront
Statues were carved in marbles
The foot and head are in profile
Lips were carved in an expression called
archaic smile
The eyes and the chest are in frontal view
They show outlines of figures
Surfaces of figures were smoothened with wax

22. kouros

24. kore

25. Architecture:
The Greek used marbles and wood to
make their temples and houses.
they built stadium where they have their
Olympics sports games at every four 4
years
They also built theatres and shelf to
protect their statues.
They introduced the Doric style in
building on their temples.

26. Doric style

28. CLASSICAL PERIOD (480BC-323BC)
The word classical means high
excellence
or first class.
It is the peak of the Greek art
development.
The areas works displays a high
sense of creativity and skills.

29. Sculpture:
The sculpture figures were now flexible and with
movement
Greek perfection of proportion
. eg. The discuss thrower in marble.
The chief sculptors in this periods were
Myron, phaidas and others.
Casting was introduced at this time.
This style was called lost wax casting
(cire perduce)

35. Pottery:
There was a massive improvement
in the shape,designs and proportion
of the pots handles.

36. RED FIGURE TECHNIQUE BLACK FI GURE TECHNIQUE

37. Architecture:
The Greek advanced in constitution methods,
styles and decorations for architectural
structures.
They built huge temples to the old Doric style,
the lonic and Corinthians style.
Among all the Corinthian style was
invented in the rich city for temples.

41. Painting:
Fresco painting was
nicely made and
good proportions
and perspective was
introduced.

42. HELLENISTIC PERIOD (323BC-27BC)
This is the third and last period of
the ancient Greek art history.
Alexander the Great in 33BC

43. Sculpture:
There was a great mastery and skills.
Increase in portrait with extreme depiction
of emotions,
energetic movements and exaggerated
musculature.
Some of the works are
•Venus of milo (portrait)
•Laocoon and son

44. Paintings:
The Greek resorted to landscape paintings
during this time.
Themes based on simple country life
in ancient Greece.
Eg. Shepherd with his flock of sheep

48. Architecture:
They constructed tomb-like temples
to remember Mausolus, the leader of
Asia minor and other leaders

49. Pottery:
Great number of vases, pots
and jars were produced.

50. INFLUENCE OF GREECE ART ON OTHER ART
(Painting and sculpture)
•Greek art influenced the renaissance arts where great
artist produced
•works with detailed depiction of human figure.
Architecture: 2. The use of the three architectural styles
of Greek namely: the Doric, lonic and Corinthian styles
helped
the development of the white house in the U.S.A and old
parliament house in Ghana.
Pottery: 3. They invented the potters wheel which is now
used
by artist in making pots and vases were developed from.
•The knowledge in firing and painting on vases has given
birth
•to various technique in firing and finishing, like glazing.

51. ROLE OF ART (GREEK)
•They introduced the potters wheel.
•They introduced architectural styles.
•They introduced Foreshortening, perspective,
and proportion.
•In the field of politics democracy
was invented.
•Literacy, Olympic festivals musical contest were
celebrated every four years. In honor of their gods.