Art App. #1 be made of gold and ivory.

Other prime
examples of Classical Greek art and
Greek art is usually categorized under three sculpture were created in the Parthenon as
headings well the birth of Athena and a battle
- The Archaic Period between Poseidon and Athena were both
- The Classical Period prominent sculptures here which were
- The Hellenistic Period probably painted with bright colors although
Some experts also add another period no trace if the paint remains today in the
which is the Geometric Period which ruins of the Parthenon in the early
preceded Archaic Style. geometric period.

To understand how classical Greek style Ceramic vessels were primarily used as
evolved and what made Greek art so ferary items repetitive of geometric shapes
impressive. It's helpful to know what was and sick Figures were common features on
happening in Greece culturally and these vessels later Pottery become more
politically. utilitarian and decorative during the Archaic
period. Vase painting was an important art
The golden age of Art in Greece was the form which involves scratching incisions to
same era when the Great Philosophers reveal black silhouette designs and
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle began backgrounds of orange clay details were
teaching and also when Greek Dramatics then painted in red or white this early Greek
and playwrights like Sophocles and Potter’s technique as the goal was to
Aristophanes first showcased their theater. scratch out a clay background to reveal
black characters.
The law of Drace published in 621 BC was
the first democratic government in Athens Around 530 BC a new technique called red
the defeat of the persians in 479 BC left a figure painting replaced chisels with paint
longstanding mark on Greek society and brushes instead of scratching the pottery to
civilizations with Athens gaining domination reveal figures in a background was painted
of Greece in every way. It's not surprising on with the brushes this may sound like a
that the Athenian influence is plain to see in simple process but ancient Greeks actually
art. used a three-step complex firing process
that took into account oxygen levels and
Around 450 BC Athenian General Perciles chemical reaction to seal the correct color
began an advertising campaign of sorts to scheme.
win the favor of the populace, he
commissioned several temples and During the classical period the creation and
buildings in Athens all on the magnificent decoration of Greek pottery a significant
scale hoping that this would drum up Greek art form dramatically changed the
tourism to the city and make him and scenes show on greek pottery are like the
Athenians way of life more popular than window to the past they include pictures of
ever as part of pericles’s campaign he Greek mythology, everyday life and 5th
commissioned the Parthenon which housed Century comedians who wore grotesque
legendary Athena Parthenis a statue said to masks and even padding to exaggerate
body parts. These artists took pride in their symmetry, hellenistic art was increasingly
work as some ancient Greek pottery is used for propaganda purposes it was at this
signed. The Classical period was also the time when two of the most famous Greek
time when some of the most impressive Sculptures in history came to be the Venus
bronze sculptures were made, these early de Milo and Winged Victory of Samothrace.
sculptors could not quite master the The Venus De Milo now missing arms
technique of making their pieces appear exemplifies the Greek idealized style and
natural however over time they developed a the Wings Victory of Samothrace shows the
keen eye for proportion. goddess Nike in dynamic pose about to take
off in Flight although Decades of Battles
During the Classical period artist broke eventually took their toll on the city and
away from the traditional sculpting glorified Athens lost its sheen in political capital.
Renditions of ideal men and women began
sculpting more realistically, this paved the its artistic Supremacy remained unshaken
road for even more realistic sculptures to until the 4th Century BC Greek artist
come in roman art and it is strikingly evident developed new techniques and styles
when you look at their beautiful recreations despite the constant threat of war this was
of the human form form expressive faced the time when Greek artists traveled long
adorned these sculptures for the first time. distances in the name of work and art as a
In the classical period, the aphrodite of career gained recognition as a
knidos was one of the most innovative and consequence formal education and art also
influential sculptures and popularized the came to be recognized and several art
contrapposto pose the contrapposto Stance. schools were established including the
sisian school in Peloponnesus during the
Years later, during the Renaissance Greek 4th Century BC athens was well on is way
artists of the Classical period innovated to decline but the influence of Greek art had
architectural structure as well. Corinthian not yet begun to wne. Classical Greek art
columns more decorative than Doric and proved its endurance beyond doubt
Ionic columns were popularized in influencing neighboring cultures
architecture and spread natural motifs substantially enough to bring about subtle
around Greece. changes in their indigenous styles and
forms.
Freezes carved in relief were also
incorporated into temple design, Freeze King Philip of Macedon's successor
sculptures featured mythological and Alexander the Great began his reign in 356
historical scenes. The sculpture of the Alexander's patronage for the arts spread
parthenon heavily influenced art in the 5th classical style far and wide. Greek art set
Century BC and continues to influence art the foundation for many modern practices
today. from our representation of the human figure
to the techniques used in pottery and
During the last period of Ancient Greek art painting more importantly its societal
the hellenistic age unflattering features were emphasis on the arts remains influential.
incorporated into sculpture though they
retained their idealized proportions and