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21 Cards in this Set
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Works characterised by beautiful simplicity and graceful balance, and artitsic style now called ___________.
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Classical Art
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What are places of worship?
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sacntuaries
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What is the artistic showing of distances between objects as they appear to the eye?
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Perspective.
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What is a large vase for storing oil and other bulk supplies with scene from mythology?
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amphora
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Building for the gods
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-each greek city-state tried to turn their acropolis into an archtechtual treasure
-they build temples as places were their deites would live. -the parthenons were perfectly balance they created the image of perfection. |
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Greek arts
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-they excelled at portraying the human form
-love of beauty was expressed in the fine arts and in architechture |
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Painting on vases
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-they painted murals but no originals have survived, but we can see them on greek vases
-they designed pottery with different shapes -most pottery is red and black - greek potters skillfully adapted their designs and decorations to the curves and shape of the vase. |
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sculpting the human body
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greek sculpture, liek greek architechture, reached its height during the time of Pericles
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Who was one of the greatest sculpters of greeces golden age?
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Myron
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Who was incharge of the parthenon's sculpture?
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Phidias
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Whoes work emphasised grace rather then power?
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Praxiteles
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Drama and Theater
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-Greeks were the first people to write and perform plays, which were presented twice a year at festivals to honor gods.
-Greeks explore human condition through theatrical dramas |
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What is tragedy?
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Charaters struggle agianst fate to be doomed, after much suffering
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Who is Aeschylus?
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The first of the Greek writers of tragedys in the 400s B.C. and he wrote 90 plays. He wrote Oresteia, a surviving play.
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Who is Sophocles?
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-Next tragedian
-served as general in the athenian army and lived through the Peloponnesian war -one of his famous plays is called Oedipus Rex |
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Who is Euripides?
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-Last Greek tragedian
-Rarley dealt with influence of gods and goddesses -Wrote 19 surviving plays about misery and war one of the trojan war |
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What is a comedy?
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plays with humerous themes and happy endings
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Who is Aristophanes?
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Wrote the most famous comidies one of his plays called the clouds was perhaps the most famous.
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The Olympic Games
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Greeks belived healthy bodies made the best use of natures gifts
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Where were the Olympic Games held?
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Olympia, every 4 years
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When were the first Olympic Games?
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776 BC
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