Art in ancient Greece

“The disputes over Athenian sanctions against Megara, as well as over its use of force against Potidaea and alliance with Corcyra, reflected the larger issues of power motivating the hostility between Athens and Sparta. The Spartan leaders feared that the Athenians would use their superiority in long-distance offensive weaponry - the naval forces of the Delian Leagueto destroy Spartan control over the Peloponnesian League. The majority in the Athenian assembly, for their part, resented Spartan…

The High and Late classical art styles do have differences from one another but they also have similarities. During the High classical period sculptures were created based on achieving perfect symmetry and the “perfect” human body. One of the most famous statues that show us an example of the High Classical art is the Doryphoros. This statue was created by the Polykleitos who was trying to portray the perfect man. “His aim was to impose order on human movement to make it “beautiful” to “perfect”…

The book, “The Lost Hero” by Rick Riordan, is the first book of a new series of books following the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series. Rick Riordan has been known for his Percy Jackson series, and how he has shown his theme of Greek Gods. The Percy Jackson series was completely about Greek mythology. Now Riordan's new series is about the Roman gods, and their history and mythology. It’s interesting how this transition was made, especially since many of the Greek components still exist…

Terrain As the battle of Thermopylae took place in the northern part of Greece, this naturally meant that the battle itself took place in the Spartan’s homeland. This therefore meant that the Spartans knew the terrain much better than what the Persian army would have. This is evident from Leonida’s battle which is featured within the film 300. This showed that the Spartans knew where would be best to lure the Persians in and where they would stand a better chance which is also evident due to…

Gudea was created during the Neo-Sumerian period in the country we call Iraq today and The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu during the Old Kingdom of Egypt (The Metropolitan Museum, 2016). Both works of art are sculpture and made of stone. One also notices that both pieces of art have inscriptions written on them (albeit different languages). Both sculptures also depict their subjects in very deliberate and similarly ridged manner. From a formal interpretation, we would say that both…

A Day in the Life in Athens and Sparta in the Classical Periods My impression of what life would be as a male Spartan in my 20’s would be quite different than being an Athenian. First of all, being a male citizen of Athens allowed me to vote and participate in all the city states political systems. The Athenian system of a true democracy comparing to the Spartan intent, but not really being a democracy. I would control my wealth which would include land, slaves and any business owned that I…

The Power of Carthage Carthage and Rome were two powerful states in the Ancient Western Mediterranean. These empires would eventually cross paths and be drawn into a pair of wars known as the Punic Wars (Morey, 1901). Prior to the wars, Rome was a force to be reckoned with as it had grown in power through a series of wars with neighboring states in which it was triumphant. Rome was so big and with citizens so loyal, few other states would dare challenge its might. That is until, Carthage had…

Pictland was a unified kingdom, however, it was divided into several provinces ruled by their own provincial kings. Examples of Pictish provinces include Fife, Fortriu, Almond and Atholl. The many small kingdoms could be evidence of Roman influence because Roman Britain was also home to hundreds of small, competing kingdoms. The major subdivision of the Picts was between the northern and southern regions: “Roman writers from the fourth century onwards regularly refer to two major groupings…

This week our focus was on the Etruscans’ Orientalizing, Archaic, and Classical works of art. I will discuss the fibula with Orientalizing lions, Apollo of Veii, and Chimera de Arezzo. I will also talk about the videos, “A Place Called Etruria”, “Luxury Excess”, and “Enigma of the Etruscans”. The fibula with Orientalizing lions is from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb in Italy, circa 650-640 BCE. This artwork is made of gold, is eighteen inches high, and is now in the Vatican Museum in Rome. This…

by Loren Jurkovic Year 11 (WHEN) 28th of July 447BCE (MAIN EVENT/S) Timeline of Events - 3500-3000BCE: Remains found from the Neolithic period indicate that there was a continuous settlement up the slopes in ancient caves. - 1600 – 1100BCE: The Mycenaean people of the Bronze Age built a large fortification wall with the perimeter of 760 metres at the head of the hill in order to protect the Mycenaean Kings and Priests - 8th Century BCE: The Mycenaean palace was…