Arts in Greece

There are many people who look at the Renaissance as a time where only art science and exploration were being rethought, but it was much more. It may be true in fact that these elements in the time were…

“among the better educated classes, [so] it’s not hard to imagine the attraction they had for the man in the street” (Carcopino), and this shows how interested the romans were in acting over time. Theatre was a key source of entertainment in both Greece and Rome and they heavily influenced each other. Theatres were a very popular form of entertainment in Rome at the time. Theatres were a form of entertainment where actors…

They built a seaport at Piraeus and “amassed the biggest navy in Greece, 200 warships, [which] played a paramount role in defending Greece against the invasion of Persian king Xerxes […] and helped destroy the Persian navy at the sea battle of Salamis” (‘Athens’ 4). Another example of strong Athenian militarism was in 507 BCE, when Spartan king Kleomenes…

everything that has to do with politics we have adapted from ancient Greece. The terms we use in America to label almost any part of the government such as words like democracy, bureaucracy and senate that literally translates to group of old men. We vote as one, just as they did in ancient Greece all though not only once a year. We also have different parties that we vote for as did they. Greece was in many very advanced in ways of the arts, politics and knowledge all things we appreciate…

technique gives a little more freedom to the artist than black-figure does, because the red-figure allows the artist to paint intricate details into the figures they’re painting. The black-figure, being as dark as it is, is mainly used with a silhouetted art style. The figures of this technique not carrying nearly as much minute detail. The red-figure technique is done by first firing the red clay pottery by itself. Once this was done, the artist would apply a slip to the krater. The slip, which…

Alexander the Great's contributions to the world are numerous, including the creation of the Macedonian Empire and sparking Hellenistic civilization. But what if he died before he could become “the Great”? When Alexander was twenty two, he fought and defeated the King Darius III and the Persians at the Battle of the Granicus River in Anatolia. He charged into their ranks, and came very close to death after a blow to the head. His bodyguard arrived in just in time to kill the attacker and save…

In this quarter, we learned about Greek and Roman civilization, and we were told that the Roman adapted their gods and goddesses from the Greek mythology. For this report, we have decided to do a comparison between a deity in Greek mythology and Roman mythology. In this case, we chose to do a research about Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, and her Roman counterpart, Minerva. They shared many similar aspects, though they are distinct from one another. The differences and similarities we…

JoJo Yang ART-111-NW1 3D Artworks The Discus Thrower was created by Myron, a famous classical Greek sculptor in the late 5th century B.C.. Myron is widely known for his sculptures representing athletes in sport games. The Discus Thrower shows an discus athlete in the mid-action of throwing a discus. The statue was designed on a single plane- was meant to be seen from one side. The bronze sculpture shows a smooth texture that fully depicted the human anatomy. Myron proficiently demonstrated the…

Athenian Principles The Classical Age of Ancient Greece otherwise known as the Golden Age (ca. 480-430 B.C.E.), became the most creative period in the history of the world. A play called Antigone by Sophocles’, reflects the cultural values and characteristics of the Golden Age. The Golden Age of Greece featured civic pride in the society, a firm belief of realism and idealism, and a strong, tenacious patriarchal system and these qualities are shown in Antigone. After conquering the Persian…

he killed as his first labor. As is typical for depictions of Greek heroes, the young Herakles is shown nude, since the Greeks considered male nudity to be the highest form of beauty. No other god or hero is as frequently depicted in Greek and Roman art as is Herakles. Shortly after its discovery, the statue was reworked in Rome, probably by Carlo Albacini, a prominent restorer. A spirit of purism caused it to be stripped of its restorations in the 1970s, but these historical additions were…