CLAS 260 Lecture 5: FEB 8 - Dark Ages / Orientalizing period
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> everything is determine by style change in ceramic. Emporion/emporia -> small colonies, established in order to take advantage of trade (metal) Black sea, north africa, egypt, france, spain. Overpopulation, not a lot of good land. Phoenicians (lebanon) -> purple people, phoinikes (greek), tyranian (purple people) Cartage the biggest colony - against rome! Metal and crafting, material goods, esp. metal objects. Literature, myth, religion influence or interaction lived in city states. > most important feature of a greek sanctuary. Offering (bloodless and bloody); animal sacrifice, ritual eating (gods and humans) Stone: bones, ash, and clay (zeus, olympia, 7m) Each deity received an altar, gifts to the gods, huge quantities. Usually very small bronze figurines, terracotta animals, cow, horses, size limited by weight. Amenities (water, treasuries, stadia, theatres, gymnasia, etc) -> competition. Interior columns, statue base temple of apollo at dreros, late 8th c. bc. 2nd phase: peristyle -> the kind of columns, columns in the middle across the temple.