ART H101 Lecture Notes - Archaic Smile, Krater, Geometric Art
Document Summary
Greeks are the beginning of the classical world. Athens had about 30000 citizens: polis-city states. A person that lives in a city state has rights, not just protection but eights to have a say in the affairs of the state, input into what the laws will be. Greeks bring in the idea of direct democracy. Different idea of how they defined a citizen, that was restricted, to aristocrats, males, land holders, Male sons become citizen at a certain aegean. Eastern motifs are called orientalising: different kinds of vases: Archaic period-600bc colors, black figure technique, ordinary is called red figure. Hydria-catch water, water jug, wider base, 3 handles. Krater: bell krater-the simplest term, looks like a bell, calyx krater-fancier one, volute krater-large decorative handle, proto geometric-broad areas of color, ways of decorating the vases. Men would bring vessels to their friends when they passed: hydria-shows the activities of women.
