ARHI 30120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Megaron, Lion Gate, Mycenaean Greece
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Study with the design problem in mind. Example: the larger than life, 3d, stone sculptures of men made by the greeks. At first, the natural form is transformed into geometric shapes, causing the sculpture to appear less real. People would often jump to the conclusion that the later greeks were more adept and skilled. The earlier greeks may not have been trying to make their work super realistic. It would be incorrect to say even that the greeks were becoming more adept at being naturalistic, because that would imply that they were less competent before, which would imply that they had messed up with their earlier work. Instead, we have to (1) assume that what we have is what was intended and (2) always look for moments of conscious choice. Last class we tried to find evidence for continuity between the mycenaeans and the. The challenge is that there is a three hundred year gap (the dark age )
