01:082:105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Architectural Sculpture, Archaic Greece
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Geographical context: a)mainland greece settled by dorians, jagged coast, mountainous interior b)aegean islands and asia minor, settled by ionians origin of architectural terms: Political context: independent city-states: athens, thebes, sparta, etc, loyalty to the polis , democracy: elected assembly of adult male citizens. Athens and sparta emerge as units that do not merge with the greek cities. Although not a single nation, they shared a national identity. Saturday, 8 october 2016 (derived from hellenes or greeks) shared: common language common religion and mythology pan-hellenic festivals: olympic games. Greek mythology: stories about the gods, goddesses and heroes explaining nature; gods are given human character and heroes possess superhuman powers. Seminal achievements in science, philosophy, history, literature and art underlying western civilization. Hellenistic concept of change, innovation and development major works: stone sculpture in the round, vase painting, monumental stone temples decorated with architectural sculpture themes: human figure, gods, goddesses and heroes of myths formal qualities: synthesis of idealism and naturalism.
