ARTH208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cycladic Culture
17 Feb 2017
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Who are the greek: people who follow the greek culture and speak the language, followed the belief systems. On a small scale: cities and villages/communities. Active in trading with each other and people around the world. Each community had their own god: myths. What we have left of a greek belief system. Creates herself out of the earth: her name was gaea. Her and her son mate to create the first generations. Gods divide themselves up for different parts of the each: god of the sea, god of the land of the dead, climate. Government buildings are outside also: greek in the bronze age. Period when people have figured out how to make and manipulate bronze. What is not turkey and grease: cultures of the bronze age. Things made out of stone: white marble. Cycladic figures: some of the art represent woman, most common object that comes from the cycladic culture, tools to make them.
