CLAS 1000 : Chapter 9 Summary - Greeks in a wider world

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Chapter 9: the greeks in a wider world (800-600 bc) In the 19th century there was some reluctance to consider that the greeks might have owed any of their heritage to the east. But, the german scholar poulsen recognized the eastern influence on greek art as far back as 1912. Oswyn murray first used the term the orientalizing period in 1980 to describe not just a revolution in art but also a development in greek society as a whole. > orientalizing was the result of a complex and varied set of relationships between the greeks and the peoples of the east, which spread over centuries. Egypt was an important influence on greek architecture and sculpture. Some influences came as the result of eastern craftsmen who came to the west as refuges, others from goods, which were taken west by traders and copied by local craftsmen. In egypt the kings had created and enforced a recognizable palace style.

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