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Art is Us 2: The Transition, a new view of man and his place in this world
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Greek Archaic Greek Classic The Transition A new view of man and his place in this world.
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Greek Archaic Greek Classic
The TransitionA new view of manand his place in thisworld.
What do these images tell usabout their culture?
Greek Archaic: One Foot in the past…
The arrested walk
Inhibition
Awakening sense of self
Anatomical awareness
Facial expression
The nude athlete
What tells us that these figures mark the beginning of a new
period in Greek History?
Classic GreekThe ideal
Reason
Humanism: Man-dominated society
Breaking out
Corporeal: Flesh and blood
Tragic: Responsible for choices
Competes and relates to nature
Greek Classic Architecture: A symbol of Humanism
Exterior-motivatedRationalGeometric w/life
The Acropolis
Conceived in the MIND of Manand standing in stark contrastto its natural surroundings.
Parthenon interiorAthena clothed in gold
ELGIN MARBLES
British Museum
Caryatids: Erechtheion Classic Contrapposto Pose
East Pediment
Man in MythConscious of Self
Hermes and the Infant Dionysos, Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Classic?
Idealized?
Reason orPassion?
World as we wouldlike it to be?
Hellenistic Realism: The world as it is!
Match the Greek Period & Image
Geometric
Archaic
Classic
Hellenistic
