CHAPTER 6 Section 1: Greek Art of the Golden Age Section 2: Philosophers and Writers of the Golden...
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CHAPTER 6
Section 1: Greek Art of the Golden Age
Section 2: Philosophers and Writers of the Golden Age
Section 3: Alexander the Great
Section 4: The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Greece’s Golden and Hellenistic Ages
SECTION 1
Greek Art of the Golden Age
Examples/Artists Characteristics
Architecture:
Painting:
Sculpture:
vases
balanced proportions; columns; statues
everyday life and myths; graceful, natural movement; light, shade show contour, depth
steles; Myron’s The Discuss Thrower; statues by Phidias; Praxiteles
showed how people lived and worked; early figures were stiff and unnatural; later figures were lifelike, natural
Parthenon
SECTION 2Philosophers and Writers ofthe Golden Age
Greek Science and Medicine
Scientists Contribution
Pythagorean theorem
Aristotle foundations for anatomy, botany, zoology; classification
medical studies, cures
Pythagoras
Hippocrates
SECTION 4The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Cynicism
live simply; no regard for wealth, pleasure, status
Skepticism
changing universe; uncertain knowledge; acceptance
Epicureanism
seek pleasure; avoid pain; limit desires to avoid suffering
divine reason directs world; acceptance of fate
Stoicism
Diogenes Pyrrho EpicurusZeno
SECTION 1
Question:What are some characteristics and examples of art from the golden age?
Greek Art of the Golden Age
SECTION 2
Question:What were some Greek contributions to science and medicine?
Philosophers and Writers ofthe Golden Age
SECTION 4
Question:Who were some of the philosophers of Hellenistic Greece, and what were their beliefs?
The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. In what way did the rise of Macedon under Phillip II influence unity among the Greek city-states?
2. How did new ideas of what it meant to be Greek influence the growth of Hellenistic culture?
3. Why was the Hellenistic Age a time of economic prosperity for many?
1. In what way did the rise of Macedon under Phillip II influence unity among the Greek city-states?
2. How did new ideas of what it meant to be Greek influence the growth of Hellenistic culture?
3. Why was the Hellenistic Age a time of economic prosperity for many?
CHAPTER 6