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Set Design at Delphi
Understanding Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Art
Understanding Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Art
Courtesy of Archivision.com
Utilize elements of Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic in your set
design
Utilize elements of Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic in your set
design
ArchaicArchaic 600 BCE- 480 BCE
Arts developed rapidly during this period
In architecture stone and marble replaced the earlier mud brick and wood construction
600 BCE- 480 BCE
Arts developed rapidly during this period
In architecture stone and marble replaced the earlier mud brick and wood construction
Archaic Archaic Doric and Ionic Orders developed during
this period
Kore and Kouros sculptures
Anatomy of sculpture uses ridges and grooves to form geometric patterns
Archaic smile, arms usually rigidly placed at the sculptures sides
One leg of sculptures is slightly in front of the other
Doric and Ionic Orders developed during this period
Kore and Kouros sculptures
Anatomy of sculpture uses ridges and grooves to form geometric patterns
Archaic smile, arms usually rigidly placed at the sculptures sides
One leg of sculptures is slightly in front of the other
Classical PeriodClassical Period 479 BCE - 322 BCE
Ideal and the General
Aloof expressions on sculptures
This period is framed by two major events: The defeat of the Persians in 479 BCE and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE
479 BCE - 322 BCE
Ideal and the General
Aloof expressions on sculptures
This period is framed by two major events: The defeat of the Persians in 479 BCE and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE
Antinous, Delphi Museum, Greece
Classical PeriodClassical Period Adages carved into the Temple of Apollo such as:
“Man is the measure of all things” “Know thyself”
“Nothing in excess”
Adages carved into the Temple of Apollo such as:
“Man is the measure of all things” “Know thyself”
“Nothing in excess”
Humanism Imagined their gods looked like perfect human beings
Apollo for example is the exemplified Greek ideal: body and mind in balance
RationalismGreeks at this time valued reason over emotion. The Greeks saw aspects of life including the arts as having meaning and pattern.
Cannon of proportions
IDEALISMThe True, The Good, The Beautiful
Humanism Imagined their gods looked like perfect human beings
Apollo for example is the exemplified Greek ideal: body and mind in balance
RationalismGreeks at this time valued reason over emotion. The Greeks saw aspects of life including the arts as having meaning and pattern.
Cannon of proportions
IDEALISMThe True, The Good, The Beautiful
Hellenistic PeriodHellenistic Period 323 BCE - 30 BCE
Individual and Specific
Turns from subject matter of heroic to the everyday
Sculptures begin to show human emotion
Appeals to the senses with dramatic poses and subjects
Architecture begins to reflect taste for high drama
323 BCE - 30 BCE
Individual and Specific
Turns from subject matter of heroic to the everyday
Sculptures begin to show human emotion
Appeals to the senses with dramatic poses and subjects
Architecture begins to reflect taste for high drama