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Last time you looked at the images of Greek art, and identified recurring motifs and looked at the difference between a whole piece of art and a detail.

A recurring motif is a subject, a figure, a theme, an idea, a shape, a colour scheme or a pattern that is used again and again.

Motifs in Greek Art

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This is what is called a detail

And so is thisHere is the whole piece of art.

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Whole piece of art or detail?

Whole piece

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Whole piece of art or detail?

Whole piece

Exekias. Internal view of cup. Dionysius crossing the sea. Circa 535 BC. Munich.

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Whole piece of art or detail?

Detail

Meidias Painter. Hydria. Detail: Phaon playing the lyre, winged Himeros in front of him. Florence.

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Andokides Painter. Amphora. Detail: Herakles and cerberus. Circa 510 BC. Paris, Louvre.

This detail of a vase shows a common theme in Greek art, myths and legends.

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Greek Mythology is a collection of stories from Ancient Greece. These stories are about:

Gods & Goddesses such as Aphrodite, Zeus or the Titans.

Detail, Theseus and the Minotaur Athenian black-figure vase, ca. 550 BC

Heroes & Heroines such as Odysseus, Theseus, and Ariadne

Lovers & Legends for example the legend of Echo and Narcissus, and the story of Eros and Psyche

Creatures & Chimerae the monsters of Greek mythology - the Sphinx, Medusa, and the Chimera

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Artist’s Sketchbook

In your sketch book you are going to draw a detail of a piece of Greek art showing a monster.

Use your viewfinder to select a detail.Copy the detail into your sketchbook.

Artist’s Sketchbook

Try to copy the original piece of art as carefully as possible and add in all the details.

We will be using this drawing for a special class project.

Artist’s Sketchbook

Once you have drawn the detail in your sketch book we are going to enlarge it using a square grid.

We will combine all your monsters into a Greek frieze to decorate the walls for the Halloween party.

Artist’s Sketchbook

Once you have drawn the detail in your sketch book we are going to enlarge it using a square grid.

We will combine all your monsters into a Greek frieze to decorate the walls for the Halloween party.