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Ancient Greek Art Kassi Nagorski Art Southeastern Oklahoma State University

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Ancient Greek Art

Kassi Nagorski

Art

Southeastern Oklahoma State University

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Introduction

• The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an

enormous influence on the culture of many countries

all over the world, particularly in the areas of

sculpture and architecture.

• Forms of art developed at different speeds in

different parts of the Greek world, and as in any age

some artists worked in more innovative styles than

others.

• In this presentation, we will look at Greek pottery,

architecture, and paintings.

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Pottery

• The range of colors which

could be used on pots was

restricted by the technology

of firing: black, white, red,

and yellow were the most

common.

• In the three earlier periods,

the pots were left their

natural light color, and were

decorated with slip that

turned black in the kiln.

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Architecture• Most of our knowledge of Greek

architecture comes from the few

surviving buildings of the

Classical, Hellenistic and Roman

periods (since Roman

architecture heavily copied

Greek), and from late written

sources such as Vitruvius (1st

century CE).

• This means that there is a strong

bias towards temples, the only

buildings which survive in any

number.

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Painting

Panel Painting

• The most respected form of art, according to authors like Pliny

or Pausanias, were individual, mobile paintings on wooden

boards, technically described as panel paintings.

• The techniques used were encaustic (wax) painting and tempera.

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Conclusion

• Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition

derived from Greece dominated the art of the

western world.

• Strong local traditions, conservative in character, and

the requirements of local cults, enable historians to

locate the origins even of displaced works of art.

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Questions & Answers

• Does anyone have any questions?

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Resources

• http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Art/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_art