By Roshni Malde, Sabriya Griffith, Julia Unterzaucher, and
Mackenzie Carter

 Earliest real paintings came from the Minoans on
Crete (1700-1400 B.C.)
 Most original Greek sculpture, murals, and paintings have been lost, leaving us almost entirely dependent on copies of Roman art.
 Frescos- painting directly onto wet plaster
 Enjoyed brightly painted items.

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Archaic Period- 2 major types vase painting- black paint on red clay vases sculpture
2. Classical Period (c. 500-323 B.C.)
- high point of Greek painting. New techniques.
- panel paintings

3. Hellenistic Period (c. 323-27 B.C.)
-commences death of Alexander the Great
- major artwork was the Great Tomb of Verfina
~background left white
~ landscape- single tree
-mosaic art
~Greeks took the pebble technique and turned it into an art form

 Apelles
 Was an important Greek painter
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Worked for Alexander the Great
None of his works survived
Alexander the Great allowed him to paint him and no one else to

1. "Apelles and Protogenes." Sir Thomas Browne. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Dec. 2010.
<http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai
/apelles.html>.
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Greek Artists." Irish Art | Encyclopedia of Visual Arts in Ireland | History of
Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking: Artists, Museums, Galleries, Exhibitions. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Dec. 2010. <http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/greek-art.htm>.
3. "The history of mosaic art." Mosaics, tiles and mosaic making at The Mosaics
Resource. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml>.
4. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YKO2gL-hVDc/TMeqXmA
5. http://static.flickr.com/108/286136911_0bbd5c89c4_m.jpg
6. http://www.theoi.com/image/F14.1Haides.jpg
7. http://www.worldart.com.au/images/ancient-greek-painting1.jpg

 Categories:
History
 Stone Age
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6000 B.C.
Geometric and simple styles and colors
Early Bronze Age
 Pottery wheel
 Late Bronze Age
 More elaborate designs
 Sub-Mycenean (Dark Age)
 Revert back to crude, homemade pottery
 900 B.C. --Archaic Period
 Less geometric

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Uses
Pottery was used to “store, transport, and drink liquids such as wine and water” (Encyclopaedia
Britannica)
 Depict mythological scenes
 Decorative pieces
 Grave markers
Dionysos, Ariadne, satyrs and maenads. Side A of an Attic red-figure calyxkrater, c. 400-375 B.C.
From Thebes.

Clay Pottery
 Bronze Age—Pottery wheel
 Athens
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Mythological depictions
Pots on graves

Other Vessels
• Bronze, silver, ivory, gold, glass, wood
Head of a griffin from a cauldron, third quarter of 7th century b.c. from Olympia http://www.alamo.edu/sac/vat/art history/arts1303/greek2.htm

 Pot styles:
Styles
 Amphora--storage
 Alabastron--perfume
 Hydria--water
 Lekythos--oil

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Styles
Painting Styles:
 Geometric
 Black-Figure
 Red-Figure
Idas and Marpessa are separated by Zeus. Attic red-figure psykter,
BC.
Large late Geometric Attic amphora, c. 725 B.C. - 700 B.C.
Pictures and captions from http://ancienthistory.about.co
m/od/greekart/ig/Greek-
Pottery/

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Potters
Brygos Painter
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Worked 490 B.C. - 470 B.C.
Athens
Red-figure cups, vases
Lysippides Painter
 Worked 530 to 510 B.C.
 Black figure
Andokides
 Invention of red-figure
Psiax
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Worked c. 525 B.C. – c. 510 B.C. Athens
Used everything; red figure, black figure, etc.
First painter to show complex human body paintings
Worked for Andokides

Theseus. From Theseus and the Gathering of the Argonauts. Attic red-figure calyx,
460-450 B.C.
Bronze hydria, 4th century B.C.
Late Geometric Period
Oinochoe With Battle Scene.
750-725 B.C.
“clay potty chair”

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<http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=779>.
Carr, Karen, Dr. "Greek Pottery." Kidipede. Portland State University, 4 Nov. 2010. Web.
18 Dec. 2010. <http://historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/art/pottery/greekpots.htm>.
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Encyclopedia. Web. 18 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/244731/Greek-pottery>.
Gill, N. S. "Ancient Greek Pottery." About.com. The New York Times Company, 2010.
Web. 18 Dec. 2010. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekart/ig/Greek-Pottery/>.
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Dec. 2010. <http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=711>.
Sowder, Amy. "Ancient Greek Bronze Vessels." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010. Web. 18 Dec. 2010.
<http://metmuseum.org/toah/hd/agbv/ hd_agbv.htm>.

- the classic greek sculptures were characterized as freedom of movement, and expression of freedom.
-artist of this period were exploring the figure of mankind. that is why the greek sculpture are so bold and free.
- only a few of the greek art work has survived, from natural deserters. Many of the greek were made out of stone, gold, bronze and silver. And over the years the a destroyed because they break apart.
-And the whole world has been inspired by the freedom,appearance, and the structure of the greek sculpture.
- There are three periods known as Archaic period (8th to early 5th century BC)
Classical period (5th to 4th century BC) , Hellenistic period (late 4th -
1st century BC) all classify the sculptures.

 WORKS CITIED http://www.greeklandscapes.com/greece/athens_mus eum_classical.html
http://www.library.thinkquest.org/23492/ http://www.statue.com/greek-statues.html

 The Greeks thought of music as a way of honoring the gods
 The music of ancient Greece came from poetry and dancing
 The music was entirely monodic, there being no harmony
 The earliest music is unknown, but in the Homeric era a national musical culture existed

 The Greeks used pipes, lyres, drums, and cymbals
 Some pipes were played vertically, like an recorder and some were played sideways, like the flute
 Some people could play more than one pipe at a time.
 Lyres were small harps and sounded like an guitar

 Copyright 1998-2010 Dr. Karen Carr, Associate Professor of
History, Portland State University. This page last updated
Thursday, Oct 21, 2010
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