Chapter 5: Ancient
Greece
Lesson 9: Late Classical & Hellenistic
Warm-up 10-15-14 Respond to the following:
Ch.5 L9.1 Greece
1. Who was Alexander the
Obj: SWBAT
describe the
context and
significance of the
Battle of Issus
Great?
2. What did he do to be
considered ‘Great?’
Crash Course Video
Alexander the Great
1. Who is Alexander the Great?
Greek Leader of Macedonia, a military general
2. What did he do to be called ‘the Great?’
1.Conquered the Persians (better technology than enemies)
2.Conquered a lot of lands (but not good at building up of institutions be
torn down)
3.Empire included Greece, Egypt & Persia (middle east)
3. Why was he good at being a ‘dead person?’
Crash Course Video
Alexander the Great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LsrkW
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Crash Course Video
Alexander the Great
1. Who is Alexander the Great?
Greek Leader of Macedonia, a military general
2. What did he do to be called ‘the Great?’
1.Conquered the Persians (better technology than enemies)
2.Conquered a lot of lands (but not good at building up of institutions be
torn down)
3.Empire included Greece, Egypt & Persia (middle east)
4.Exaggeration of feats, others decided he was great
3. Why was he good at being a ‘dead person?’
1.Introduced idea of absolute monarchy to Greco-Romans
2.Gave the region it’s common language
3.Greek culture was far reaching (archeological evidence in Afghanistan)
4.In his wake “emerged a more closely connected world that could trade
and communicate with more people more efficiently than ever before.”
Philoxenes of Eretria
Battle of Issus
From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy
ca. 310 B.C.E.
tessera Mosaic
8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.
Philoxenes of Eretria (detail)
Battle of Issus
From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy
ca. 310 B.C.E.
tessera Mosaic
8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.
Philoxenes of Eretria
Battle of Issus (detail)
From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy
ca. 310 B.C.E.
tessera Mosaic
8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.
Artist: Philoxenes of Eretria
Title: Battle of Issus
Medium:
Mosaic—picture made by embedding small stones in cement
• Tesserae—use of cubic stones, NOT pebbles
Function:
Floor decoration of a Roman house
Philoxenes of Eretria, Battle of Issus
Narrative:
• Battle between Alexander the Great and Persian king Darius III
• Alexander impales an enemy but gazes at Darius
• Alexander battles without a helmet
• Darius flees in humiliating defeat, his charioteer whipping horses and speeding away
• Darius reaches toward Alexander in a pathetic gesture
Philoxenes of Eretria, Battle
of Issus
Significance:
• New notion of what painting
should be—beginnings of the
Renaissance style
• Psychological intensity and
drama of the moment captured
• Use of light and shadow
(shading) and clear presentation
of figures against the
background
Think-Pair-Share
What is the narrative behind this work?
What are the stylistic characteristics? Why are they important?
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Agenda:
Warm-up
 Announcements and
Reminders
 Review Acropolis
structures
 Crash course video
 Notes
 Think-pair-share

Monday: Quiz on Greece &
ALL cue cards due
Office Hours
Tuesday 3:00-4:00
Thursday 3:00-4:00
High Classical
Period
Works you must
research on your
own
Details of the Panathenaic Festival procession frieze
Grave stele of Hegeso
Krater
NIOBID PAINTER, Artemis
and Apollo slaying the
children of Niobe
3-Quarter Profile
Late Classical
Hermes and the infant Dionysos
Hellenistic Art
Altar of Zeus, Pergamon
Athena battling Alkyoneos, Altar of Zeus
gigantomachy
Parthenon
Athena
Nike of Samothrace
from Samothrace, Greece
ca. 190 B.C.E.
marble
97 in. high
Seated boxer
Exit Slip
What cultural beliefs do these pieces represent about the classical Greek era? Use 3
examples of VISUAL evidence from these works to justify your answers.
The Parthenon/Doryphorous was constructed with..
The function of the Parthenon/Doryphorous was..
Visual Evidence
Cultural meaning
1.
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3.
3.
Exit Slip—No
Notes Allowed
• List the 3 unusual
characteristics about
the Temple of Hera I
Paestum, Italy