GREEK

ART
Mariana Silva Vargas

Art History
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year 750
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motives cha u r a list-inspired
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lotus flower f eastern art
, the cane, l , like the
ions and sph The sculpture is not important at
inxes.
this time and little has been found
of her
 • 600 – 480 B.C.E
•with geographical and economic expansion of Greek
civilization, the increase of richness and contacts with
Archaic Art the foreign led to the development of architecture and
sculpture
•naked men (kouros) and the girl dressed (kore)
•are emphasized the main characteristics of the body
and express increasingly a precise knowledge of
human anatomy
 • 480 - 320 B.C.E
•The sculpture of the
classical era not shows the
typical archaic smile or soft
characteristic details of the
previous period. Instead, it
transmits a certain solemnity

Classical Art as well as new power and

simplicity of form.
•During this period, artists
begin to expand the formal
aesthetic boundaries while
they worked in expressing
the human figure in a more
naturalistic manner.
 • 320 -30 B.C.E
Hellenistic • expansion of Greek culture and
contact with new civilizations
Art •this period is the first attempt at
globalization, and that Greek
citizens become members of a
larger community and polychrome,
is influenced by Asia and Africa.
•Wanted to bring the best of all the
conquered countries and unify into
a single element, the work of art.