chapter 5: section 1
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- what was the period in the mid 400 BC in Greece?
- Greece's Golden age
- what was their new artistic style called?
- classical
- what was built between 447 BC till 532 BC?
- Parthenon
- what is they artistic showing of distance between objects as they appear to the eye?
- perspective
- what is a building used to worship?
- sanctuaries
- A large vase for storing oil and bulk supplies.
- amphora
- what is a small two handled vase with a wide mouth?
- krater
- a famous Greek sculptor who portrayed what people should look like.
- Myron
- artist who carved the statue of Athena in the Parthenon.
- Phidias
- artist who suffered though the Polynesian war and made life size sculptors of people?
- Praxiteles
- Greeks would form plays in honor of what god?
- Dionysus
- in this type of play the main character struggles against fate only to be doomed to a unhappy ending.
- tragedy
- one of the greatest tragedy writers in the 400's was?
- Aeschylus
- another tragedy writer and was a general in the Athenian Army
- Sophocles
- Greek tragedy writer who focused on they qualities of human beings posses that bring disaster to themselves.
- Euripides
- plays with humorous themes and endings.
- comedies
- one of the most famous writers of comedy was, and made witty comments about leading figures.
- Aristophanes
- well known sporting events that were held in Olympia?
- Olympic Games