chapter 5 section 1
Terms
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- What does classical mean?
- An artistic style
- Building for the gods.
- Temple on the acropolis in Athens.
- Sanctuaries.
- Places of worship.
- Perspective.
- Or the artist showing of distance between objects as they appear to the eye
- Greek Arts.
- Love of beauty was expressed in the painting and scupture.
- Painting on vases.
- Designed their pottery with different shapes that were suited for different functions.
- Amphora
- A large vase for storing oil and other bulk supplies.
- Sculpting the human body.
- Reached it's height in Athens during the time of Pericles.
- Myron
- One of the greatest sculptures of Geece's "Golden Age".
- Phidias
- Was in charge of the parthenon's sculptures.
- Praxitel
- The work of another famous Greek sculpture.
- Drama and Theater
- First people to write and per formplays which they presented twice a year at feastivals.
- Aeschylus
- The first of the great writers of tragedies in the 400 B.C.
- Tragedy
- Lead character struggles against fate only to be doomed.
- Sophocles
- Served as a general in the Athenian army and had lived through most of the Peloponnesain War.
- Euripides
- The last of the three great Greek tragedians.
- Comedies
- Plays with humorous themes and happy endings.
- Aristophenas
- The most famous writer of comedies.
- Olympic games
- Believing that healthy bodies made the best use of natures gifts.
- Olympia
- Feastval in honor of Zues