Set Design at Delphi

Understanding Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Art

Understanding Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Art

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Utilize elements of Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic in your set

design

Utilize elements of Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic in your set

design

ArchaicArchaic 600 BCE- 480 BCE

Arts developed rapidly during this period

In architecture stone and marble replaced the earlier mud brick and wood construction

600 BCE- 480 BCE

Arts developed rapidly during this period

In architecture stone and marble replaced the earlier mud brick and wood construction

Archaic Archaic Doric and Ionic Orders developed during

this period

Kore and Kouros sculptures

Anatomy of sculpture uses ridges and grooves to form geometric patterns

Archaic smile, arms usually rigidly placed at the sculptures sides

One leg of sculptures is slightly in front of the other

Doric and Ionic Orders developed during this period

Kore and Kouros sculptures

Anatomy of sculpture uses ridges and grooves to form geometric patterns

Archaic smile, arms usually rigidly placed at the sculptures sides

One leg of sculptures is slightly in front of the other

Classical PeriodClassical Period 479 BCE - 322 BCE

Ideal and the General

Aloof expressions on sculptures

This period is framed by two major events: The defeat of the Persians in 479 BCE and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE

479 BCE - 322 BCE

Ideal and the General

Aloof expressions on sculptures

This period is framed by two major events: The defeat of the Persians in 479 BCE and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE

Antinous, Delphi Museum, Greece

Classical PeriodClassical Period Adages carved into the Temple of Apollo such as:

“Man is the measure of all things” “Know thyself”

“Nothing in excess”

Adages carved into the Temple of Apollo such as:

“Man is the measure of all things” “Know thyself”

“Nothing in excess”

Classical PeriodClassical Period Humanism

Rationalism

Idealism

Humanism

Rationalism

Idealism

Humanism Imagined their gods looked like perfect human beings

Apollo for example is the exemplified Greek ideal: body and mind in balance

RationalismGreeks at this time valued reason over emotion. The Greeks saw aspects of life including the arts as having meaning and pattern.

Cannon of proportions

IDEALISMThe True, The Good, The Beautiful

Humanism Imagined their gods looked like perfect human beings

Apollo for example is the exemplified Greek ideal: body and mind in balance

RationalismGreeks at this time valued reason over emotion. The Greeks saw aspects of life including the arts as having meaning and pattern.

Cannon of proportions

IDEALISMThe True, The Good, The Beautiful

Hellenistic PeriodHellenistic Period 323 BCE - 30 BCE

Individual and Specific

Turns from subject matter of heroic to the everyday

Sculptures begin to show human emotion

Appeals to the senses with dramatic poses and subjects

Architecture begins to reflect taste for high drama

323 BCE - 30 BCE

Individual and Specific

Turns from subject matter of heroic to the everyday

Sculptures begin to show human emotion

Appeals to the senses with dramatic poses and subjects

Architecture begins to reflect taste for high drama

Resources/Contributions:Resources/Contributions:

Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History: Second Edition Volume One. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 2002.

Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History: Second Edition Volume One. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 2002.