Ancient Greece Art
Published on Apr 19, 2016
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Ancient Greece's temples were known to have columns holding up the rectangular structure including a triangular roof.
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They came up with a technique to make their columns fatter in the middle. This way the building did not look like it was sagging.
There were three different ways of architectural building called orders. You can tell them apart by their different features.
They are called Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
Earlier statues looked more fake, but later their statues and sculptures looked more realistic. Few statues or sculptures have survived today.
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Many sculptures were made with stone, limestone, and marble because these were very abundant in Greece.
Pheidias and Polykleitos were sculptors in the 5th century.
Pottery, such as clay pots, jars, and vases, were used for almost everything. They were usually painted with mythological scenes.
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They created terra cotta figurines that they would give to children as toys, give to gods and goddesses as gifts, and even bury them with the dead.
There were three periods of art in ancient Greece: Archaic Period, Classical Period (One of the famous statues from this period was the statue of Athena at Parthenos), and the Hellenistic Period.
Ancient Greece Geography
Has over 1400 islands
About 80% of Greece is full of mountains.
Mount Olympus is the tallest mountain.
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They would usually have hot summers and mild winters.
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Greeks spoke the same language but they were split up into major cities such as Athens and Sparta.
This is the Pindus Mountain range. It is also know as the "spine of Greece".
The Greeks had some strange superstitions about food – some wouldn’t eat beans as they thought they contained the souls of the dead!
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