GREEK

The Classical Period or Golden Age of Greece, from around 500 to 300 BC, has given us the great monuments, art, philosophy, architecture and literature which are the building blocks of our own civilization.

In the Golden Age of Greece the Grecian states in the peninsula achieved a high status in culture and political constancy. This Age is sometimes called the "Periclean Age," after the honorable Pericles who was the leading statesman of the Athens' at that time.

GREEK SCULPTURES

• Original greek sculptures are rare today.
• Greek sculptures art form was greatly influenced by Egyptians
• Before the golden age greek sculptures were very stiff looking.
• But durring the golden age, sculptures were more detailed and lifelike

Greek sculptors
Myron and Phidias were Two of history’s greatest sculptors
•Lived during the golden age
•Myron sculpted the famous figure The Discus Thrower
•Phidias created the statues of Athena that decorated the Acropolis and the Parthenon
•Phidias’s greatest work was the statue of Zeus at the Temple of Olympia
•Considered this statue as one of the seven wonders of the world

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Greek paintings
Painting was an important form of art in ancient Greece
•Most original artwork has been lost or damaged
•Best preserved Greek painting are found on vases
•Painters illustrated scenes from everyday life as well as mythological events
•Greeks initially adopted styles of painting from other cultures, then transformed them into their own

GREEK REASONS FOR THEIR ART DURING GOLDN AGE

• Greek art was made to glorified humans and their accomplishments
• Greek art also symbolized Greeks’ pride in their city-states durring the golden
• Greek art expressed Greek beliefs in harmony, balance, order and moderation

PHILOSOPHY

• One Of Greeks greatest achievements was the development of Philosophy
• the first philosopher was Thales of Miletus
• He wanted to learn more about the universe