Western Art Flashcards
The people of Greece have been making art
for just about their entire history, from the
earliest civilization to the present day
(Rasmussen & Spivey , 1991).
Western Art (Greek Art)
when historians use the term Greek art, they are, in fact, referring to a
period following the ________
Dark Age
It begun in 1200 BC and destroyed earlier
populations, including the ___________
Minoans and
Mycenaeans.
This _____________ lasted from 900 to
700 BC.
Geometric Period
Art from this period, as the period’s
name implies, are mostly geometric, mainly
representations and repetitions of shapes
rather than the more realistic work of the
earlier periods.
Geometric Period
Emerging from the Dark Age and the
traces of the Geometric period were the Greek artists who began to use a number of new methods and tools in their work.
Archaic Period
For the first time in almost 800 years, artists
began working to recreate more realistic human forms. New technologies enabled pottery to be more colorful and ornate than ever before.
Archaic Period
This period of innovation is
known as the Archaic period, and lasted roughly from ___________.
700 BC to 480 BC
Common notion of the Greek art are images of
the _____________, when the Greeks achieved
their highest level of craftsmanship roughly from
_________________.
Classical Period
510 BC to 320 BC
During this time, the Greeks
continued to explore more art forms and
perspectives in art way beyond its predecessors.
Classical Period
The new art was termed ______, because while it
was very similar to art made by the Greeks (who called their homeland Helles), it was combined with other cultures and not purely Greek, hence a term that
means ‘Greek-like.’
Hellenistic
The Hellenistic period is said to have begun around 320 BC and lasted until around 30 BC, when the Roman empire began its emergence.
320 BC
30 BC
The most famous work from the Hellenistic period is the __________ . It is a
sculpture by an unknown artist that has inspired numerous copies during the ancient world and even today, which offers perfect study of a round sculpture
intended to be viewed from all angles.
Venus de Milo
Historians call this era the “Hellenistic period.” (The
word “Hellenistic” comes from the word Hellazein,
which means ____________ It lasted from the death of Alexander in
323 B.C. until 31 B.C., when Roman troops
conquered the last of the territories that the
Macedonian king had once ruled.
“to speak Greek or identify with the
Greeks.”
One of the most famous examples of ancient Greek sculpture, the Venus de
Milo is immediately recognizable by its missing arms and popularly believed to represent __________, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, who was
known to the Romans as Venus.
Aphrodite
ROMAN ART
_______ owes nearly the entirety of its artistic
achievement to the Greeks. The elements
of Greek art held a great appeal to the
Romans, but then, most historians tend to
describe Roman art as a copy of Greek art
(Strong, et. Al, 1988).
Rome
Some say the Romans loved Greek sculptures — they either bought or borrowed vast quantities of sculpture from Greece and copied a lot of it in _________
bronze or in
marble.
Even if this is the case, the
Romans also made this art their own, in the
form of __________
portrait sculptures and narrative reliefs.
MEDIAVAL PERIOD
Early Medieval art had three major influences:
(1) Christianity, (2) the classical world of Rome, and (3) the pagan North.
