4th Century Religion and Art

Question 1

Pottery

Answer 1

• Decline in painted pottery due to no one being able to afford it
• Pottery produced in Italy instead

Question 2

Italian Pottery

Answer 2

• Krater for water storage
• Deities and daily life scenes
• Gorgons on the handles
• Copied in Macedonia because the Macedonians wanted to be Greek

Question 3

Sculpture

Answer 3

• Individuality rather than a standard form
• Nudity for women indicating a shift in values
• Realism
• Artists leave their names on their art
• Beards went out of style

Question 4

Religion

Answer 4

• Less community emphasis
• New deities like Asklepios became popular
• Chambers inside temples for the people rather than deity statues
• Delphi is sacked, which is symbolic of shifting values and the decline of the surrounding city-states