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* The Western Civilization is characterized by a host of artistic, philosophic, literary, and legal themes and traditions having origins of European traditions.
the birthplace of Western Civilization
Horrible Histories - Ancient Greek Ready for School?
• The Acropolis of Athens is located on a high rocky edge above the city of Athens and within its approx. 7 acres, it was a religious and spiritual sanctuary which contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.
Ariel View of Today’s Acropolis with the theater of Dionysos in the foreground
Temple of Athena
NikeThe
ParthenonThe
Erechtheion
Leo Von Klenze, Reconstruction of the Acropolis. 1846
Idealized view of the Acropolis and Athena Promachos, by the painter Leo von Klenze in 1846. The artist imagined the great statue of Athena Promachos as visible from far away, carrying a great spear in her right hand.
The Parthenon, built in the fifth century B.C., is perhaps the most well known example of Greek architecture. Dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, the Parthenon was an example of the Greek ideals of structure and devotion to their faith. Its construction began in 447 BC
when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power.
The Parthenon
The East Façade
The Temple of Athena Nike was built between 427 and 424 BC,
The Temple of Athena Nike
Nike means victory in Greek, and Athena was worshipped in this form, as goddess of victory in war and wisdom
The Erechtheion, 421-406 BCE, Acropolis, Athens
The Erechtheion was dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon.
CaryatidA caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis. "As Artemis rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants"
Caryatid from the Erechtheion in Athens. Marble, Greek artwork, ca. 420 BC.
Ancient Greek SculptureGreek sculpture was focused on the human body. The following examples were
manifestations that Greek sculptors have perfected human anatomy
Myron, Discobolus. (Discus Thrower), 450 BCE
Apollo Belvedere(detail)
This is a marble sculpture called the Winged Victory of Samothrace
(Samothrace is an island in the North Aegean Sea)
It was created in the third century B.C.E. (220-185 BCE).
It Greek goddess Nike ( also known as Victory), who was a beautiful woman endowed with wings.
It is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world. It was raised upon the Isle of Samothrace, overlooking the sea.
The work is notable for its naturalistic pose and for the carving of the figure’s draped garments, which shows it as if its rippling in a strong sea breeze …which is also considered especially compelling.
Statue is 9 feet tall
Pedestal is 1 foot tall
Base is 6.7 feet tall
Heracles and Geryon on an Attic black-figured amphora with a thick layer of transparent gloss, c. 540 BC
*Attica (Attic) is a place well known for its iron rich (red) clay in Ancient Greek Territory
Greek vessels have an almost endless repertoire of scenes covering a wide range of themes
Horseman on a late Corinthian olpe by an associate of the Hippolyte Painter, ca 575/550 BC