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GREEK
Art
 What is the characteristics of Greek Art?
Greek art style was a taste of Western
realism or “naturalism”. Artists have
studied anatomy, physics and optics, as
well as techniques of carving, painting,
building, gold-working and ceramics.
Paintings from
Classical Greek
Era
 Paintings during the
classical era were most
commonly found in vases,
panels and tomb.
 Most of the subjects
were battle scenes,
mythological figures, and
everyday scenes.
Most common methods of
Greek painting are the
Fresco and Encaustic.
Fresco - method of painting
water-based pigments on a
freshly applied plaster usually on
a wall surfaces.
Encaustic - developed to use
by Greek ship builders, who used
the hot wax to fill the cracks of
the ship. Soon pigments (colors)
was added and used to paint a
wax hull.
Encaustic painting is a 
mixed media technique that involves using
heated beeswax to which colored pigments
have been added. The liquid/paste is then
applied to a surface — usually prepared
wood, although canvas and other materials
are often used. The term is derived from
Greek, meaning a burning in.
Fresco Encaustic
Vase Painting
- Kerch Style also referred to as
Kerch Vases are red-figured
pottery named after the place
where it was found.
Vase Painting
- Most common motifs were mostly scenes
from the life of women, mythological
beings that were popular among the people
of the black sea, or a scene from mythical
story or event.
Shapes commonly
found are:

1. Pelike
- wine container
2. Lekanis
- a low bowl
with two
horizontal
handles and a
low broad foot.
3. lebes gamikos
- with high
handles and lid
use to carry
bridal bath.
4. krater
- bowl use for
mixing wine and
water.
Panel Painting
- There are paintings on flat
panels of wood. It can be either
a small, single piece or several
panels joined together.
Panel Painting
- Most of the panel paintings no
longer exist because of its
organic composition.
Panel Painting
- The earliest known panel painting is
the Pitsa Panel.
Modern Panel Painting
Modern Panel Painting
Modern Panel Painting
Tomb/Wall Painting
- Tomb or wall painting was very
popular during the classical period.
It uses the method “frescos”.
Tomb/Wall Painting
- It has a sharp, flatly outlined
style of painting and because it
uses water-based materials, very
few samples survived.
Tomb of the Diver, Paestum
 Greek
Sculptures
 Early Greek
sculptures were tense and
stiff, their bodies were
hidden within enfolding
robes
 After three centuries of
experiments, Greek sculptures
had finally evolved and
showed all the points of human
anatomy and proportion.
 One of the most
popular styles of the
Greek sculptures was
the Hellenistic style.
Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic
period generally taken to begin with the death
of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with
the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans, a
process well underway by 146 BCE, when the Greek
mainland was taken, and essentially ending in 30 BCE
with the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt following
the Battle of Actium.
One of the most
popular Greek
sculpture is the
“Myron; The
“Myron;
The
Discobulus”
- a statue of
a discus
thrower.
 Greek
Architecture
Temples consisted of a
central shrine or room
in an aisle surrounded
by rows of columns.
These buildings were
designed in one of
three architectural
style or orders:
One of the most well
known architectural
building of Greek is the
Parthenon.
 Parthenon is a temple in
Greece, dedicated
to the goddess Athena,
whom the people of Athens
considered their patron.
 Parthenon Battle | National Geographic

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 Greek
Folk Arts
 The Ancient Greeks also
made jewelry such as
earrings, pendants, necklaces
diadems (crowns) and
bracelets made of gold,
bronze, and silver.
 The Ancient Greeks also
made jewelry such as
earrings, pendants, necklaces
diadems (crowns) and
bracelets made of gold,
bronze, and silver.
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 Greek Art
History from
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