2.5 Greek culture: art and architecture

§2.5 Greek culture
Art and architecture 
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§2.5 Greek culture
Art and architecture 

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Program
  • What is 'culture'?
  • Greek art
  • Greek architecture 

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After today...
... You will be able to explain what we understand by the word culture
... You will be able to explain how Greek art and architecture are related to science

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What things belong to culture?

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What is 'culture'?
  • Culture =  everything that is made or invented by a society
  • Paintings, statues, buildings, stories, theater plays, science etc.

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Greek art
  • Statues were very lifelike and have perfect bodies
  • Artists studies the human body closely to make the statues
  • Why perfection? -> Made the statues divine
  • Statues represent gods, sportsmen or women

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Goddess Demeter
God Zeus or Poseidon made of bronze

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Goddess Aphrodite (goddess of beauty) with God Pan (god of shepherds) and Eros (her son - god of love)

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In what way are Greek art and science related?
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Slide 9 - Open question

Greek architecture 
  • Temples: beautiful decorations 
  • Height, width and depth in proportion -> mathematics!!
  • Amphitheaters: open-air -> voices on stage needed to be heard in the top rows -> mathematics!!

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Temple
Amphitheater 

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In what way are Greek architecture and science related?
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Slide 12 - Open question