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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Homework next class
  • Make assignment 4 from par. 2.5 

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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 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 studied the human body closely to make the statues
  • Why perfection? -> Made the statues divine
  • Statues represented 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 God Eros (her son - god of love)

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In what way are Greek art and science related?
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Greek architecture 
  • Temples: beautifully decorated 
  • Height, width and depth in proportion -> mathematics!!

  • Amphitheaters: open-air theaters
  • The 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