2. Greek Art Last time you looked at the images of Greek art, and identified recurring motifs A recurring motif is a subject, a figure, a theme, an idea, a shape, a colour scheme or a pattern that is used again and again. The example on this pot shows patterns and figures who seem to be soldiers playing a board game. The colours are black and reddish brown.
7. Greek Art Neck-amphora. Achilles killing Penthesilea. Circa 530 BC. London. This vase has many of the Greek motifs we have seen before. What are they? Colour scheme Repeating patterns Images of soldiers or myths
8. Greek Art This is what is called a detail And so is this Here is the whole piece of art.
10. Greek Art Whole piece of art or detail? Detail Meidias Painter. Hydria. Detail: Phaon playing the lyre, winged Himeros in front of him. Florence.
11. Greek Art Whole piece or detail? Detail Exekias. Detail of neck-amphora. Achilles and Ajax playing a game. Vatican.
12. Greek Art Whole piece of art or detail? Whole piece Exekias. Internal view of cup. Dionysius crossing the sea. Circa 535 BC. Munich.
13. Greek Art Whole piece of art or detail? Whole piece Amassis painter. Neck-amphora. Dionysius and menads. Circa 540 BC. Paris, BibliothequeNationale.
14. Greek Art Whole piece or detail? Detail Andokides Painter. Amphora. Detail: Herakles and cerberus. Circa 510 BC. Paris, Louvre.
15. Artist’s Sketchbook In your sketch book you are going to draw a detail of a piece of Greek art. Use your viewfinder to select a detail. Copy the detail into your sketchbook.
16. Artist’s Sketchbook In your sketch book you are going to draw a detail of a piece of Greek art. Use your viewfinder to select a detail. Copy the detail into your sketchbook. You will use this detail to create your own piece of art next time.