1. Francisco Javier Fernández Robles
1º ESO
Actien Greek Art

2. Characteristics
 Racional Art
(Greeks were very
interested in the
mathematic wold)
 They found the
beauty in the
nature
 Man like a nature
model: “Canon”

3. Architecture
 Characteristics
-The temple was the most
important building
-It was built with marble
 Parts
-Naos:(Hall)
-Pronaos: (contained the
statue of the deity)
Opistodomos: (place
where they kept the
tesaury)

4. Architecture: The Orders
-Orders:
 Doric (Dórico)
 Ionic (Jónico)
 Corinthian
(Corintio)

5. Doric Order
 Column doesn´t have base
 Heavy columns with plain
 The capital consists of a
necking which is of a simple
form.
 The echinus is convex and
the abacus is square.
 Above the capital is a
square abacus connecting
the capital to the entablature
 The most important
building was Parthenon

6. Ionic
 Column has base
 Two
opposed volutes
also in the echinus of
the capital.
 The most
representative
temple was
Erechtheum

7. Corinthian
 The Corinthian
order is the most
ornate of the
Greek orders
 Base
 Capital decorated
with two rows of
acanthus

8. Ancient Greek Sculpture
 Characteristics
 Religious sculpture
 Human Beauty was
the “canon”
 Sculpture was
composed almost
entirely
of marble or bronze;
 Romans copied
greek sculpture

9. Archaic
 Centuries: 8th-6th B.C
 Inspired by the
monumental stone
sculpture of Egyp
 Solidity and frontal
 Archaic smile
 Man: Kouros
 Woman: Kores

10. Kouros-kores

11. Classical
 5th Century B.C
 Dramatic
 Realistic human
shapes
 Poses also
became more
naturalistic

12. Classical

13. Hellenistic
 4th-1st centuries
B.C
 Suppleness of
poses.
 Expressibility and
atmosphere.
 Great movement