Art and Architecture of Athenians
Key Players
- Theophil Feiherr
- Ictinus
- Price of Bavaria
Key Buildings
- Temples
- Parthenon
- Temple of Parthenon’s the Parthenon was built In the 5th century BC
- Parthenon
- Erechtheum
- Temple from the middle classical period of Greek, built on the Acropolis of Athens between 421 and 405 BC
- Open Air Theatres
- Open public market or agora around the argora were often buildings fronted with an open wall of columns
Athenian
- Big influence on art and architecture Sculpture
- Pottery
- Bowls for mixing wine and water
- Jugs and cups to drink water
- Corinth and Athenians dominated, their pottery was exported all over Greek world
- Pottery became an industry and pottery painting became a form of art
- Blank, red, yellow, and white were main colors of the art
- Painting was a big role. Played as a visual
- Painting on walls, always wanted in very colorful buy as years past they faded
- Greek sculptures were always painted and very bright paint
- Buildings
- Ionic
- Parthenon
- Erechtheion
- were all huge pillars building with gods or statues of people
Money
- Type of money- Decadrachma (43.25 g)
- Tetradrachma (17.20 g)
- Drachma (4.30 g)
- Obol (0.72g)
Hellenistic
- Art and Architecture spread into India
- Excavation of Ai-Khanoum in eastern Afghanistan
- Greco-Buddhist are represented a syncretism between Greek and art and the visual expression of Buddhism
- During this period sculptures became more and more naturalistic
Success of Fail
- It was a success
- Money
- They increased their money to build more theaters and to make paintings
- Popularity
- The popularity increased because of theaters. Also the travelers would go here for the attraction
- Theaters
- Theaters were the main attraction during this period
Geography of Athenians
How the land and climate helped and hurt during battles
- With all the mountains around and in Athens it made it hard to fight the Athenians
- Since Athens had hot dry summers it made it hard on the soldiers
Land
- Greece is made of almost entirely mountains
- Land with only small areas of lowlands
- Mountains are beautiful but made it hard to farm and made a living
- Hard to travel and communicate with people a distance away
- The mountains divided the cities in Ancient Greece and each city had its own customs and ideas
- Since there were a lot a mountains it was easy for the Athens to fight
Sea
- The Athenians were located near the sea in a region of Greece call Attica
- Because the Athenian were so close to the sea they became traders trading with other civilizations around the Mediterranean region
- Also this encouraged Athens to build a strong naval fleet
- Due to their constant travel around the Mediterranean Athens began to learn about others cultures along with learning new ides while at the same time spreading their own cultures and ideas
Climate
- Hot dry summers
- Average temp in January was 4 degrees
- They didn’t get much rain so that made it hard to farm
Natural Resources
- Olive Trees
- Grapes
- Lignite
- Petroleum
- Iron ore
- Bauxite
- Lead
- Zin
- Nickel
- Magnesite
- Marble
- Salt
- Hydropower potential
- Only 23% of the land is usable and the rest is mostly barren mountains
Trading and Farming
- They farmed mostly olives
Mining
- The Greeks developed extensive silver mines at Laurium the profits from which helped to support the growth of Athens as city-states
- Used Bronze, Tin, and copper for tools and weapons
Jobs
- Most farmers worked alone but the entire family helped out during planting season
- Farmers raised pigs, grew wheat, and barley and tended to olive groves and vineyards
- Merchants traded surplus goods in exchange for slaves, grain, metals, and timber
- Manufacture workers specialized in madding goods like pottery armor and clothing
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