Greece/Rome - NMSU Theatre Arts PDF
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� GREECE 3000BC - 100BC Influential People • Homer (poems-700BC) • Socrates (d.399BC) (critical reasoning, inquiry, moral concepts) • Plato (metaphysics) • Euclid (mathematician) • Archimedes (scientist) • Aristotle (logic, metaphysics) • Helen of Troy • Alexander the Great Events/ Dates • 3000-1184BC (alleged date-Trojan War) • Cretan-Mycenaean • 1100-480BC--- Archaic Greek • 480-400BC---"Golden Age"/ Classical • 400-320BC---Fourth Century Discus Thrower - circa 460 B.C. • 300-100BC---Hellenistic • Athens (controlled an empire of 200 cities), Sparta and Corinth--major cities Philosophy • Exalted the human body—search for the ideal • Searched for the meaning of life • Encouraged the personal search for happiness • Believed in the rational powers of man • Believed in MYTHOLOGY Most Representative Statement of Period • Considered to be the core of Western thinking • Believed in simplicity and purity of form Discoveries/ Inventions • Governmental Form (Athens) • Forum • Trial by Jury • Literary Form • Tragedy & Comedy • Running Water • Flushing toilets • The Olympics (Sparta) Everyday Life/ Society • Individually governed City/States • Upper Classes • Men ran the government • Women ran the home and had little freedom outside the home (no involvement in “affairs of men”). • Hetaerae- (literally means “comrades-in-arms”), the "Geisha" of Greece • Bisexuality common • Lower Classes • Poor Citizens • Slaves Excerpt from: Let There Be Clothes by Lynn Schnurnberger (1991) during Archaic- • Helen of Troy • Homeric poems committed to writing (Odyssey - Iliad) • Drama developed • Greek mythology crystallized during Golden Age- • End of Persian domination • Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Socrates (philosopher) wrote during 4th century- • Plato's philosophies • Alexander the Great (dominated 2nd half) during Hellenistic- • Political power faded • Culture spread • Euclid, Archimedes, Aristotle (philosopher) wrote VISUAL STYLE • Harmony • Rhythm • Balance Architecture • The Parthenon (Doric) • The Acropolis (Ionic) • Colors (mentioned in Homer) Yellow, Indigo, Green, Violet, Dark Red, Purple, earth colors Motifs -- Fret or Key – Egg and Dart – Waves and meander – Many nature motifs (like the rosette) Greek Columns sp07art110.wikispaces.com Didyma, Turkey ruins
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