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ings that
still
still
thought to be
among
the finest
were the
ever made. These people
Greeks.
went
B. C.
As time
by
on, the Greeks were conquered
Greek
ideas,
and
spread
all
especially
many
Greek
art,
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is
loved, admired,
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Greeks created are pictured in
book.
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gives
The
of
life
text tells
something of the
and
some of the
theories
and
tech-
artists perfect
their work.
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Art of ancient Greece
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ART
OFANCIENT
GREECE
by
SHIRLEY
GLUBOK
Pueblo
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Atheneum
New
1963
York
Ga
of Art
Roberta
ALFRED
H.
TAMARIN
TO MY PROFESSOR
DR.
GEORGE
FOR
E.
MYLONAS
HIS INSPIRATION
Copyright
Jockey
Museum, Athens
Photograph by Alison Frantz
National
G.
reece
seas. It
is
and the light is clear. There are many small islands, which
are also part of Greece.
Greek
art
until
Art."
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at
rounded. Their
balance
perfect.
is
magnificent.
tures
with
And
stories of the
vases
The
had
lives
They were
handles
is
wine or
oil.
oil jugs.
The
an amphora.
Below
is
and
his
dog are
lekythoi.
It
was used
two
for storing
Lekythos
Their
The
uses.
The
Skyphos
of Art
Courtesy
Museum
Amphora
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lekythos
Courtesy
Museum
times
all
is
the Greeks
Homer's
in
stories
of
war between
It
is
told
Iliad.
He
He
spear.
When
Achilles
was
baby
k>
his
river.
which
Vatican
Museum
Photograph, Alinari
him on
the heel.
he story in
this
Sirens
bird
vase painting
is
from Homer's
Odyssey. It
sail safely
shows Odys-
creatures, part
sailors
went
searching for them blindly and crashed on the rocks. Odysseus put
wax
into the ears of his sailors so they could not hear the Sirens' music.
This
is
little lines.
The
left
unpainted, ex-
Courtesy British
Museum
Hm
^H
0,
grow well
warm
live trees
portant in the
It
lives
in lamps.
on
And
in the
was burned
athletes
rubbed
it
their bodies.
This
is
an amphora, probably
oil.
It
is
The background
left
Courtesy British
The
figures
This
is
Museum
T,
his vase
painting
is
how boys
One student is playing the lyre with his teacher. The lyre is an ancient
musical instrument.
his
reading teacher.
The boy is
reciting a
Division of Antiquities,
State
Museum, West
Berlin
holding a long
roll
the
teacher
poem. The
is
to school.
The
and
stories of the
They learned
Greek heroes.
reading, writ-
IB
The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
it
scale.
is
bending over
to
At the right is a vase painting showing a scene from a play. The ancient
Greeks loved the theatre. Their plays are famous. They were put on in
daylight, in big, open-air theatres.
Some
all
10
Vatican
Mus :um
Photograoh,
Alir iri
AdHPI
National
Museum, AtheS
Phc .ograph
by Nellvs
1 1/.
in
many
gods.
derful
ever found.
The head
scholars think
it
may
is
left, is
He
Some
lives
of
them
lived
threw thunderbolts,
to
make
The
statue
was found
artist
was
Most marble
Praxiteles.
Polykleitos,
means
is
wrote a book
rule. It
told
how
statues
**4
in the sea.
ancient Greek
well
known
make
lost or
artist.
artist,
to
Some
sea.
Another
The won-
broken. This
lightning.
He
The
named
which
a perfect statue.
Olympia Museum
Photograph, Alinari
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w.
e
"V
from
Roman
copies.
lost
Greek
statues
is
known
as the
"Venus de Milo."
Aphrodite stands with her body
twisted
raised.
slightly
The curved
move.
The
statue
was made
in
two
parts.
They were
arms were
lost
The Greeks
make
They
Louvre, Paris
Photograph, Alinari
tried to
14
The
make them
as
polio
light.
He was
also the
dred and
fifty
when Greek
The
years before
art
statue
was
"Venus de Milo,"
stiff.
Temple of Zeus
is
at
Olympia.
A group
of figures
making the
He was
the most
a very
T,
his
It
flat-
topped
hill
on the Acropolis, a
is
overlooking Athens.
The Parthenon
is
said to be the
notice.
The
was hard
is
difficult to
curve that
was begun
it
between them.
built in the
in 447 B.C.
and
later.
16
Photograph by G. E. Kidder Smith
From
the Parthenon
Courtesy British
T.he triangular space made by the peak of a roof and the slope of
pediment.
The
chariot
is
is
called a
moon.
all
sides
corners of the east pediment of the Parthenon had marble carvings of the
This
its
Museum
and
It
its
mouth
droops. It
is
moon
On
the right
is
human
to look
beautiful than
any
18
more
Athena
is
gentle
The
sculptor
real person.
and thoughtful.
who made
this
Museum
Civico, Bologna,
mu
when
Parthenon was
the
built.
also called
Vatican
Museum
Photograph, Alinari
E
I
very four years the people of Athens held a parade to honor Athena Parthenos, and
to bring a
new robe
to
is
is
shown on a
frieze
on
The frieze is
cella,
The parade
made up
The
procession, or parade,
lifelike figures.
Acropolis
Museum, Athens
Courtesy
Museum
of
Fine Arts,
Boston
A,
_t
the
left is
Cupid.
A Triton
is
Above
is
is
goddess
It
of Victory,
driving
her
is
of Art
chariot
beautifully
22
It
made.
It
is
full
horses prance.
Money Museum
The
made
to
The
be worn as an ornament
beautiful.
The
fine pictures
where they were made. The most important coins in the ancient world
were known
as
At the right is a gold ornament for a necklace. The little figure is half goat
and half man. His name
is
Pan.
of Art
23
arriors
art.
This
Greek
is
foot soldier.
be citizens of their
own
They were
also
proud
make
to
cities
and
fully
to help
their
laws.
It 55k
The warrior
is
breastplate
Some
parts of his
that he can
move swiftly in
battle.
so
He is ready to
an opening
piece comes
down from
Division of Antiquities
State
Museum, West
is
Berlin
71
his
wonderful helmet
in the shape of a
is
fit
over
The main
part was
hammered out
of a single
and
ears.
The
made
crest
is
shaped
like
a horse's
tail.
It is
of silver.
had
to
had
to
be remade.
The
richly decorated.
is
beautiful. It
is
such as parades.
Museum
of St. Louis
25
M.
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who
are
still
heroes,
One
_->.
and
are carved.
At the
Heavy
right,
is
hair
signs of strength.
He is
The
statue
is
beautifully
made
of Art
Photograph by Alfred H. Tamarin
Fletcher Fund, 1927
kill
of a lion's head.
One
of the
Glyptothek Munich
Photograph, Bruckmann
27
of Art
Courtesy
Museum
ago. It
and
legs.
Yet
it
was made
at the top
its
is
still.
ears,
a strong
Powerful
mane,
tail
The amusing
lion
They
are in motion.
They
later.
T.
his strange
griffin.
A griffin
and
had a
mouth
He
ears,
is
bird-like creature
lion's
one looks
open and
stretches his
his
is
body and a
fierce.
tongue
is
His
out.
his
A cauldron
water.
The
is
griffin
was a
decoration in Greek
favorite
form of
art.
of Art
moTv.
is
The
called terra
object
left
cotta.
is little,
yet there
is
drawn by four
is
The
more
is
figure of the
detail.
The back
The
is
subject
is
the
is
flat
The
below, has
was made
of the figure
detail.
man on horseback,
it
in the
lively horses.
no decoration or
also of clay. It
power
much
later. It
side.
and smooth.
He is fighting the
Chimaera, a
fire-breathing monster,
and part
iN'ational
goat.
Museum, Athens
Courtesy British
Museum
31
Courtesy
Museum
Tlhe
little
is
from Mycenae,
The ape
too. It
is
Her arms
in southern Greece.
a toy.
of St. Louis
pinched-in nose looks like a bird. Her eyes are two large dots.
from Mycenae,
Museum
bull,
tall
below,
and looks
is
like
32
Museum
of
St. Louis
Courtesy
Museum
on the
doll.
right
The body
bell. It is gaily
is
shaped
like
way
as a vase.
The
in the
legs,
Above
is
eyes.
same
neck
later.
a gentle figure of a
Courtesy
Museum
'
A,
.rtists
showed
athletes in
a bronze statue of
is
a professional boxer,
just lost a match.
cles sag.
Rome
many dif-
He is
tired.
conquered Greece.
His mus-
made
It
is
after
very
lifelike.
The
discus thrower
on the
right
is
by Myron. The
The
athlete
is
original statue
about ready
to
His body
in
discus.
perfect balance, as
if
into action.
--
a
Terme Museum, Rome
Photograph. Anderson
is
ready to swing
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lhariot racing
in
ancient
Greece.
Apollo at Delphi.
Temple of
The
charioteer's face
is
very handsome.
headband
is
decorated with
made
as
column.
Delphi
Museum
Photographs, Alinari
though
it
is
silver.
called a chiton. It
is
p
J_
pottery.
On
the right
drinking cup, a
kylix. It
is
Greek
a painting on a
jug and
strigil
oil
oil
was used
The
first
before
and mud.
in
after
held.
Collection of Virginia
Museum
of Fine Arts,
Richmond
37
s0
is
"love of learning."
This philosopher,
the wrinkled skin
old man. His
made
of bronze, has
body
is
and understanding.
38
philosophers
Aristotle.
of Art
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his
statue of a
made up
young boy
is
The
early
Romans
where
it
has
sole
from Greece
been ever
It
to Italy,
since.
Capitoline
Museum, Rome
Photograph, Anderson
39
tt
T,
his
is
unusual figure
of an
40
is
fighters
and
excellent
horsewomen.
Courtesy
Museum
V.
ases
made
shaped
like
heads were
They
slip.
Colored
slip
was used
for
vase paintings.
The
The
kilns
fire.
to
temperatures in order
today
is
methods.
Museum
of St. Louis
41
Louvre, Paris
42
Photograph, Giraudon
"
The Greek
artists
these lands.
left
Below
is
a drinking cup
man's head.
It
Most vases
made
in the
form of a
for
Courtesy
Museum
43
Hi"
-,
A
relief.
little girl
A relief is
with pigeons
is
The girl has a beautiful face. She is like one of the Greek
goddesses. She shows great love for the pigeons. She gently
The young
girl
playing a
flute, at
to
the right,
known
is
as the
a relief
"Ludo-
One
Her body
44
of Art
it is
The cushion
made
ap-
of stone.
Terme Museum,
Photograph, Alina
Archaeological
46
Museum
of Istanbul
T>
his
is
marble
sides of a sarcophagus, a
coffin. It
the
is
known
relief
four
all
as
"The
shows
the
who
He was
the Conqueror."
into Asia
He was
also
very young
known
when he
as
"Alexander
as far as India.
is
shown on one
side
the Persians.
together.
The
The
action
is
relief,
which
worn
off.
excellent condition.
The
color
them great
vigor.
lively.
makes the
Much
of the paint
is still
on the
is
in
figures.
figures exciting.
47
T.
his relief
and
The nymph
is
putting
architecture spread
all
away
It
is
is
nymph, a
bridal linens.
Greek beauty
It
is
copied
called "classic."
Their wonderful art brought pleasure to the ancient Greeks, and now, more
pleasure to us.
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sewing through
drill
text pages.
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soil
resistant.
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is
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and
guaranteed to
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