Ancient Greek Art Research Paper

Many art forms are lost, broken or damaged from 2500 years ago but those who have held the test of time has given us a portal to the past to tell the stories of the ancient people. Art in early Greece will be the focus of this essay with two main sub topics of ancient red-figured vases and also ancient comedy. Early Greece created archaic which is a form of visual arts which is a very distinctive style which uses geometric designs. Next, Greek Comedy was very enjoyed in its time because even though Greek theater was often focus of tragic events, comedy took a new a style which focused on a humorous everyday events.
First early Greece created red-figure painting on vases between 650 to 450 BCE which uses a technique where they paint the background

The most memorable comedian was Aristophanes who wrote satires about war and philosophy. The part of comedy that lasted 2500 years the best were the masked used in performances. The masks often had over dramatic facial expressions which was a key part of the Greek Comedy. There were two masks that were shown at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. One depicted a man screaming but the old thing about the mask was that the mouth was going right through to the back to make a hollow hole right through. When you are up close and personal to these mask, the level of detail to unable to communicate the true talent that goes into making one of the masks. Even to the detail of the hair, you can see strands of hair with its curl at the end. That is one detail that is very clear with a personal experience but images online can not give you the full amount of work that was put into the masks. Many masks have repairs on them which is found through out the gallery. Now, in modern comedy, many still have masks for characters and so in present day we can still easily connect to what the masks are trying to depict. The odd thing is that they were made from marble which would have made it very heavy to hold and move around. Today we use little material and slowly we are changing over to special makeup. All of the masks in the Winnipeg Art Gallery had many repairs on them which is believed to be caused by the weight of them. Actors