Greek Art Research Paper

How ancient Greek pottery and statues evolved and changed throughout time
Greek art began in the Cycladic and Minoan civilization. It was been influenced by the Eastern civilizations, by Roman art and Orthodox Christianity the as well as Italian and European ideas. Greek art is mainly five forms: architecture, sculpture, painting, pottery and jewellery making. The earliest form of Greek art was mainly ceramic pottery, until approximately 650 BCE the region suffered from widespread famine, forced immigration and social unrest. This restricted the development of architecture and most other types of art. There are three divisions of the stages of later ancient Greek art. The Persian Wars of 480 to 448 BCE are the dividing line between the Archaic

People and animals were depicted geometrically in a dark glossy colour, while the remaining piece is covered by strict zones of swastikas, circles, crooked lines and meanders. The geometric shapes would later became become more abstract. More art with animals, birds, scenes of shipwrecks, hunting scenes, and themes from mythology or the Homeric epics led Geometric pottery into more naturalistic expressions. The first human figures are seen at around 770 BC on the handles of vases. Male and female bodies were depicted quite abstractly with a triangular torso, an ovoid head with cylindrical legs. The hair of female figures hair was depicted as a series of lines, as were their breast which appeared as strokes under the

Red figure pottery is like the opposite of black figure which requires the artist the outline the figure in black and then instead of filling in the figure with pigment, the background is filled in. Red figure pottery became so popular in Athens that by the early 5th century it had all but replaced black figure pottery. Red figure became so popular because artists were able to make the scenes more detailed and realistic, as lines were drawn onto the figure instead of scraped out like in black figure pottery. Artists were then able to create frontal, back and three quarter views which was unknown to black figure art where most pieces were shown in profile. Pottery made for daily use often depicted scenes of daily life, whereas pots designed for religious use had scenes of religious importance painted onto