Ancient+Greek+Art,+Architecture,+and+Fashion

By: Stephanie Kailey

Ancient Greek Art Ancient Greek art is mainly architecture, sculptures, paintings, and painted pottery.

Ancient Greek Architecture The Ancient Greek Architecture was first small houses and huts. Ancient Greece was growing with walls and huge buildings! Soon after, the buildings and walls were burned. When new people arrived they started to rebuild Greece. When the Greek were successful the Romans came and took over. Then things were built the Roman way. Once the Romans left to be successful in Rome, the Normans come and took over. They left and the Turks took over.

Ancient Greek Clothing/Fashion The Ancient Greek men wore a long shirt called a tunic. The female Greeks wore a dress that was pinned in the back, to help it from falling down. The Greek babies wore nothing but a diaper.

Outline Ancient Greece I. Ancient Art a. Paintings 1. Wallpaper [|] 2. Murals b. Architecture '1. Houses 2. Religious Buildings 3. Public Buildings 4. Tombs 5. Theaters c. Sculptures 1. Small Figurines 2. Life-Size Statues 3. Tombstones 4. Gods as humans d. Painted Pottery 1. From all periods of Ancient Greek history 2. Was made for drinking wine 3. Was used for trophies won at games 4. The Greeks made many different beautiful designs for their pots 5. Greeks usually signed their pottery 6. Some painted their pots with abstract, but some with people II. Architecture a. New Stone Age 1. Small houses/huts 2. Wooden walls b. Early Bronze Age 1. One Bigger house in the middle of the Village 2. Fancy stonewalls c. Later Bronze Age 1. Under the influence of Western Asia 2. There are palaces 3. There are big stone tombs 4. Now paved roads and bridges and dams d. Greek Dark Ages 1. Palaces were burned 2. Roads, bridges, and dams fell apart e. Iron Age 1. Temples were built for the Greek gods 2. Houses are being built 3. No more palaces 4. Roads, stone walls, and bridges are being built again f. Classical Period 440’s B.C. 1. More temples are built 2. Democracy states you can not live in a palace for men are supposed to be equal 3. Gymnasias and stoas were built for men To gather and talk g. Hellenistic Period 300’s B.C. 1. The theater is built 2. The temples are forgotten and the theaters are everywhere 3. Streets are beginning to be formed in straight lines 4. The straight roads show that Greece is in charge h. 200-100 B.C. 1. The Romans take over Greece 2. The Romans show charge with architecture in the Roman style 3. Soon the Corinthian architecture became popular 4. Around 400 A.D. the Greeks were converted to Christianity i. Middle Ages 1. Parts of the Greeks were taken over by the Normans 2. The Normans built castles, but didn’t Fully rule Greece 3. The Byzantine Empire was ruling for a Long period of time, but was over ruled by the Turks in 1453 A.D.

III. Fashion/Clothing a. Men 1. They wore a tunic out of wool or Linen 2. Often worn only over one shoulder 3. Would wear an a cloak if too cold and use it as a blanket 4. Wore leather sandals if not anything at all b. Women 1. Wore a large piece of wool or linen as a dress 2. The dress was pinned in different ways to make it stay h 3. Dresses came to the ankles 4. a cloak was worn for warmth c. Kids/Babies 1. Babies wore cloth diapers 2. When it was cold they would cover in a blanket 3. Kids wore nothing but cloth wrapped around Their middles, like shorts

The Summary

Ancient Greek arts were amazingly beautiful. They each have their own design. Ancient Greek art is mainly paintings, architecture, sculptures, and painted pottery. Some examples of paintings are walls and murals. A few examples of ancient architecture are houses, religious buildings, public buildings, tombs, and theaters. Some examples of sculptures are small figurines, life-size statues, tombstones; they even sculpted their gods as humans. A few examples of painted pottery are glasses for wine and trophies won at games.

The Ancient Greek architecture started in the New Stone Age. In the New Stone age the Greeks had built small houses or huts and wooden walls. Later in the Early Bronze Age they had one large building in the middle of the village and had big stonewalls. Further along in the Later Bronze Age, Greece was under the influence of Western Asia. During this period the Greek were building palaces, large tombstones, paved roads, bridges, and dams. Very soon the Dark Age came along and the palaces were burned and the roads, bridges, and dams fell apart. When the Greek recovered from the Dark Age they were building temples for their gods, rebuilding roads and bridges and stonewalls. They called this time the Iron Age. Around the corner was the Classical Period. In the period the Greeks built many more temples. The democracy decided that no man could live in or own a palace, even if he had the money. For man was created equal and the Democracy thought owning a bigger house was wrong. Instead of big houses the Greeks thought of building gymnasias and stoas for meeting places. In the Hellenistic Period the theater was built everywhere! Everyone forgot about temples and was crazy about theaters. Also in this time they thought of making straight roads to show people that Greece was in charge. The greek were very wrong about being in charge, because the Romans soon took over. They wanted to build in the Roman Style. The Roman style was overthrown for the Corinthian architecture. The Corinthian architecture led the Greeks to Christianity. In the Middle ages the Normans took over part of Greece, but the Byzantine Empire still had control over the rest of Greece. Soon the Byzantine Empire was overthrown by the Turks and the Islamic Religion came to be.

The Greek fashion was very simple. The men wore a tunic, or a really long shirt made of wool or linen. When it was cold they would wear a wool cloak over it. The Greek women wore a dress of wool or linen and were pinned in the back to help it stay up. The babies wore nothing but a cloth diaper. The greek children wore cloth shorts.

Some websites you could visit to find more information would be: www.historyforkids.org www.ancientgreece.com b www.wikipedia.com www.crystalinks.com/greekculture.html www.crystalinks.com/greekart.html

Some great books you could check out would be: A History of Greece by George Grote The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton The Greek World by Nigel Rodgers Greek Religion, Belief+ Experience by Thomas Harrison The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greece by Nigel Rodgers