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What is art?
What is art?
What is the purpose of art?
Does art need to serve a purpose?
Why do people create art?
Does art need to be beautiful?
Do YOU need to create art?
Can art make you feel something?
Classical Art: The Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
Classical Art: The Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
Parthenon, Built between 447 and 432 B.C.E. (Before Common Era)
Frieze from the Parthenon
Dedicated to Athena as Wisdom
Carved lime stone and marble
Balance and Unity
The Greeks carved statues to the Gods
To protect the statues they built shrines, like the Parthenon
The building itself was considered a sculpture
More relief sculptures
Discus Thrower, Copy in marble of Myron's original in bronze
(Revolutionary because of its vigorous movement)
What elements or principles do you see?
What is the figure doing?
When you throw something heavy does your face look like this?
Relief and carved tiles inspired by nature
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