How do people use art to communicate about current events in their world?

1. How do people use art to communicate about current events in their world? Vocabulary Parthenon Athena frieze procession Amphora caryatid Acropolis

2. GREEK ARCHITECTURE They have three main columns. The Doric, Ionic and the Corinthian.

3. The Parthenon and the Acropolis 447-432 B.C., Athens

5. Parthenon, 447-432 B.C., Athens. Plan of the Acropolis of Athens.

6. Girard National Bank, Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, 1824. Modern house inspired by Greek architecture

7. Philadelphia Museum of Art

8. Side view of the Erechtheion and the porch with Ionic columns Porch of the Maidens (Caryatid porch) of the Erechtheion, Acropolis, ca 410 bce (the 2nd largest building on the Acropolis)

9. The Temple of Athena Nike (Victory) at the Acropolis.  The capital style in this building is Ionic, the second style of the three main architectural orders of ancient Greece. Corner of the "Basilica" at Paestum, Italy.  This Doric style structure is from c.550 bce.

11. The display gallery holding the actual marbles collected by Lord Elgin from the Parthenon

12. These are called the Elgin Marbles. It was the frieze that went around the inner wall of the Greek Parthenon. They are named the Elgin marbles for the British scholar who took them out of the Parthenon and brought them to England.

13. These carvings go the whole way around the room and show different scenes of the Precession to Athena. It was like a parade that went through the town of Athena in honor of the goddess Athena. It ended at her temple, the Parthenon, where gifts were laid at the feet of her statue.

15. Here people are shown bringing a bull which will probably be sacrificed.

16. The section to the right of me shows men on horses that are rearing up. That particular section is in our art history book.

17. Horsemen from the Procession on the Ionic frieze on the north side, ca 440 bce (sculptor: Phidias) Detail of the Procession in the Ionic frieze on the east side: Marshals and Young Women

18. These figures came from a section under the peak of the roof. Each end of the building had carved figures like these. They are supposed to be carvings of the Greek gods. The tallest one would have been in the peak. The frieze was found on the wall behind the outer set of columns.

19. These lovely ladies were from the other side of the triangular area.

20. GREEK VASES AMPHORAS have two handles and a narrow neck. See if you can find some.

22. In the museum I visited in London there were rooms with walls that were lined with Greek amphoras.

23. Look at the wonderful patterns and designs. I was in art heaven! So much to see.

24. Trojan War Playing board games

25. Olympic races People with horses. Geometric style

26. A rocky hill in Athens, which is considered the "Sacred Rock," the most important site of the ancient city. A monumental temple for the goddess Athena built on the Acropolis in Athens between 447 and 432 B.C

27. ACROPOLIS: A rocky hill in Athens, which is considered the "Sacred Rock," the most important site of the ancient city.PARTHENON: A monumental temple for the goddess Athena built on the Acropolis in Athens between 447 and 432 B.C

28. A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure

29. CARYATID: A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure

30. A two handled vase with a narrow neck usually used to carry liquids.

31. an amphora! Amphora: A two handled vase with a narrow neck usually used to carry liquids

32. - THE MEN OF GREECE THEY BUILT THE PARTHENON THEY PUT A FRIEZE AROUND IT FOR ATHENA WHEN SHE’S GONE THEIR AMPHORA’S HAD NARROW NECKS AND TWO HANDLES ON BOTH SIDES THEY FILLED THEM UP WITH OLIVE OIL AND USED THEM AS A PRIZE