01:190:205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Orientalizing Period, Hieratic, Odysseus
18 Mar 2016
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Recap: dark ages = after the collapse of the mycenaean palaces diaspora out of mainland greece (find out dates) Huge develops from 1000-800 bce (around 600 bce monumental architecture emerges) + stable communities. Prehistory of the greeks indo-european origins. Basic pottery: great for dating things: proto-geometric: 1050-900 bce, geometric: 900-700 bce (rediscover fast wheel) Some used as grave markers + hieratic scale (dead = larger than life ) mimicked with homer"s characters/heroes: proto-corinthian and proto-attic: 725-625 bce. Imitating art from syria and egypt + animals are common. Proto-corinthian odysseus and polythemus (late 7th: black figure: 625-480 bce, red figure: late 6th . More human emotion: white ground: 5th and 4th bce. Why so much time on homer: status of epic in early archaic place of the narrative in lit & art, significance of troy in social political issues in archaic and classical.
