Section 5: The Spread of Greek Art & Culture


How does Hellenistic Greek Art differ in comparison to its Classical Greek predecessors?

How did the rule of Alexander the Great affect the spread of Greek Art?

How is Market Woman quite different compared to other Greek sculptures?

Explain the 'S-Curve' in sculpture - particularly with Aphrodite of Melo.

How did Darius change the economic, political and architectural areas of the Persian Empire?

Compare the Etruscan Apollo to that of any other figure sculpture.

Terms To Know

mosaic
tesserae
foreshortening
modeling
 
undercutting
Daric
sarcophagus
 

 

 

Artwork to remember

Nike Of Samothrace Aphrodite of Melo
(Venus de Milo)
Ishtar Gate Laocoon & His Sons
Dying Gallic Trumpeter Alexander Confronts Darius III
(Battle of Issus)
Darius' Apadana She-Wolf (with Romulus &Remus)