Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Presentations

conquests of Alexander the great
Asia minor
 Persia
Egypt Greece
some of India

why did he stop?
Because of the mountains.

Is he known as one of the best leaders of all time?
Yes.

do they know exactly how he died?
No.

B


I give myself an A.

Presentations

conquests of Alexander the great
Asia minor
 Persia
Egypt Greece
some of India

why did he stop?
Because of the mountains.

Is he known as one of the best leaders of all time?
Yes.

do they know exactly how he died?
No.

B


I give myself an A.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Greece

Hellenic Age
considered classical period
greek called themselves the classic greeks
many greats artsists and philosphers emerged
appeal of glassical greek art helped explain their art
the greeks expressed harmony, balanced, and proportion

severe style
becan to explore emotions and characters of their subjects
sculptures took on a relaxed but balanced pose known as contrapposto

highly classical style

"The classical revolution influenced sculptors to bring in harmony to their theories of proportion, which expressed for the human body the idea norm with total realism"
this sense of harmony reached new heights in the work of Polyclitus of Argos
polyclitus of argos
greek scultors in bronze
one of the most important sculptors of classic antiquity

fourth century B.C.
the peloponnesian war defeated the powerful athens and weakened sparta
macedonia

Fourth Century style

Three new sculpture trends emerged in fourth century style

alexander the greak
was king of macedon in northeast Greece

A

helmets
used to protect nose cheek and head
made of bronze
also protected the neck

aspis is also called a hoplon
made out of wood
circulate and concave
reach from shoulder to knee
had decoration that identified city
who was sacrotes?
a philosopher

what did he do?
come up with a theory the earth didn't revolve around the world

what happened?
he died.
C

Thursday, April 7, 2011

4/7/2011

A rap was just done


Who came up with the law of physical displacement?
Archimedes

who invented geometry
Euclid
who invented pi?
greeks (pythagoras)
B

alexander's youth

Alexander
born in 356 B.C. In Pella, Macedonia
mother was Olympias, she told him he was the son of a Greek god which made him feel divine
olympias was of much lower status than Philip which cause problems throughout Alexander's childhood.
Philip married many times
conquered many lands
suffered with his troops
known of being one of the greatest generals
died age of 33

who was the father of Alexander the Great?
anexander was the pupil of ___

parthanon
who was it designed by?
designed by phidius
what style was it?
doric style
who was on inside, and who was on out?
gods on outside, regular people on the inside.
what was it used for?
to worship gods and goddesses

B

plate and socrates wrote a dialogue called the allegory of cave
it was about prisoners how have been chained down in this cave and who are unable to see themselves
these people who were in this cave were everyday people who think they were actually seeing real things when really they were only seeing shadows of things
A

Monday, March 21, 2011

more movie

Paricles born into one of Athen's most elite families
he knew what they want
a city fit to rule an empire
Proposed a parthanon- most astonishing buildings
most beautiful building ever built up to that point
Total budget of more than a billion dollars
Selected architects
selected man who designed plans
directly involved in planning process
when building was completed his critics were silenced
Embelished temple like no other
though astonishing statue has been lost in history
others have survived for over 2000 years
500 foot long stretch of carved marble still stays
2 1/2 inches thick
offered citizens an image of themselves
Include all citizens that helped beat off persians
paraclese well away of city's stature
citizens excel in everything
partner was unique
woman of charm, style, intellect
paraclese treated her an an equal
 Aspasia
Most famous and influential group in history
not restricted to elite
shadow of acropolis sits world's first theater
festival of drama
home of popular entertainment
incredibly noisy
Greek tragedies show human beings not able to change destiny
Greeks invented theater
Greeks invented drama
two kinds
tragedy
comedy
perform in masks
eadipus
hubris- arrogant
for all athenian's enthusiasm

Friday, March 18, 2011

more movie

Mr Schick said he killed a man.
I wasn't going to, but you said someone would. So I did.


Themisticalies *Spell fail*
Clear he didn't come from the land
touchy he wasn't aristocrat by birth
Learned skills of greatness
showed himself to be one of history's greatest leaders
savior of his city
knew Persians may still be danger
If they came again, they wouldn't be defeated
bold new strategy
most advance weapon of the day
trireme
174 horsemen on three levels
astonishing speed
war ship
stroke of luck
great vein of silver in territory
worth 100
vast amount in ancient world
Bluffed
Able to do it because of political skill
force of 200 triremes
xerxes
Began to gather forces
aricle's response was they would die
Salamis is an island right off of athens
Greeks won over Persians
Delian league- Greek control

Thursday, March 17, 2011

review

In the beginning of class we talked about tsunamis.
Tyranny
514 BC
Hippias's brother was murdered
He knew aristocrats were the ones most dangerous
and he was right
Clithenese (Spellfail) wanted power from Hippias
Once every three years men would come to compete with athletic skills
this was ancient Olympic games.
Greeks found civilized way to show heroic ideal
shared wife with spartan kingdom
Dictator ruled with Spartans
revolution
No possibility for aristocrats
design revolutionary governmental system for revolutionary political system
Citizens could stand and address fellow citizens
Agora
Every nine days vote on every issue
from raising taxes to building roads
to price of figs to declaration of war
Ordinary people could be her,oes in politics
System of government that would transform
Pheideppedes Ran a marathon
not for glory but survival
About to be conquered by mighty Persian empire
dodging spears from men in front and men behind
All be aware of was you needed to keep stabbing and keep to your feet
Never have imagined Greeks won glorious victory
 Slaughtered 6000 Persians in one day
Themistosles
Clear he didn't come from land
stories told he was touchy that he wasn't born an aristocrat