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Art and Architecture The Spread of Greek and Indian Artistic Styles through Trade

Art and Architecture The Spread of Greek and Indian Artistic Styles through Trade

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Art and Architecture

The Spread of Greek and Indian Artistic Styles through Trade

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Greek Art & Architecture

• Symmetrical• Geometric• Columns• Simple and beautiful • Spread across the Mediterranean in a process

known as “Hellenization” (from the Greek term for themselves, “Hellenes”)

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Sculpture

• natural and human-like• Often balancing on one leg (contraposto

stance)

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480 BCE

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Poseidon460 BCE

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Discobolus450 BCE

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Apollo Belvedere350 BCE

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Roman Empire Period sculptures; around 200 CE

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Buddha statue showing Hellenistic styling, created in modern Pakistan, 200s BCE

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Architecture

• Use of marble• Strong symmetry and use of geometric shapes• Often pillars supporting triangular roofs

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Parthenon – Greek Golden Age between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars

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Pantheon, Roman, Pax Romana Period

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Petra, Modern Jordan, showing Hellenistic influence after conquest by Rome

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Indian Art

• Lavish decoration• Ornate – LOTS of stuff going on• Depictions of flowers & plants• Use of stupas• Spread Throughout Southeast Asia, along with

Hinduism and Buddhism via trade routes

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Akshardam Hindu Temple, India

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Hindu Temple in Malaysia,

Southeast Asia

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Sculpture

• Many arms – shows the power of the Hindu deities

• Buddha and bodhisattva statues for Buddhists

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Lantao Buddhist Monastery, Hong Kong, China