Greek art

Greek art is the result of the mixture of different elements of Greek culture during its development, elements that were the basis of Western culture. With the human body as the fundamental motif of their works, they sought ways of expressing movements and emotions through it, associating it at all times with the myths of the time, literature and daily life in Greece. The models of Greek art have been classics for those of us who live today and their architectural styles have been recreated for many years.

Greek art is a mixture of elements that together formed the basis of Western and Greek culture through the adoption of ancient cultures and the perfection of the elements it included, creating a new and innovative art.

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Characteristics of Greek art

Greek art is a broad and interesting subject, its main features and characteristics are as follows:

It uses aesthetic idealism to give a perfect vision.
His works have proportionality and balance.
They seek to represent the human figure in a perfect way, both in drawing and sculpture, so they focused largely on athletics to show perfect and muscular bodies.
It is based on anthropocentrism.
They manifest nature as an idealised form full of simplicity and proportion, clarity and unity.
His knowledge of anatomy was extensive.
The gods Zeus and Athena were highlighted at all times.
They focused on the use of Greek mythology to make their sculptures.

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Background information

Greek art was part of the Hellenistic culture and was not a homogeneous type of culture because it had a variety of tribes that formed it and at the same time were united by common ancestors who shared the same language and religion. The historical antecedent that marks the starting point of Greek art was the Invasion of the Dorians in the 12th century B.C. It arose together with the crisis of Athenian democracy and the wars of Peloponnese that were already shown in the type of dramatic sculpture of the time that together with realism tried to manifest human feelings without leaving aside the religious part.

History

The historical origin of Greek art dates back to the movements of the peoples during the Bronze Age, the period between the first and second millennia before our times, approximately in the years 1100 and 100 BC. The invasions of the Balkan Peninsula by the Achaeans created different colonies in which the Greeks imposed their civilization resulting in a civilization with similar characteristics.