This document provides information about Greek art motifs and discusses details versus whole pieces of art. It includes examples of art details showing common Greek myths and legends. Students are instructed to select and copy an art detail showing a monster from a piece of Greek art into their sketchbook. The details will then be enlarged and combined to create a frieze decoration for a Halloween party.

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2. Greek Art III Last time you looked at the images of Greek art, and identified recurring motifs and looked at the difference between a whole piece of art and a detail. A recurring motif is a subject, a figure, a theme, an idea, a shape, a colour scheme or a pattern that is used again and again.

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4. Greek Art III This is what is called a detail And so is this Here is the whole piece of art.

5. Greek Art III Whole piece of art or detail? Whole piece

6. Greek Art III Whole piece of art or detail? Whole piece Exekias. Internal view of cup. Dionysius crossing the sea. Circa 535 BC. Munich.

7. Greek Art III Whole piece of art or detail? Detail Meidias Painter. Hydria. Detail: Phaon playing the lyre, winged Himeros in front of him. Florence.

8. Greek Art III This detail of a vase shows a common theme in Greek art, myths and legends. Andokides Painter. Amphora. Detail: Herakles and cerberus. Circa 510 BC. Paris, Louvre.

9. Greek Art III Greek Mythology is a collection of stories from Ancient Greece. These stories are about: Gods & Goddesses such as Aphrodite, Zeus or the Titans. Heroes & Heroines such as Odysseus, Theseus, and Ariadne Lovers & Legends for example the legend of Echo and Narcissus, and the story of Eros and Psyche Creatures & Chimerae the monsters of Greek mythology - the Sphinx, Medusa, and the Chimera Detail, Theseus and the Minotaur Athenian black-figure vase, ca. 550 BC

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26. Artist’s Sketchbook In your sketch book you are going to draw a detail of a piece of Greek art showing a monster. Use your viewfinder to select a detail. Copy the detail into your sketchbook.

27. Artist’s Sketchbook Try to copy the original piece of art as carefully as possible and add in all the details. We will be using this drawing for a special class project.

28. Artist’s Sketchbook Once you have drawn the detail in your sketch book we are going to enlarge it using a square grid. We will combine all your monsters into a Greek frieze to decorate the walls for the Halloween party.

29. Artist’s Sketchbook Once you have drawn the detail in your sketch book we are going to enlarge it using a square grid. We will combine all your monsters into a Greek frieze to decorate the walls for the Halloween party.