What Is Spartan Art And Culture
Julia, Genevieve, and Ridge
Spartan Art and Culture Spartan sculptors were active in pan-European sites such as Delphi and Olympia.Pausanias, traveling through Sparta in the second century AD, recorded hundreds of significant buildings – temples, monuments, tombs, and public buildings – that were part and parcel of Spartan art and culture. According to contemporary sources, Sparta was particularly renowned for its music and dance.
Spartan bronze works were coveted as gifts and imports.
Spartan poets were admired throughout the ancient world – and it was one of these who wrote the first recorded heterosexual love poems known today. Looking first at architecture, Sparta was distinguished by its early democracy and prosperity, and by the fact …show more content…
We know of four Spartan poets and lyricists whose works were admired throughout the ancient world, although only fragments of their work have survived the centuries. We know that people traveled great distances to witness the choral and dance contests of the Spartans at their various festivals, particularly the Gymnopaedia and the Hyakinthia. It is also recorded that the Spartans advanced into battle singing. Yet, as with all ancient Greek music and dance, nothing remains for the modern observer to grasp. It is left to our imagination. Sparta was known to be succesful in the more transient arts of music and drama for which we can expect little material evidence. The quasi-mythical law-giver Lykourgos sent the Cretan poet Thaletas to prepare the Spartan people for the new way of life he had planned for them. The education of boys was mainly physical, but they were taught some traditional spartan musical art forms, such as competetive choral singing and dancing.Girls reccived training in choral singing, dancing, and gymnastics. On the whole, Spartan women were less restricted than their counterparts in other city
Spartan Art and Culture Spartan sculptors were active in pan-European sites such as Delphi and Olympia.Pausanias, traveling through Sparta in the second century AD, recorded hundreds of significant buildings – temples, monuments, tombs, and public buildings – that were part and parcel of Spartan art and culture. According to contemporary sources, Sparta was particularly renowned for its music and dance.
Spartan bronze works were coveted as gifts and imports.
Spartan poets were admired throughout the ancient world – and it was one of these who wrote the first recorded heterosexual love poems known today. Looking first at architecture, Sparta was distinguished by its early democracy and prosperity, and by the fact …show more content…
We know of four Spartan poets and lyricists whose works were admired throughout the ancient world, although only fragments of their work have survived the centuries. We know that people traveled great distances to witness the choral and dance contests of the Spartans at their various festivals, particularly the Gymnopaedia and the Hyakinthia. It is also recorded that the Spartans advanced into battle singing. Yet, as with all ancient Greek music and dance, nothing remains for the modern observer to grasp. It is left to our imagination. Sparta was known to be succesful in the more transient arts of music and drama for which we can expect little material evidence. The quasi-mythical law-giver Lykourgos sent the Cretan poet Thaletas to prepare the Spartan people for the new way of life he had planned for them. The education of boys was mainly physical, but they were taught some traditional spartan musical art forms, such as competetive choral singing and dancing.Girls reccived training in choral singing, dancing, and gymnastics. On the whole, Spartan women were less restricted than their counterparts in other city