The Craftsmen: The Art Of Ancient Greek Art

Ancient Greece art is beautifully decorated by the craftsmen. Art was made with bronze, gold, silver but the most that Greeks used to make is metal to make art. But there was something stronger than metal, it was…..iron, iron is harder than metal. Metal can be melted down and made into something else, many metal sculptures and other metal items were melted down so they could be for other things. The Greeks made many things like bowls and vases, cauldrons, knives and daggers, shields, armour, decorative drinking cups, and lanterns. They also made fine jewellery such as necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pins, and rings. Most the jewellery decorative was found on flowers and leaves, mythical creatures, lions, and snakes. Art in Greece has many hundreds
Ancient Greece art is built on the acropolis of Athens. Ancient Greece is mainly in five forms: architecture, sculpture, painting, painted, pottery, and music. Art sculptures were made with many things. Art sculptures were made with bronze or
Some Greeks made sculptures and small statues. Sumerians made art like temple statues and figures on the plaques, steles, vases, bowls and cylinder seals. Also soldiers made the same things as craftsmen made. Greek art and sculpture has had a profound effect throughout the ages. Many of the styles have been reproduced and copied by some of what the modern day audiences would class. Mycenaean art is the first era in which we find surviving examples of Greek art. The Greeks used many different types of materials in their sculptures including stone, marble and limestone as these were abundant in Greece. Greek sculptures are very important because some of the statues or information of the Gods, Heroes, Events, Mythical Creatures and Greek Culture in general. The Greeks learnt a lot from the Mycenaens. The Greek passion for arts was the solid stone statue. Greek sculptures are divided into 7 time periods which are: Mycenaean or Dark Age, Proto-Geometric, Geometric Art, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic. Mycenaen art is the first era which we find surviving examples of Greek art. Some sculptures are still surviving from war and battle attacks by other