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It’s Greek to Me
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Mary BaumTWU
EDUC 5131Spring 2011
5th Grade Art
It’s Greek to Me
“It’s Greek to me” is a phrase claiming that an expression can not be understood, either because it is complex or an error. http://www.ubuntux.org/black-screen-during-installation-please-
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What does this mean?
It’s Greek to MeIt may be used with respect to expressions with a lot of jargon, or language of the disciplines of math, or science.
http://www.stuffintheair.com/mathematical-precitions-of-weather.html
It’s Greek to Me
It makes reference to the Greek language and the Greek alphabet.
http://www.selu.edu/admin/greeklife/its_all_greek_to_me/index.html
Why do you think that is?
Greek: Parthenon
Greek or Roman, Which Came First?
Roman: Coliseum
http://newmexicoindependent.com/24755/roman-coliseum-to-be-lit-in-honor-of-new-mexico
http://www.powerplaces.org/emailpromo/crete_2006_conference/
Was it the Roman Coliseum?
The Coliseum was a place where a lot of people could sit and watch entertainment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum
Was it the Roman Coliseum?
It was built of concrete and marble and limestone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseumhttp://www.romanlife-romeitaly.com/ancient-roman-colosseum.html
Was it the Roman Coliseum?
The entertainment was mostly people killing animals, or people killing each other. It was almost exactly like a football stadium today.
http://www.roman-colosseum.info/
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Modern “Coliseums”Imagined
http://www.thecowboyscentral.com/2011/02/cowboys-stadium-still-seeks-deal-for-official-name.html/
http://wizardinglife.com/tag/quidditch/
Was it the Greek Parthenon?
The Parthenon was a temple to Athena built on top of the highest hill in Athens, the Acropolis (Acropolis means High City).
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Parthenon.htm
Was it the Greek Parthenon?
The architects of the Parthenon set out to make it the best temple ever. Most Greek temples had six columns across the front – the Parthenon has eight.
http://puffin.creighton.edu/eselk/intro-phil_on-line-course/Intro-phl-ol_Plato_Apology-Crito/Parthenon-history-sculpture_pg3.htm
http://www.students.sbc.edu/mdavis04/Parthenon%20Gallery%20of%20Images.htm
Was it the Greek Parthenon?
Inside the temple, the architect carved a huge statue of Athena made out of gold and ivory. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill.
http://arthistory.sdsu.edu/568/568_1/1_3.html
Modern “Parthenon”
http://www.visitingdc.com/memorial/lincoln-memorial-picture.htm
http://www.mountainviewcoins.com/Lincoln_Cents.php
http://www.weblo.com/asset_image/466133/78955/The_Lincoln_Memorial/
Greek: Parthenon
So, Greek or Roman, Which Came First?
Roman: Coliseum
http://newmexicoindependent.com/24755/roman-coliseum-to-be-lit-in-honor-of-new-mexico
http://www.powerplaces.org/emailpromo/crete_2006_conference/
Greek Came First
It was the great age of developing ideas in art, science, politics and more.
In art Romans were influenced by the Greeks who were absorbed into their empire.
http://www.artic.edu/cleo/MapGreece.html
http://www.artic.edu/cleo/MapItaly.html
Classical Greece 500-338BC
Roman Empire 27 BC – AD 1453
Greek Art
Very few Greek painted pictures have survived the 2500 years since they were painted. So most of what we know about Greek art comes from the pictures they painted on fancy pottery. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/24.97.30
Greek Art
Pottery, even if it gets broken, can be put back together, and a good deal of it has even survived whole, mostly in Etruscan tombs.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1976.11.5
Greek Art
But by around 450 BC, just eighty years after the invention of red-figure painting, hardly any vases were still being produced. We don't really know why this happened. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/
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Greek Art
Maybe the Athenians were rich enough that they didn't need to sell their pottery to other people. Also, the Etruscans, who had bought a lot of this pottery, were no longer doing very well by 450 BC, and maybe they couldn't afford to buy Athenian pottery anymore.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/56.11.1
What’s Your Story?
Both kinds of Greek Pots have pictures that tell a story.What story will you put on your clay pot?
How to Make a Pot by Handhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgyc7zqrmXU
How to Make a Pot by Handhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0peUY2cfeE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_to_mehttp://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/colosseum.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/architecture/parthenon2.htm
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/athena.html http://www.artic.edu/cleo/index.html http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/History/ http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/art/pottery/greekpots.htm
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