Hellenistic Greece

The Hellenistic Age was the period of Greek Culture between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to when the Roman Empire absorbed Greece and other parts of the Greek world around 31 BC or 27 BC. Before Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire, there was little influence of Greek culture outside of the Greek world. After his conquest, aspects of the Greek culture was found in Egypt, Asia as well as the Middle East. “The Hellenistic world incorporated a number of different people, Greek

Nicholas Faddoul Chapter 4: Ancient Greece Section 1: Early Civilizations Mountains two peninsulas pretty much make Greece 80% of Greece is mountainous Plains and river valleys made up much of Greece Seas The Aegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian Seas make the borders of Greece The Black Sea was also an important Sea that the Greek used Minoans and Mycenaeans In 2800 B.C., was created a Bronze age civilization on the Island of Crete It was called the Minoan Civilization The Minoans were not Greek

The Hellenistic period occurred from 323-31 BC and brought forth a new idea of passion in art. This historical time period succeeded the Classical Era of Ancient Greece, where sculptures were made for an idealistic perfection. However, during the Hellenistic art period, sculptures endured a stylistic change. Artists no longer felt required to portray people as ideals of beauty or physical perfection. Sculptors took inspiration from pathos and drama to display exaggerated, dramatic, emotion-filled

The transition between Hellenic periods to Hellenistic period became tangible in every element of life due to dilution of Greek culture by the globalization of Macedonia of Alexander the great. Undoubtedly, the art went into change in first hand, hence it’s the reflection of life. So to say, the Hellenic art evolved to a type art which is more empiricist, individualist, realistic and still respectful for the art discipline of the ancient Greeks. Even though the evolution of Hellenic art is perceivable

IN WHAT WAYS WERE THE ROMANS HEIRS TO GREEK AND HELLENISTIC CIVILIZATION? The Hellenistic civilization marked an important time in Greek culture. This was the period between 323 and 31 BC, at one point the Greek society changed from being withdrawn and localized to an aggressive multinational, unprotected, and eager culture that infused together southwest Asia and eastern Mediterranean. The Hellenistic world involved many different people but the Greeks’ thinking and way of life influenced

​There are two main periods in Greece history, Hellenic and Hellenistic period. They have some similarities but they are significantly different. Many people believe that the Classical era is the most impressive due to the success in literature, science, philosophy and architecture, which does not mean that the Ancient Greece is less significant. While in Hellenic era they saw rising and falling of the polis in Hellenistic era it was more about war and fighting for among the prevailing dynasties

know at the time that Macedonia would become a powerful and successful kingdom. The Macedonian Kingdom worked for many great achievements. The Macedonians spread Hellenistic culture throughout most of the West. Lead by Alexander, the Macedonians also had great expansion. They also made landmarks in science and mathematics. The Hellenistic world’s greatest achievements were the spreading of their knowledge to the areas they conquered and the Macedonian expansion. First of all, to spread knowledge

330-300 B.C. They date back to the Hellenistic Greek period. Hellenistic period starts from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt. This time period Greek cultural power was at the top in Europe, Africa and Asia. It experienced an influx of arts, literature, architecture, math, science and etc. The jewelry was made by Leochares in the beginning for the fourth century B.C. The Hellenistic Jewelry was made in current day Greece. The Ganymede Jewelry consists

scholars to distinguish this statue as Hellenistic rather than Archaic. The modelling of the back is one of the biggest alterations that occurs between actual kouros from the archaic period and the Piombino Apollo. The back of the statue is much more artistically advanced than the front regarding modelling (Ridgway 1967: 48). The subtle modelling of the muscular structures and ridges of the spine of the back suggest the desired realism of the Hellenistic era, instead of the basic and ridged ‘idealized’

As the Hellenistic society shifted away from the Classical ideals of perfectionism and idolization of the elites and gods in sculpture, artists began to be fixated on illustrating imperfection of a variety of individuals faced with ruthless authenticity of their emotional struggles. Whereas, Classical architecture focused on dedicating massive structures to the gods to emphasize their divinity, but Hellenistic architecture used advanced technology to exemplify Alexander the Great’s magnificence.