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In ancient Greece was a very high level of fine art that is largely due to the religious beliefs of the Greeks, with the presence in them of anthropomorphic religion, impelled the Greeks to depict the gods in the form of people.
Archaeological excavations in the Crimea, the territory of the peninsula Heracleian allowed to reconstruct the rural life of the citizens of the ancient Greek city of Chersonese. In the IV century BC, the western part of the peninsula Heracleian serving at sea in the form of a small promontory, was divided into a flat road network by about 80 sites on St. Clair 4-4,5 ha each. On the site there was a homestead, consisting of a central courtyard surrounded by residential, utility rooms, among which were, and wineries. To handle such a small area did not need to contain numerous slaves. With work to cope family owner of the site. At the turn of the IV and III century BC, was produced disengagement sites throughout the rest of the peninsula. Back in the archaic period as an imitation of stone and metal seals are cut out images on glass using metal cutters or nail files. It was a much less labor-intensive than the carving on the stone-gems. To this end, produced a two-layer glass by dipping a glass vase or plate into the liquid glass mass of another color. After cooling, the top layer of glass was treated with a cutter. Greek city, with similarities in the principles of planning, while at the same time had their own individual characteristics.
Archaeological excavations have revealed traces of settlement there of the XVI century BC. During this period, was built defensive wall of the city. Open street this time, width 1, 85 m, a few houses, gutters, ceramic stove. In the XI century BC, Ionians moved here from mainland Greece. Starting from the VIII century BC, Miletus becoming a major trade and crafts center. Houses were one and two bedroom in the form of an elongated rectangle, had mud or stone floors. The layout of the city was irregular. |