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    Lesson 21. Western Operas

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    Neoclassicism featured art inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman styles, including painters like Jacques-Louis David who painted Oath of the Horatii. Romanticism embraced emotion, nature, history and social issues, represented by painters like Caspar David Friedrich and his work Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. In ancient Greek theater, tragedies honored Dionysus and had unhappy endings, while comedies like Lysistrata were humorous. Theater began as religious rituals and evolved structures like the orchestra, theatron, and skene.

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    Neoclassicism featured art inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman styles, including painters like Jacques-Louis David who painted Oath of the Horatii. Romanticism embraced emotion, nature, history and social issues, represented by painters like Caspar David Friedrich and his work Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. In ancient Greek theater, tragedies honored Dionysus and had unhappy endings, while comedies like Lysistrata were humorous. Theater began as religious rituals and evolved structures like the orchestra, theatron, and skene.

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    Neoclassicism featured art inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman styles, including painters like Jacques-Louis David who painted Oath of the Horatii. Romanticism embraced emotion, nature, history and social issues, represented by painters like Caspar David Friedrich and his work Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. In ancient Greek theater, tragedies honored Dionysus and had unhappy endings, while comedies like Lysistrata were humorous. Theater began as religious rituals and evolved structures like the orchestra, theatron, and skene.

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    Lesson 21. Western Operas

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    Neoclassicism featured art inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman styles, including painters like Jacques-Louis David who painted Oath of the Horatii. Romanticism embraced emotion, nature, history and social issues, represented by painters like Caspar David Friedrich and his work Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. In ancient Greek theater, tragedies honored Dionysus and had unhappy endings, while comedies like Lysistrata were humorous. Theater began as religious rituals and evolved structures like the orchestra, theatron, and skene.

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    QUIZ
    (RQ #1)
    List down atleast 2 painters from
    the Neoclassic and Romantic
    periods and write atleast
    1 of their paintings.
    (5mins.)
    REVIEW

    NEOCLASSI
    M
    ROMANTICIS
    M
    Neoclassic (New
    Classic)

    -describes an art style that


    borrowed features from the
    works of Ancient Greek and
    Roman Artists.
    ROMANTICISM, 1800s-1810s
    was a movement in which the artists of
    Neoclassical period sought to break new ground
    in the expression of emotion, both subtle and
    stormy. It embraced a number of distinctive
    themes, such as a longing for history,
    supernatural elements, social injustices, and
    natureLandscape.
    Western Classical
    Plays/Opera
    HISTORY of the
    Theatrical Forms and their
    evolution theater began from
    myth, ritual and ceremony.
    THEATER
    means ―place of
    seeing, but it is more than the
    buildings where performance
    take place.
    Ancient Theater
    700 B.C.E.-410 C.E.
    (Greek and Roman Theater)
    GREEK THEATER
    European theater began in
    Ancient Greece. It began
    around 700 B.C. with
    festivals honoring their
    many gods. One god,
    DIONYSUS, with a
    religious festival called,
    ―The Cult of Dionysus,
    to honor Dionysus (Di-
    on-i-sus), the god of wine
    and fertility.
    Three Types of Drama
    1.TRAGEDY
    is a compound of
    two Greek words, ―TRAGOS or
    "GOAT" and (ode) meaning
    "song”, referring to goats
    sacrificed to Dionysus before
    performances, or to goat-skins
    worn by the performers.
    In Greece, TRAGEDY was
    the most admired type of
    play. It dealt with tragic
    events and have an unhappy
    ending, especially one
    concerning the downfall of
    the main character.
    THESPIS was the first
    actor and introduced the use
    of masks and was called the
    "Father of Tragedy”
    THE THREE WELL-KNOWN GREEK
    TRAGEDY PLAYWRIGHTS

    EURIPIDES

    SOPHOCLES AESCHYLUS
    Three Types of Drama

    2. COMEDY
    derived from
    imitation; there were no traces of
    their origin. Aristophanes wrote
    most of the comedy plays.
    EXAMPLES OF COMEDY
    1. LYSISTRATA
    a
    humorous tale about a strong
    woman who led a female
    coalition to end war in Greece.
    2. CYCLOPS
    was an
    adventurous comedy by
    Euripides.
    Three Types of Drama

    3. SATYR PLAY
    contains
    comic elements to lighten the
    overall mood or a serious play
    with a happy ending. The satyr
    play was a short, lighthearted
    tailpiece performed after each
    trilogy of the tragedies.
    ANCIENT THEATER TERMS

    1. ORCHESTRA: A large circular or


    rectangular area at the center part
    of the theatre, where the play, dance,
    religious rites, and acting took place.
    2. THEATRON- viewing place on
    the slope of a hill.
    3. SKENE – stage.
    4. PARODOS- side entrance.

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