History of mankind is divided into many periods. It is believed that this method allows you to better understand the past. The most ancient periods in which mankind existed are called archaic. What this concept means and where it is used can be found in the article.
Translation and general meaning
The word comes from the Greek language and is translated into Russian as "ancient" or "ancient". What is the meaning of the word "archaic"? There are two of them in dictionaries.
The first means an early stage in the historical formation of a phenomenon. The second meaning is described in more detail, since this is the name of the period in the art of Ancient Greece. That is, the archaic is the period that preceded the classics.
Archaic period of Ancient Greece
The period was introduced by historians in the eighteenth century. It dates back to 750-480 BC. Such time frames were not taken in vain. In 750 BC, there was a peak of a sharp increase in the Greek population and an improvement in its material well-being. The archaic period ended in 480 BC when Xerxes invaded Hellas.
Archaic is the concept of the culture of Ancient Greece. It arose as a result of the study of Greek art, namely decorative and plastic.
Later, the concept spread to the entire history of art and public life in Hellas. During the archaic period, there was a significant development of philosophy, political theory, poetry, theater, as well as the rise of democracy and the revival of writing.
Scholar Anthony Snodgrass criticizes the term "archaic" for the history of ancient Greece. For him, archaism is primitiveness, therefore it is unacceptable to apply such a concept in relation to Hellas of that time. He considers this period the most fruitful in world history. What is this historical phenomenon in general terms?
Archaic culture
This period in its historical development precedes the civilized world. It is the earliest form of human collectivity with a corresponding culture and beliefs.
Archaic is a certain constant that guarantees the constant and stable reproduction of a socio-cultural object. Time in this culture is an endless chain of returning to the origins. Thanks to this, the world never changes and remains at the stage of its emergence.
What is archaic for the spiritual world of man? It represents the absolute immutability of life. Its mechanisms protect a person from new models of behavior in the world. Sociocultural mechanisms hinder the emergence of new desires.
The existing myth of a constant return to the origins gave a person of this period the opportunity to overcome the transience of his being. The world in this culture was distinguished by its orderliness. He remained as he was when he was created out of chaos.
The principles of archaism are the basis of the ethnic cultures of human history. The archaic was finally introduced into the sphere of art in the period of the New Age.
