The Art of Ancient Greece c. 800-323 BCE
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The Art of Ancient Greece
c. 800-323 BCE
Map of
AncientGreece
Geometric c. 1000-700 BCE
Geometric amphora,two handled storage jar, 8th Century BCE;From Dipylon
Orientalizingc. 700-600 BCE
Polyphemos Painter, amphora 675-650 BCEOrientalizing Style
Archaic Style (from the Greek word archaios, meaning “old”) (c. 600-480 BCE)
Panathenaic Amphora with Runners, c. 520 BCE,Attributed to Euphiletos painter.
Exekias, amphora Achilles and Ajax playing a Board Game 540-530 BCEArchaic Style
Exekias, amphora Achilles and Penthesilea 525 BCEArchaic Period
Euphronios (painter) and Euxsitheos (potter), Death of Sarpedon during the Trojan War,c. 515 BCE,From an Italian grave.
Detail of the Death of Sarpedon during the Trojan War, c.500 BCE
Late Archaic to Early Classical
Style ( c.530-400 BCE)
Berlin Painter, bell krater, showing the Abduction of Europa by Zeus 490 BCE
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New Style, what differences to you see?
Penthesilea Painter, cup interior showing Achilles and Penthesilea 455 BCE Late Archaic Classical
Death of the Children of Niobe, Niobid Painter, c. 455-450 BCE
Classical to Late Classical Style (c. 450-
323 BCE)
Reed Painter, Warrior by a Grave ( c.410 BCE)Classical period
Hellenistic Period300-30 BCE
Battle of Issus, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii, Also known as “Alexander Mosaic,” First Century CERoman copy from the Hellenistic period in Greece
Alexander the Great
Persian King Darius, from…
Sculpture Orientalizing
Style: Seventh Century BCE
Terrace of the Lions, Delos, Italy , 7th Century BCE
Sculpture, Archaic Style c. 600-480 BCE
Note: Refer to your sculpture hand out
New York Kouros from Attica(c. 600 BCE)Archaic Sculpture period
Differences?Similarities?
Peplos Kore 530 BCE)Archaic period
Early Classical Style
Sculpture c. 480-450 BCEClassical Style
c. 450-400 BCE
The Kritios Boy, from the Acropolis 480 BCEEarly Classical Style
Poseidon/Zeus, found in the sea off Cape Artemision 450 BCE)Early Classical Period
Myron, Diskobolos, (Disk Thrower), 460-450 BCEEarly Classical
Warrior from Riaci(c. 450 BCE)Early Classical Style
Polykleitos, Doryphoras (Spear Bearer) 440 BCE)Classical style
Attributed to Polykleitos, Wounded Amazon, c. 430 BCE)Classical StyleWhy is thisAttributed to Polykleitos?
•c. 430 BCE)Classical Style
Stele of Hegeso, ( c. 410-400 BCE)Classical Style
The Development Of
Ancient Greek Architecture and
Architectural SculptureArchaic Style c. 600-480 BCE
View of Apollo’s Temple at Corinth, (c. 500 BCE)Archaic architecture, Early Doric
What are the two ordersRepresented here?
The Parthenon-
Temple of Athena Nike
Seated gods from the Ionic Frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, 530-525 BCEArchaic style, Ionic
Apollo with Lapith and Centaur, center of the west Pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia. 465-457 BCE
Handout
Two short films about the Parthenon
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Parthenon.htm
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/ancient_greece_and_rome/room_18_greece_parthenon_scu.aspx
The Parthenon, AthensDesigned by architects Iktinos and Kallikrates in 448 BCE. Phidias, supervised the sculptures. 448-432 BCE, Classical Style, Doric Order
Lapith and Centaur, from the south metope XXVII of the Parthenon, 432 BCEClassical Period
Equestrian Group from the north Ionic frieze of the Parthenon, c. 442-439 BCE, Classical style
Temple of Athena Nike from the east, Acropolis, Athens
Temple of Athena Nike from the east, Acropolis, Athens,
427-242 BCEClassical StyleIonic Order
Nike Adjusting Her Sandal, from the balustrade of the temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis 410-409 BCE, Classical period
The caryatid porch of the Erechtheum, south side, Acropolis, Greece , 421-405 BCE, Classical Period, Doric Order
Theatre at Epidauros, (c. 350 BCE)Late Classical Style
Late Classical Style Sculpture 4th Century BCE
Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knido, (c. 350 BCE)Late Classical Style Sculpture
Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Athlete with a Strigil), A Roman copy of the bronze original, c. 320 BCEHellenistic Style
Attic Grave Stele, from near Athens.(c. 650-660 BCE)Late Classical period
Hellenistic Sculpture
(323-31 BCE)
Winged Nike (Winged Victory) From Samothrace, (c. 190 BCE)Hellenistic period
Aphrodite at Melos (also called Venus de Milo), (c. 150-125 BCE)Hellenistic StyleRevival style of the sensual female from Praxiteles during the Classical Period
Boxer, Late 2nd to early 1st CenturyHellenistic Period
Laocoön and His Two Sons,1st century CE Laocoön and his son. Roman copy of a Hellenistic statue adds a son on the left,
Great Altar of Zeus, west front reconstructed and restored, from Pergamon, 180 BCE, Hellenistic
Athena Battling with Alkyoneus, from the great frieze of the Pergamon altar, East Section, c. 180 BCE, Hellenistic period
Summary of Greek Style Techniques:Vase paintingGeometric (c. 100-700 BCE)Orientalizing (c. 700-600 BCE)Black-Figure (c. 600-480 BCE)Red-Figure (c. 530-400 BCE)White-ground (begins c. 420 BCE)
Monumental SculptureOrientalizing (c. 700-600 BCE)Archaic (c. 600-480 BCE)Early Classical (c. 480-450 BCE)High Classical (c. 450-400 BCE)Late Classical (c. 400-323 BCE)Hellenistic (c. 323-31 BCE)