The Art of Ancient Greece

c. 800-300 BCE

Map of

AncientGreece

Geometric c. 750 BCE

Geometric amphora,two handled storage jar, 8th Century BCE;From Dipylon

Orientalizingc. 650 BCE

Polyphemos Painter, amphora 675-650 BCEOrientalizing Style

Archaic Style (from the Greek word

archaios, meaning “old”)

(c. 550 BCE)

Priam Painter,Women at a Fountain House,c. 520-510 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

Ajax on the right says, Tria “Three.” And Achilles counters with Tesara “four.” They are believed to be playing dice.

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

Severe or

Early Classical Style (c.480

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. 450-350 BCE)

Reed Painter, Warrior by a Grave ( c.410 BCE)Classical period

Hellenistic Period(c.250 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?

Kroisos, from Anavysos, Greece, c. 530

New York Kouros from Attica(c. 600 BCE)

Calf Bearer (Moschophoros), dedicated by Rhonbos on the Acropolis, Athens, c 560 BCE

Dying Warrior from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina Greece, c 490 BCE

Peplos Kore 530 BCE)Archaic period

Early Classical Style

Sculpture c. 480-450 BCE

The Kritios Boy, from the Acropolis 480 BCEEarly Classical Style

Late Classical PeriodHellenistic Period 3rd through the

1st Century

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) Classical styleRoman copy from Pompeii, original c. 450-400 BCE

 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

Late Classical PeriodHellenic Period 3rd through the

1st Century

Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos. Roman marble copy of an original c 350-340 BCE

Praxiteles, Hermes and the infant Dionysos, from the temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece, c. 340, or copy of 0riginal work c. 330-270 by grandson.

Praxiteles, Hermes and the infant Dionysos,(c. 340-270)

Polykleitos, Doryphoras (Spear Bearer) 440 BCE)

Compare and contrast

Grave Stele of a young hunter found near the Ilissos River, Athens Greece, c. 340-330 BCEAttributed to Skopas

Lysippos, Apoxyomenos, Roman marble copy of bronze original c. 330 BCE

Lysippos, Weary Herakles, Roman marble copy, c. 320 BCE

Hellenistic Sculpture

(323-31 BCE)

Dying Gallic Trumpeter (Dying Gaul)Roman copy after the original bronze of 220 BCE

Face detail of theDying Gallic

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,

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 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

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

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