the art of ancient greece c. 800-323 bce

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)