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Ancient Greece
1
Khafre 2575 ndash 2525
BCE
Ramses II 1275 ndash 1225
BCE
1300 Year Difference
2
Youth Ca 600 BCE
Laocoon 1st Century
BCE
500 Year Difference
3
4
5
6
Mount Olympus
7
8
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Khafre 2575 ndash 2525
BCE
Ramses II 1275 ndash 1225
BCE
1300 Year Difference
2
Youth Ca 600 BCE
Laocoon 1st Century
BCE
500 Year Difference
3
4
5
6
Mount Olympus
7
8
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Youth Ca 600 BCE
Laocoon 1st Century
BCE
500 Year Difference
3
4
5
6
Mount Olympus
7
8
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
4
5
6
Mount Olympus
7
8
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
5
6
Mount Olympus
7
8
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
6
Mount Olympus
7
8
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Mount Olympus
7
8
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
8
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
9
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Egyptian Gods
A Greek God
10
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
11
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
bull Because the ancient Greeks believed in anthropomorphic gods how would this affect the figural representations (way of representing the human form) in their art
12
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Four major artistic periods
1 Geometric ndash the earliest ndash 9th-8th
centuries BCE
2 Archaic ndash known for painted pottery and kouroi statues 7th-6th century BCE
3 Classical ndash The perfection of the human form heroic figures that barely show any emotion 5th-4th centuries BCE
4 Hellenistic ndash After the death of Alexander the Great very expressionistic emotional and sometimes erotic 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
13
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Geometric Art
14
900 ndash 700 BCE
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Dipylon Amphora Dipylon Krater 15
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Dipylon
Krater
16
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
17
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
18
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Figure 5-3 Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos) from OlympiaGreece ca 750ndash730
BCE Bronze 4 12rdquo high Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (gift of J Pierpont)
19
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Orientalizing
Early 7th Century BCE Greeks came in contact with the civilizations of the ancient near east and Egypt Adopted
many of their motifs (subjects or themes) that this period is called the Orientalizing Period
20
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Mantiklos Apollo
ca 700-680 BCE
bronze
approximately 8 in high
More interest in details
Dedication scratched into thighs
21
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Corinthian black-figure amphora
ca 625-600 BCE
ceramic
approximately 1 ft 2 in high
Design is not a narrative ndash just motifs of local
and exotic animals as well as imaginary
ones
Black slip (watery liquid clay) over red clay
22
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Plan of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
23
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Lintel of Temple A
Prinias Greece
ca 625 BCE
limestone
approximately 2 ft 9 in high
24
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25
Lady of Auxerre statue of a goddess or kore ca 650 ndash 635 BCE approx 2 feet high
25