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Art of Ancient Greece: Geometric-Archaic
Reading:Stokstad, 101-119
Range:900-500 BCEGeometric, Orientalizing and Archaic
Terms/Concepts:Doric, Ionic, architrave, frieze, porch, pronaos, naos, cella, peristyle, stereobate, stylobate, colonade, triglyph, metope, capital, echinus, abacus, drum, volute, continuous frieze, shaft, flute, archaic smile, canon of proportions, symposium, krater, amphora.
Monument List: Terracotta Krater, Geometric
Greek, 750-700 BCE Olpe (Pitcher), Corinth
Orientalizing Period, 650-625 BCE.
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, Archaic, c. 500 BCE.
Metropolitan Kouros, Attica, Archaic, c. 600 BCE
Anavysos Kouros, Cemetery at Anavysos, near Athens, c. 530 BCE
Chronological Overview & Cultural Connections
Chronological Overview & Cultural Connections
Overview of Periods
Geometric c. 900-700 BCEOrientalizing c. 700-600 BCEArchaic c. 600-480 BCE
Mycenae
Terracotta Krater, Dipylon Cemetery, Greece, Geometric Greek, 750-700 BCE
Terracotta Krater, Dipylon Cemetary, Greece, Geometric Greek, 750-700 BCE
Corinth
Olpe (Pitcher), Corinth Orientalizing Period, 650-625 BCE.
Rosettes
Blocks of Color
Black Figure Technique
Varieties of Domestic and Foreign Animals
Olpe (Pitcher), Corinth Orientalizing Period, 650-625 BCE.
LionsDeer
Goats/Ibexes
Panthers
Boars
GeeseBulls
*Others include: dogs, rams,
rabbits, sphinxes, griffons, etc.
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, Archaic, c. 500 BCE.
AltarTemple
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, Archaic, 500 BCE
Cella or Naos
Pronaos
Opisthodomos
Colonade/Peristyle
Doric Order
Doric Vs. IonicContinuous FriezeTriglyphs and Metopes
Echinus
Volutes
BaseNo Base
East
West
Metropolitan Kouros, Attica, Archaic, c. 600 BCE
The Berlin Kore, Cemetery at Keratea, near Athens, Archaic, 570-560 BCE
Metropolitan Kouros, Archaic, 600 BCE
Mentuemhet, Egyptian Prince, Late Period, c. e. 6th century.
Anavysos Kouros, Cemetery at Anavysos, near Athens, c. 530 BCE
Peplos Kore, Acropolis, Athens, Archaic, c. 530 BCE
Archaic Smile
A Turning Point
Kritios Boy, Athenian Acropolis, Early Classical, c. 480 BCE
Critical Thinking Questions
1. What is the “Archaic Smile?” What purposes may it have served?
2. What are the differences between the Doric and Ionic Orders? Be able to cite examples.
3. What are some similarities between Mycenaean art and Geometric art? What are some differences?
4. What changes do you see in the treatment of the human form in life size statuary from the beginning to the end of the Archaic period?
5. Why is it problematic to call the Archaic period “archaic”? Why did 19th-century art historians use this term?