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?