Geometric and Archaic Greek Art
Sub-mycenaean
Proto-geometric (E,M,L)
Geometric (E,M,L) ca. 1000-700 BCE
Archaic ca. 650-490 BCE
Classic ca. 490-330 BCE
Hellenistic 323- ca. 50 BCE
Graeco-Roman ca. 50 BCE on
The Proto and early-geometric period
The Dipylon Amphora, mid-8th century BC,
National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Terracotta krater
(the Hirschfeld Workshop)
Period: Geometric
Date: ca. 750–735 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 108 cm
Terracotta amphora
Period: Geometric
Date: 8th century BC
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 68 cm
Bronze horse
Period: Geometric
Date: 8th century B.C.
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 17 x 13 x 3 cm
Statuette of a deer
nursing her fawn
Geometric Period
8th century B.C.
The Archaic period
Kouros
Athens,
Ca. 590–580 B.C.E.
Marble, 1.96m
Kleobis and Biton/Castor and Polux
by Polymedes of Argos, found at Delphi.
• The
The Kouros of Samos
5.25m
Kouros of Apollonas, Naxos, ca. 11m.
Moschophoros (calf-bearer), the Athenian Acropolis,
ca. 560 BCE, 1.65m (originally)
The Piraeus Apollo, Athens
(possibly from Delos), ca. 530 BCE, 1.92m.
The temple of Artemis,
Corfu, ca. 580 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
Signed by Nearchos as potter,
ca. 570 B.C., Attic
Terracotta; black-figure, ca. 8 cm)
Amasias
560-515 ca.
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Amasis Painter
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 550–530 B.C
Exekias
550-530 ca.
Late archaic red-figure
vase, Athens, ca. 490.
Herm
Archaic Period
Size: 25.5 cm
Medium: Terracotta
Temple of Hephaestus, Athens, 5th ct. BCE (Doric, peripteral)
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Hand drawing recommended.