Cycladic Civilization
3000-1600 BCE
Female Cycladic figures
c. 2500, marble
Minoan Civilization
2000-1450 BCE
The Palace at Knossos
1600-1400, plan reconstruction staircase
The Queen's Megaron with dolphins' fresco
Knosses, 1700-1300
Toreador Fresco (Bull Jumping)
Knossos, 1500, reconstruction
Snake Goddess
Knossos, 1600, faience
Spring Fresco
Thera, (Santorini) 1600-1500
The Flotilla Fresco
1500, Thera
Octopus Vase
1500, terracotta
Mycenaean Civilization
1600-1100 BCE
Arial view of Mycenae
Greece, 1600-1200
Lion Gate
1300, limestone,relief
Tholos tomb
(Treasury of Atreus) 1300, stone
Mask of Agamemnon
1500, Gold
Rhyton
ancient greek drinking horn
Megaron
main hall or central living space of a house
Corbel, corbel vault
used in the lion gate, did it in gym the blocks hold eachother up
Heraldic pose
lion looking towards the observer
Tholos
circular structure often a temple
King Minos
Ruled during the peak of Aegean civilization
Geometric style
900-700 BCE
Geometric amphora
c. 750 BCE, terracotta, Dipylon cemetery
Griffin-head protome
c. 650 BCE, bronze
Archaic style
600-400 BCE
Siphnian Treasury at Delphi
525 BCE, Delphi
The Temple of Hera I
550, Paestum, Italy
The Temple of Hera II
500, Paestum, Italy
Kore
630, limestone
New York Kouros
600, Marble
Kriosos
540-525, marble
Chios Kore
520, marble
Central portion of the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis at Corfu
600
Dying Warriors, from teh pediments of the Temple of Aplaia
500, marble
Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice
Artist: Exekias, 540-530, terracotta, black-figure amphora
Dancing Revelers
artist: Euthymides, 500, terrocotta, red-figure amphora
Classical Style
480-323
The Kritios Boy
480, marble
Poseidon/Zeus
450, bronze
Diskobolus
450,roman marble copy of bronze original, artist: Myron
Warrior from Riace
450, bronze with bone, glass paste, copper inlay
Doryphoros or Spear Bearer
440, roman marble copy of bronze original, artist: Polykleitos
Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, west pediment of the Temple of Zeus
Olympia, 460, marble
Hermes
320, roman copy artist: Praxiteles
Aphrodite of Knidos
340, roman marble copy, artist: Praxiteles
Niobid Painter, kalyx krater including Death of the Children of Niobe
450, terracotta, red-figure krater
The Acropolis
Athens, 427-405
The Parthenon (Athena Parthenos, Dionysos, Three Goddesses, Lapith
and Centuar, Horsemen)
The temple of Athena
The Erechtheum
Theater at Epidauros
Third century
Hellenistic style
323-31 BCE
Dying trumpeter fo Pergamon
230, roman copy, bronze original
Nike of Samothrace
190, marble
Drunken Old Woman
late 13th century, roman copy
Altar of Zeus
180, marble, from Pergamon
The Battle of Issos (Alex and the Persians)
100, mosaic copy from Pompeii of Helenistic painting
Amphora, Krater
two handed pot with a slender neck
used for diluting wine
Doric
simplest
Ionic
more flutes than doric, have a small base to stand on
Corinthian
elaborate capitals
Volute
scroll-like on ionic base/capitol
Architrave
cheif beam
Frieze
wide central section part of an entablature
metope
rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs
triglyph
seperates metopes
cornice
horizontal crown or mold that completes a building or wall
entablature
horizontal moldings and bands above columns
naos
temple
peripteral temple
temple or structure surrounded by a single row of columns
ballustrade
low wall placed along stairs or entryways
agora
central square in greek cities and stuff
Human-headed cinerary urn
650, terracotta
Sarcophagus of a married couple
Cerveteri, 520, terracotta
Apollo of Veii
510, painted terracotta
Capitoline Wolf
500, bronze
Arringatore
first century, bronze
Tomb of hunting and Fishing
520, Targuinia, fresco
Burial chamber, Tomb of the Reliefs
third century, Cerveteri
Tumulus (tumuli)
mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves