amphora
a two-handled jar used for the storage and transport of wine, oil, dried fish, and other commodities.
krater
an ancient Greek wide-mouthed bowl for mixing wine and water
Geometric style Greek pottery
is characterized by motifs, such as meanders, triangles, swastikas and other abstract geometrical decoration.
The Dipylon Vase
name | Dipylon Vase
artist | unknown
period | Geometric (Ancient Greek Art)
date | circa 750 BC
Red Figure Pottery
developed in Athens around 530 BCE and remained in use until the late 3rd century BCE. name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background.
Black Figure Pottery
especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE. Figures and ornaments were painted on the body of the vessel using shapes and colors reminiscent of silhouettes. Delicate contours were incised into the paint before firing, and details could be rei
Archaic Greek Art
600-480 BCE (7th & 6th centuries). Influenced by Egyptian art. figures are stiff, archaic smile, naturalism, interest in accuracy of ideal human form.
Classical Greek Art
a style of greek art associated with the classical period, 500 - 338 BC. Sculpture showed idealism, symmetry, and naturalism but NOT individualism. Architecture demonstrated balance & harmony, a sense of perfection, order, and beauty. Doric and Ionian ord
Doric style
A simple style of Classical architecture, characterized in part by smooth or fluted column shafts and plain, cushionlike capitals, and a frieze of metopes and triglyphs.
Doric Column
The Doric column is the oldest and simplest Greek style--its found on the Parthenon in Athens. This column features fluted sides, a smooth rounded top, or capital, and no separate base.
Ionic Column
Ionic columns are identified by the scroll-shaped ornaments at the capital, which resemble a ram's horns called volutes. The Ionic column rests on a rounded base.
Corinthian column
Corinthian columns are the latest of the three Greek styles and show the influence of Egyptian columns in their capitals, which are shaped like inverted bells. Capitals are also decorated with olive, laurel, or acanthus leaves. Corinthian columns rest on
Caryatid
a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
Hellenistic Greek Art
323-31 BCE (3rd, 2nd, 1st centuries) Art displays strong sense of movement and emotion. No longer focused on the ideal.
Polykleitos
Greek High Classical Sculptor; devised mathematical formula for representing the perfect male body;
Praxiteles
Ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC), who sculpted figures that were more lifelike and natural in form and size.
Peplos Kore
an Archaic Greek statue of a standing, draped female. Peplos Kore
Kouros
Greek word for "male youth." An Archaic Greek statue of a standing, nude youth.
Kritios Boy
[Classical] (480 BCE). Introduction of the contrapposto, body standing naturally. Slight turn to the body head not strictly frontal but a bit to one side. Transitional piece between Archaic and Classical art.
Doryphoros or Spear Thrower
Spear Thrower, early classical, 440BC, Polykleitos, copy from bronze original canon proportion 1/7, contrapposto.
, Statue that is recognized because of its embodiment of human beauty b/c of ordered proportions, fine muscle tone and rugged features.
Bronze Riace Warrior
The Bronzi di Riace or Riace Warrior
(Young Warrior), found in the sea off Riace, Italy. Bronze with bone and glass eyes, silver teeth, and copper lips and nipples, 460-450 BCE.
Nike of Samothrace
It is a 2nd century BC marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike. It is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world. It is estimated to have been created around 190 BC. Its purpose is storytelling. It was created not only to honor the goddess but
Aphrodite of Knidos
Praxiteles. Roman marble copy after an original of ca. 350-340 BCE. Approx. 6' 8" high. Vatican Museums, Rome.
First nude statue of a goddess. praxiteles turns marble into "flesh" late classical. Not meant to be erotic Considered ideal for the time.
Aphrodite of Melos
hellenistic. Ideal erotic beauty (also called Venus de Milo). C. 150 BCE. Marble, height 6'10" (2.1 m). Louvre, Paris.
cella
the chief room of a Greek temple, where the statue of the god was located and, frequently, the temple's treasure was kept.
naos
cella, a room with no windows that usually housed the cult statue of the deity
pronaos
The space in front of the cella, or naos, of an ancient Greek temple
portico
a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
peristyle
a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
stylobate
The uppermost course of the platform of a Greek temple, which supports the columns.
stereobate
In Greek architecture, the stepped base on which a temple stands.
colonnade
structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
peripteral
In classical architecture, a colonnade all around the cella and its porch(es). A peripteral colonnade consists of a single row of columns on all sides; a dipteral colonnade has a double row all around.
Parthenon
the main temple of the goddess Athena. built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture
The Acropolis
the religious center of Athens
Acropolis plan
Erechtheion
Mnesikles. Caryatid - Porch of Maidens. A temple to Athena and Poseidon. The layout was very odd because it was built around a saltwater spring and an olive tree that were already there. It is Ionic. This is said to be where Athena and Posiden had their g
Temple of Athena Nike
Kalikrates. Ionic temple that Greets visitors to the sanctuary. Celebrates Athena as bringer of victory against the Persians at marathon. The young Nike's Image is repeated dozens of times. 427-424 BCE
Nike Adjusting Her Sandal
[Classical] (410 BCE)
� From the temple of Athena Nike
� Graceful winged figure modeled in high relief
� Deeply incised drapery lines reveal body, wet drapery
Greek Temple plans
Frieze
middle element layer of an entablature usually decorated with sculpture, painting or molding.
Metope
the rectangular spaces between the triglyphs of a Doric frieze. These were usually plain but occasionally decorated
Triglyph
a triple projecting, grooved member of a Doric frieze that alternates with metopes
Alexander the Great
356-323 b.c., king of Macedonia 336-323: conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India.
Grave stele of Hegeso
The marble grave stele of Hegeso, found in Kerameikos, Athens
Date: 410-400 BC.
Grave stele, made of Pentelic marble, found in 1870 in the ancient cemetery of the Kerameikos. An Athenian lady seated on a chair, her feet resting on a footstool, looks at a
Niobides Krater
Late Classical
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater known as the "Niobid Krater"
Date: Circa 460-450 BC
The Niobid Painter, probably inspired by the large frescoes produced in Athens and Delphi, decorated this exceptional krater with two scenes in which the many
Plaque of the Ergastines
High Classical
This sculpted plaque is a perfect example of Classical Greek art from the frieze decorating the exterior of the Parthenon temple, built between 447 and 432 BC to glorify Athens and its divine protector, Athena. It shows one of the high poin
Helios, horses, Dionysus (Heracles?), East Pediment, Partenon
Located in the Acropolis,
Athens, Greece,
Date: circa 438-432 BC
High Classical
The central section of the east pediment of the Parthenon showed the birth of Athena. The myth was not often depicted in classical times, although it had been popular in the A
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
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The greatest example of Hellenistic Greek sculpture, the colossal Altar of Zeus at Pergamon, near Izmir (Turkey), is a monumental work of Greek art built by King Eumenes II of the Attalid dynasty, from about 166 to 156 BCE. The altar is ador
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
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The greatest example of Hellenistic Greek sculpture, the colossal Altar of Zeus at Pergamon,
Circa 166 to 156 BCE.
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon plan
Athenian agora site plan