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Ancient Greece
Map
Consumer Goods
Coins
Alphabet
Human Figure
Egyptian Art
Corinth
Athens
Battle with Persians
Philip II
Alexander “The Great”
Battle between Titans and Sky gods
Mt. Olympus
Zeus
• Thunder and lightening bolt
• Sacred – eagle and oak tree
Hera
• consort of Zeus• mature woman• cow and peacock
Poseidon
• holds a three-pronged spear
• horse
Hestia
• sacred flame burns as the communal hearth
Demeter
• Mother of Persephone
• Reason for seasons
Hades
• His helmet makes the wearer invisible
Apollo
• brother of Artemis. Son of Zeus and Leto
• carries bow & arrows or sometimes a lyre
• dolphin and laurel
Ares
• vulture and dog
Aphrodite
• myrtle, dove, sparrow and swan
Hephaestus
• Lame, married to Aphrodite.
• Carries hammer, wears a blacksmith’s apron
Artemis
• carries bow and arrows
• accompanied by hunting dogs
• deer and cypress
Athena
• Wears helmet, and carries shield
• owl and olive trees
Hermes
• Wears winged sandals and hat
• Carried a caduceus
Persephone
• Goddess of the underworld
• fertility
Dionysus
• Shown surrounded by grapevines and grape clusters
• Carries a wine cup• His female
followers are called maenads
Eros
• carries bow and arrows
Eos
• Goddess of the dawn
Pan
• half man/half goat• Carries pan pipes
Nike
• Goddess of Victory
Geometric Period (900-700BCE)
Orientalizing Period (700-600BCE)
Archaic Period (600-480BCE)
Early/Transitional Period (480-450BCE)
5th Century (450-to end of 5th century BCE)
4th century Period (400-320BCE)
Hellenistic Period (320-31BCE)
Architectural Orders
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Basic Parts of a Column
Geometric Period
Geometric Period (900-700BCE)
Proto-Geometric Example
Diplyon Vase, 750BCE, Geometric
Detail
Orientalizing Period
Orientalizing Period (700-600BCE)
Olpe Example
Archaic Period
Archaic Period (600-480BCE)
Vase Types
Archaic Sculpture Features
• “Archaic smile”• Fully frontal• Arms at side or
engaged• For men – one leg
in front• Heavy features• Eyes open wide• Ovid shaped head
Ergotimos (potter) and Kleitias (painter), Francois Vase, c.570,
Archaic Period
Exekias, The Suicide of Ajax
NY Kourous, c.580, Archaic
Anavysos Kouros
Peplos Kore, c.530BCE, Archaic
Classical Period
Characteristics of Greek Classical Art
• Humanism – “Man is the Measure of all things.”
• Rationalism – “Know thyself”
• Idealism – “Nothing in excess”
Early/Transitional Period (480-450BCE)
Kritian Boy (Kritios Boy), c.480BCe, Classical
Contrapposto
Comparison
Riace Warrior, c.460-450BCE, Classical
Conservation
Myron, Discobolos (The Discus Thrower), c. 450BCE, Classical