This document provides an overview of ancient Greek art from the Geometric period to the Hellenistic period, summarizing key characteristics of each period. It includes descriptions of important artworks created in each era such as kraters from the Geometric period, the Mantiklos Apollo statue from the Orientalizing period, the Kritios Boy and Riace Bronzes from the Early Classical period, sculptures from the Parthenon like the Lapith and Centaur, and works like the Nike of Samothrace and Venus de Milo from the Hellenistic period. A wide range of materials are also referenced, including pottery, marble, bronze and mosaic.

1. Ancient Greek Art William V. Ganis, PhD

2. Geometric Art

4. Geometric Krater from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens ca. 740 B.C.E. ceramic 40 1/2 in. high

5. Hero and centaur ca. 750-730 B.C.E. bronze approximately 4 1/2 in. high

6. Votive Statuette of a Horse late 8th Century B.C.E. bronze approximately 3 in. high

7. Orientalizing Art

8. Mantiklos Apollo ca. 700-680 B.C.E. bronze approximately 8 in. high

10. Corinthian black-figure amphora ca. 625-600 B.C.E. ceramic approximately 1 ft. 2 in. high

12. Lintel of Temple A Prinias, Greece ca. 625 B.C.E. limestone approximately 2 ft. 9 in. high

13. Archaic Art

14. Kourous ca. 600 B.C.E. marble 72 1/2 in. high

15. Calf Bearer (Moschophoros) from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 560 B.C.E. marble 65 in. high

16. Kroisos from Anavysos, Greece ca. 530 B.C.E. marble 76 in. high

17. Peplos Kore from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 530 B.C.E. marble 48 in. high

19. Temple of Hera I Paestum, Italy ca. 550 B.C.E.

20. Doric order Corinthian order Ionic order

21. Exekias Achilles and Ajax playing dice from Vulci, Italy ca. 540-530 B.C.E. ceramic approximately 2 ft. high

22. Andokides Painter Achilles & Ajax playing a dice game from Orvietto, Italy ca. 525-520 B.C.E. ceramic 21 in. high

23. Euphronios Herakles wrestling Antaios from Cerveteri, Italy ca. 510 B.C.E. ceramic 19 in. high

24. Temple of Aphaia Aegina, Greece ca. 500-490 B.C.E.

25. West pediment of the Temple of Aphaia Aegina, Greece ca. 500-490 B.C.E. marble approximately 5 ft. 8 in. high at center

26. Dying warrior from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece ca. 500-490 B.C.E. marble approximately 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. long

27. Dying warrior from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece ca. 490-480 B.C.E. marble approximately 6 ft. 1 in. long

28. Early Classical Art

29. Kritios Boy from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 480 B.C.E. marble 34 in. high

31. Warrior from the sea off Riace, Italy ca. 460-450 B.C.E. bronze 78 in. high

32. Zeus (or Poseidon?) from the sea off Cape Artemision, Greece ca. 460-450 B.C.E. bronze 82 in. high

33. Myron Diskobolus (Discus Thrower) ca. 450 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 61 in. high

34. Polykleitos Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) ca. 450-440 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 83 in. high

35. Polykleitos Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) ca. 450-440 B.C.E. 83 in. high

36. High Classical Art

38. Acropolis Athens, Greece

39. Iktinos and Kallikrates Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos Acropolis, Athens, Greece 447-438 B.C.E.

40. Iktinos and Kallikrates Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos Acropolis, Athens, Greece 447-438 B.C.E.

41. Phidas Athena Parthenos (model) Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 438 B.C.E. 38 ft. tall

42. Lapith versus Centaur Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens ca. 447-438 marble 4 ft. 8 in. high

43. Erechtheion Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 421-405 B.C.E.

44. Caryatids from the South Porch of the Erechtheion Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 421-405 B.C.E. marble figures approximately 91 in. high

45. Late Classical Art

46. Praxiteles Aphrodite of Knidos ca. 350-340 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 80 in. high

47. Lysippos Apoxyomenos (Scraper) ca. 330 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 81 in. high

49. Philoxenes of Eretria (detail) Battle of Issus From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy ca. 310 B.C.E. tessera Mosaic 8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.

50. Philoxenes of Eretria Battle of Issus (detail) From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy ca. 310 B.C.E. tessera Mosaic 8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.

51. Polykleitos the Younger Theater Epidauros, Greece 350 B.C.E.

52. Hellenistic Art

53. Nike of Samothrace from Samothrace, Greece ca. 190 B.C.E. marble 97 in. high

54. Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander Aphrodite from Milos (Venus de Milo) ca. 150-125 B.C.E. marble 79 in. high

55. Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander Aphrodite from Milos (Venus de Milo) ca. 150-125 B.C.E. marble 79 in. high

56. Aphrodite, Eros and Pan from Delos, Greece ca. 100 B.C.E. marble 52 in. high

57. Boethos of Kalchedon Herm of Dionysos ca. 100-50 B.C.E. bronze, ivory

59. Old Market Woman ca. 150-100 B.C.E. marble 54 in. high

60. Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes Laocoön and his sons 1st century C.E. marble 94 1/2 in. high