Greece

1. Ancient Greece

2. The Greek World

3. Geometric Period
900 – 700 BCE

4. Centaur, from
Lefkandi, Euboea,
Late 10th c. BCE.
Ceramic, height
14”.

5. Ancient Greek Vessel Shapes

6. 6
Geometric krater,
from the Dipylon
cemetery, Athens,
Greece, ca. 740 BCE.
3’ 4 1/2” high.

7. 7
Hero and centaur
(Herakles and
Nessos?), from
Olympia,Greece,
ca. 750–730 BCE.
Bronze, 4 1/2”
high.

9. Corinthian black-figure amphora with
animal friezes, from Rhodes, Greece,
ca. 625–600 BCE. 1’ 2” high.
Corinthian black-figure amphora with
animal friezes, from Corinth, Greece,
ca. 600 BCE. 11 ½ ” high.

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Mantiklos Apollo,
statuette of a youth
dedicated by Mantiklos to
Apollo, from Thebes,
Greece, ca. 700–680 BCE.
Bronze, 8” high.

12. 12
Lady of Auxerre, ca. 650–
625 BCE. Limestone, 2’ 1
1/2” high.

13. 13
Kouros, ca. 600 BCE.
Marble, 6’ 1/2” high.

14. 14
Calf Bearer,
dedicated by Rhonbos on
the Acropolis, Athens,
Greece,
ca. 560 BCE. Marble,
restored height 5’ 5”;
fragment 3’ 11 1/2” high.

15. 15
Kroisos, from Anavysos,
Greece, ca. 530 BCE.
Marble, 6’ 4” high.

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Peplos Kore, from the
Acropolis, Athens,
Greece, ca. 530 BCE.
Marble, 4’ high.

17. Kore,
from the Acropolis, Athens,
Greece,
ca. 520–510 BCE. Marble, 1’
9” high.

18. Temple Architecture

19. Plan of Temple A, Prinias, Greece, ca.
625 BCE.

20. Peripteral Greek Temple
Plan of a typical peripteral Greek
temple.

21. Greek
Temple
Plans

22. Compare Doric and Ionic Orders

23. FRIEZE
ARCHITRAVE
STYLOBATE
PEDIMENT
RAKING CORNICE
CORNICE

24. TRIGLYPHS
METOPES

25. Plan of the Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy, ca. 550 BCE.

26. stereobate

27. Temple of Hera I (“Basilica”), Paestum, Italy, ca. 550 BCE.

28. Paestum, Italy
Background: Temple of Hera I (“Basilica”), ca. 550 BCE,
Foreground: Temple of Hera II, ca. 470 – 460 BCE.

29. West pediment from the Temple of Artemis,
Corfu, Greece, ca. 600–580 BCE.
Limestone, greatest height 9’ 4”.

32. Reconstruction drawing of the Siphnian
Treasury, Delphi, Greece, ca. 530 BCE.

33. Gigantomachy, detail of the north frieze
of the Siphnian Treasury, Delphi,
Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Marble, 2’ 1” high.

34. Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 500–490 BCE.

35. Plan (left) and GUILLAUME-ABEL BLOUET’S 1828 restored view of the
façade (right) of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 500–490
BCE.

36. Dying warrior, from the west pediment of the
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 500–490 BCE.
Marble, 5’ 2 1/2” long.

37. Dying warrior, from the east pediment of the
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca. 480 BCE.
Marble, 6’ 1” long.

38. KLEITIAS and ERGOTIMOS, François Vase (Athenian black-figure
volute krater), from Chiusi, Italy, ca. 570 BCE.
General view (top) and detail of centauromachy on other side
of vase (bottom). 2’ 2” high.

39. EXEKIAS, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from an Athenian
black-figure amphora), from Vulci, Italy, ca. 540–530 BCE. Whole vessel
2’ high; detail 8 1/2” high.

40. EXEKIAS,
The Suicide of Ajax,
ca. 540–530 BCE.
AMASIS PAINTER,
Dionysos with Maenads,
ca. 540 BCE, 13”.

41. ANDOKIDES PAINTER, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (Athenian
bilingual amphora), from Orvieto, Italy, ca. 525–520 BCE. Black-figure
side (left) and red-figure side (right). 1’ 9” high.

42. EUPHRONIOS (painter) and Euxitheos (potter),
Death of Sarpedon, ca. 515 BCE, 18”.

43. EUPHRONIOS, Herakles wrestling Antaios (detail of an Athenian red-figure
calyx krater), from Cerveteri, Italy, ca. 510 BCE. Whole vessel 1’
7” high; detail 7 3/4” high.

44. EUTHYMIDES, Three revelers
(Athenian red-figure amphora),
from Vulci, Italy, ca. 510 BCE. 2’
high.
PRIAM PAINTER, Women at a
Fountain House, 520-510 BCE, 21”.

46. Temple of Zeus at Olympus (470 –
457 BCE)
• First great monument of Classical art and
architecture
• Since it is largely in ruins today, compare to Temple
of Hera II at Paestum (believed to have been
influenced by Temple of Zeus)
• Statuary of east pediment of Temple of Zeus remain
• How do they differ from Archaic statuary?

47. Temple of Hera II, Paestum, Italy, ca. 460 BCE,
modeled on the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

48. East pediment from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia,
Greece, ca. 470–456 BCE. Marble, 87’ wide.

49. 49
Seer, from the east
pediment of the
Temple of Zeus,
Olympia, Greece,
ca. 470–456 BCE.
Marble, full figure 4’
6” high; detail 3’ 2
1/2” high.

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Athena, Herakles,
and Atlas with the
apples of the
Hesperides,
metope from the
Temple of Zeus,
Olympia, Greece,
ca. 470–456 BCE.
Marble, 5’ 3” high.

53. Kritios Boy, from the
Acropolis, Athens, Greece,
ca. 480 BCE. Marble, 2’ 10”
high.

56. Charioteer, from the
Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi,
ca. 470 BCE. Bronze, 5’ 11”.

57. Warrior, from the sea
off Riace, Italy, ca. 460–
450 BCE. Bronze, 6’ 6”
high.

58. CONTRAPPOSTO

59. Zeus (or Poseidon?),
from the sea off Cape
Artemision, Greece,
ca. 460–450 BCE.
Bronze, 6’ 10” high.

60. 60
MYRON, Diskobolos
(Discus Thrower).
Roman marble copy of
a bronze original of ca.
450 BCE,
5’ 1” high.

61. Pan Painter,
Artemis
Slaying
Actaeon, ca.
470 BCE
14 5/8”
high.

63. Polykleitos, Doryphorus

64. 64
POLYKLEITOS,
Doryphoros
(Spear Bearer).
Roman marble
copy from
Pompeii, Italy,
after a bronze
original of ca.
450–440 BCE, 6’
11” high.

65. 65
KRESILAS, Pericles.
Roman marble herm
copy of a bronze
original of ca. 429
BCE.
Full herm 6’ high;
detail 4’ 6 1/2” high.

66. Plan of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece,
with diagram of sculptural program (after Andrew
Stewart), 447–432 BCE.

67. IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES, Parthenon, (Temple of Athena
Parthenos, looking southeast), Acropolis, Athens, Greece,
447–438 BCE.

68. Aerial view of the Acropolis looking southeast,
Athens, Greece.

69. Model of the Acropolis, Athens, ca. 447 - 432 BCE

70. PHIDIAS,
Athena Parthenos,
in the cella of the
Parthenon, Acropolis,
Athens, Greece,
ca. 438 BCE.
Model of the lost
chryselephantine statue.

72. Helios and his horses, and Dionysos (Herakles?),
from the east pediment of the Parthenon,
Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438–432 BCE.
Marble, greatest height 4’ 3”.

73. Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and
Aphrodite?), from the east pediment of the
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438–
432 BCE. Marble, greatest height 4’ 5”.

76. Details of the Panathenaic Festival procession frieze, from the Parthenon, Acropolis,
Athens, Greece, ca. 447–438 BCE. Marble, 3’ 6” high. Horsemen of north frieze (top),;
seated gods and goddesses (Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis) of east frieze (center),
Acropolis Museum, Athens; and elders and maidens of east frieze (bottom).

78. MNESIKLES, Propylaia (looking southwest), Acropolis,
Athens, Greece, 437–432 BCE.

79. 79
Plan of the
Erechtheion,
Acropolis,
Athens,
Greece, ca.
421–405
BCE.

80. Erechtheion (looking northwest), Acropolis,
Athens, Greece, ca. 421–405 BCE.

82. 82
Caryatid from the south porch
of the Erechtheion, Acropolis,
Athens, Greece, ca. 421–405
BCE. Marble, 7’ 7” high.

83. KALLIKRATES, Temple of Athena Nike,
Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 427–424 BCE.

84. 84
Nike adjusting her sandal,
from the south side of the
parapet of the Temple of
Athena Nike, Acropolis,
Athens, Greece, ca. 410
BCE. Marble, 3’ 6” high.

85. 85
Grave stele of
Hegeso, from the
Dipylon cemetery,
Athens, Greece, ca.
400 BCE. Marble, 5’
2” high.

86. ACHILLES PAINTER, Warrior
taking leave of his wife
(Athenian white-ground
lekythos), from Eretria,
Greece, ca. 440 BCE.
Approx. 1’ 5” high.
STYLE OF THE ACHILLES
PAINTER, Woman and Maid,
ca. 440 BCE. Approx. 15” high.

87. NIOBID PAINTER, Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe (Athenian
red-figure calyx krater), from Orvieto, Italy, ca. 450 BCE. 1’ 9” high.

88. PHIALE PAINTER, Hermes bringing the infant Dionysos to
Papposilenos (Athenian white-ground calyx krater),
from Vulci, Italy, ca. 440–435 BCE. 1’ 2” high.

89. Youth diving, painted ceiling of the Tomb of the Diver,
Paestum, Italy, ca. 480 BCE. 3’ 4” high.

91. 91
PRAXITELES,
Aphrodite of Knidos.
Roman marble copy
of an original of ca.
350–340 BCE. 6’ 8”
high.

92. PRAXITELES
or his
followers,
Hermes and
the infant
Dionysos,
from the
Temple of
Hera,
Olympia,
Greece.
Marble,
7’ 1” high.

93. 93
Grave stele of a
young hunter,
found near the
Ilissos River,
Athens, Greece,
ca. 340–330 BCE.
Marble, 5’ 6”
high.

94. 94
LYSIPPOS,
Apoxyomenos
(Scraper). Roman
marble copy of a
bronze original of
ca. 330 BCE, 6’ 9” high.

95. 95
LYSIPPOS,
Weary Herakles
(Farnese Herakles).
Roman marble copy
from Rome, Italy,
signed by GLYKON OF
ATHENS, of a bronze
original of ca. 320 BCE.
10 ‘ 5” high.

96. 96
Head of Alexander
the Great, from
Pella, Greece,
third century BCE.
Marble, 1’ high.

97. GNOSIS, Stag hunt, from Pella, Greece, ca. 300 BCE.
Pebble mosaic, figural panel 10’ 2” high.

98. Hades abducting
Persephone,
detail of wall
painting from
tomb 1, Vergina,
Greece, mid-fourth
century
BCE, 3’ 3 ½ ”
98

99. PHILOXENOS OF ERETRIA, Battle of Issus, ca. 310 BCE. Roman copy
(Alexander Mosaic) from the House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy, late
second or early first century BCE. Tessera mosaic, approx. 8’ 10” X 16’
9”.

100. POLYKLEITOS THE YOUNGER, Theater, Epidauros,
Greece, ca. 350 BCE and later.

101. THEODOROS OF PHOKAIA, Tholos, Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, Delphi,
Greece, ca. 375 BCE.

102. POLYKLEITOS THE YOUNGER, Corinthian capital, from
the tholos, Epidauros, Greece, ca. 350 BCE.

103. 103
Choragic Monument
of Lysikrates, Athens,
Greece, 334 BCE.

104. Temple of the Olympian Zeus, Athens,
Greece, mainly 2nd century BCE.

106. PAIONIOS OF EPHESOS and DAPHNIS OF MILETOS, Temple of Apollo,
Didyma, Turkey, begun 313 BCE. Plan (left) and aerial view (right).

107. Restored view of the city of Priene, Turkey,
fourth century BCE and later.

108. Stoa of Attalos II, Agora, Athens, Greece, ca. 150 BCE
(with the Acropolis in the background).

109. Reconstructed west front of the Altar of
Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey, ca. 175 BCE.
Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

110. Athena battling Alkyoneos, detail of the gigantomachy frieze, from the
Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey ca. 175 BCE. Marble, 7’ 6” high.

111. 111
EPIGONOS(?),
Gallic chieftain
killing himself and
his wife. Roman
marble copy of a
bronze original of
ca. 230–220 BCE,
6’ 11” high.

112. EPIGONOS(?), Dying Gaul. Roman marble copy of
a bronze original of ca. 230–220 BCE, 3’ 1/2” high.
Museo Capitolino, Rome.

113. 113
Nike alighting on a warship
(Nike of Samothrace), from
Samothrace, Greece,
ca. 190 BCE. Marble, figure
8’ 1” high.

114. 114
ALEXANDROS OF
ANTIOCH-ON-THE-MEANDER,
Aphrodite (Venus de
Milo), from Melos,
Greece,
ca. 150–125 BCE.
Marble, 6’ 7” high.

115. 115
Sleeping satyr
(Barberini Faun),
from Rome, Italy,
ca. 230–200 BCE.
Marble, 7’ 1”
high.

116. 116
Seated boxer,
from Rome, Italy,
ca. 100–50 BCE.
Bronze,
4’ 2” high.

117. Old market woman, ca. 150–100 BCE.
Marble, 4’ 1/2” high.
Veiled and Masked Dancer, late 3rd or
2nd century BCE. Bronze, 8 ½ ” high.

118. POLYEUKTOS,
Demosthenes.
Roman marble copy of
a bronze original of ca.
280 BCE. 6’ 7 1/2” high.

119. ATHANADOROS, HAGESANDROS, and POLYDOROS OF RHODES, Laocoön and
his sons, from Rome, Italy, early first century CE Marble, 7’ 10 1/2” high.

120. 120
ATHANADOROS,
HAGESANDROS, and
POLYDOROS OF
RHODES,
head of Odysseus,
from Sperlonga, Italy,
early first century CE.
Marble, 2’ 1 1/4”
high.