The document provides an overview of ancient Greek and Roman art from the Geometric period in Greece to Roman art. It includes contextual information about time periods and cultures as well as images of artworks from each period, including pottery, sculpture, architecture, and wall paintings. The periods discussed are the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Late Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman eras.
1. Art 108 Ancient to Medieval
Flashcards Unit 2
• Chapter 4: Greek Archaic + Greek Classical Art
• Chapter 5: Late Classical + Hellenistic Art
• Chapter 6: Roman Art
2. Greek Art: Geometric Period
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3. Greek Art: Geometric Period
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Geometric Krater from the Dipylon cemetary,
Athens, c. 740 BCE Metropolitan Museum
4. Greek Art: Archaic Period
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9. Greek Art: Classical Period
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15. Greek Art: Classical Period
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Three Goddesses, east pediment of the Parthenon, 438-
432 BCE
British Museum
16. Greek Art: Classical Period
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Lapith and Centaur, metope relief from the Parthenon,
438-432 BCE
British Museum
17. Greek Art: Classical Period
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Maidens and elders, east frieze from the Parthenon, c.
437-438 BCE, British Museum
18. Greek Art: Classical Period
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Assembly of the Gods, Parthenon frieze, c. 437-438
BCE, British Museum
20. Greek Art: Classical Period
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Iktinos and Callikrates, Temple of Athena Parthenos
(The Parthenon), Acropolis, Athens, 447-438 BCE
21. Greek Art: Classical Period
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Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game, black
figure amphora, c. 540-530 BCE
Etruscan Museum, Vatican
22. Greek Art: Classical Period
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Euphronios, Herakles Wrestling Antaios, red figure calyx
krater, c. 510 BCE Louvre
23. Greek Art: Classical Period
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Euthymides, Three revelers, red figure amphora, c. 510
BCE, Museum of Antiquities, Munich
24. Late Classical Art
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25. Late Classical Art
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Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, traditionally
attributed to Praxiteles and dated to the 4th century BCE,
Archaeological Museum of Olympia
26. Late Classical Art
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Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos,
(Colonna Venus) Roman copy of an original dating to 350-
340 BCE Vatican Museum
27. Late Classical Art
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Marble Portrait of Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Greek,
2nd-1st century BC
British Museum
28. Late Classical Art
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Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic) c. 310 BCE
Roman copy, from House of the Faun, Pompeii