Male Lyre Player

Cycladic

marble

- oldest Aegean; grave site, funerary rites

Bull Jumping

wall painting

Minoan

- island of Crete; Palace of Knossos; animal gods; full profile views

corbeled vault

Mycenaean 

limestone

so-called Treasury of Atrius, actually a tholos tomb (beehive tomb); corbeled vault, curves upward; large scale unrivaled until Romans

funerary vase

Geometric Greek

terra cotta

- grave marker with funerary scenes; geometric simplification; human interests (shift to democracy) - funeral rituals, tearing at the hair - emotion

Anavysos kouros

Archaic Greek

marble

kouros = male nude; advancement in naturalism

Peplos kore

Archaic Greek

marble

kore = youthful female, clothed; peplos - garment, pleated at waist; some remnants of paint, brightly colored

Exekias

Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game

Archaic Greek

black (slip) painted figures; signed artists, build reputation; Greek text fills in background; narrative - human interaction; eyes are still twisted perspective

Young Warrior 

Classical Greek

bronze

Riace; few examples of bronze (often melted down); detailed hair and indvidually cast eyelids; detail of knee; 1:1 (around 6')

Iktinos and Kallikrates

The Parthenon

Classical Greek

reconstructed hillside in Athens; cella plan, Doric order; used as Christian church, Ottoman arsenal

Phidias

pediment sculpture of Parthenon

Classical Greek

east pediment; Elgian marbles stolen by Britian

Porch of the Maidens

The Erectheion

Classical Greek

Porch of the Maidens with non-structural caryatids; not cella plan, more additive; Ionic order

Polykleitos

Spear Bearer (Doryphorus)

re-constructed marble

canon - idealized human proportions and beauty; perfect symmetry; contrapposto pose; original bronze melted down by Christians

Praxiteles

Hermes and Dionysos

late Classical Greek

adjust canon, especially proportions; smaller head; shoulder at diagonal as well as hips; first to sculpt female nude

Market Woman

Hellenistic Greek

marble

marks interest in realism; scars and blemishes, fat; not ideal - wrinkles, stooped posture, disheveled clothes; possibly drunk

Nike of Samothrace

Hellenistic Greek

marble

drama, movement, action; drapery, windblown effect