Geometric Krater

Greece

700 bc

One of the Earliest examples of Greek figure painting.

The scenes depict a mourning processions.

In both cases the artists concern was sprcifying gender not anatamical accuracy.

Hero and Centaur

Olympia, Greece

700's

The man is a mythilogical hero
These type of Monsters were popular in egypt AND mesopotamia.

Centaur is a purely greek invention.

corinthian black figure amphora with animal friezes

Greece

600's

Stotage Jar

painting on vase called a black figure painting.

New ceramic techinque invented by corinthians.

Kouros

Greece 

600

one of the earliest greek examples of life-size statuary.

funerary statue

inspired by greek statues

West Pediment, temple of artemis

Greece

500-600

Mrdusa and panthers serve as temple guardians

Narration was the poitn of the smaller figures

Battle of gods and giants were a popular theme in greek art.

achilles and ajax playing dice

italy

500's

not made in bands instead making the figures 

antithasis of the archaic preference  for dramatic action

Many copies made.

Three Revelers

Italy

500's

Subject is appropriate to a wine storage jar.

use of foreshortening

artist used excuse to represent bodies in unusual positions.

Kritios boy

Greece

400s

This is the first statue to show how a person naturally stands.

breaks the unwritten rule of frontality.

seperates classical from archaic greek.

Spear bearer

Italy

400's

Artist sought to portray the perfect man.

one of the most frequently copied statues.

served as model for roman athletes.

Acropolis, Athens

the fact they exist at all today is a miracle.

most surviving sculptures to england

had to be reconstructed after persians attacked.

Centauromachy

Greece

400's

Allude to the greek defeat of the persians

the relief is so high that parts are fully in the round.

the two sculptures were costly to include.

Helios and horses

three goddesses

Greece

400'S

Suggest the sun rising above the horizon at dawn

the east pediement of the parthanon depicts the birth fo athena.

the subjects were appropriate for a temple that celebrates athena.

Panathenaic festival procession

greece

400s

The temple celebrates Athenians as mucha as athena.

The procession ended at Acropolis

clearly communicates acceleration and deceleration.

temple of athena nike/

Nike adjusting her sandal

Greece

400's

Depicts defeat of Perisna marathon

Celebrates Athena as a bringer of victory

a very unusual amphiprostyle building.

Achilles Painter

Greece

400's

Placed in graves as offerings

Scene selected for funerary purposes

Painted after firing.

Niobid painter

Italy

400's

depicts the massacre of the Niobids

drew sons face in 3/4 view

Artemis and apollo slaying the children.

Scraper

Rome

300 BC

Athlete Scrapping oil from its body

introduces a new cannon fo proportions, makes it more slender.

Encourages viewer to look at it from multiple angles.

Battle of issues

Roman

300's

depicts war between alexander the Great and Persian king Darius

mAster of depicting relfestions and shadows

made of one of the fewest greek painters.

athena battling alkyoneos

turkey

100's

Subject is battle of zeus and the giants.

Most Friezes had depictions of battle and emotions

Altar is almsot 400 feet long

Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athanadoros of Rhodes

Rome

altar of zeus at pergamon

turkey

100's

Subject is battle of zeus and the giants.

Most Friezes had depictions of battle and emotions

Altar is almsot 400 feet long