750 BCE 

Geometric Period 

-black figure silhouettes 

-amphora - serve as grave marker

-lively, stylized forms painted in a dark glaze 

-during this period, these was a general increase in wealth and stability 

-ritualistic purposes 

-meander patterns - mazelike 

-shows funeral procession 

-Greeks beleived that if you offer them food, they will become animated 

-Krater syle  => used to mix water and wine, poured in kylix cups (wide mouthed vessel drinking cup) 

-Amphora => stored grain, olive oil, has a narrow opening

by Exekias 530 BCE, Archaic style 

-black figure amphora 

-patterning

-narrative scene 

-balanced composition 

-negative space emphasizes focal point 

-Achillies will win game, he shows dominance 

-game to soothe pre-battle jitters 

by Exekias 525 BCE Archaic 

-black figure amphora 

-tragic love

-achilles is about to kill her, but then falls in love

-negative space draws attention to the focal point (the gaze) 

-captures dramatic moments, foreshadows classical tragedy 

515 BCE 

Red-figure krater => painting negative space, painting details with thin brushes, greater sense of space, naturalism, overlapping, texture. 

Metropolitan Kouros from Attica

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600 BCE Archaic 

-shows trials and tribulations with carving in marble 

-thick ankles for support of sculpture 

-marble attaches hands to hip 

-equally distributed weight

-stylized hair 

-life sized figure

-features are curved 

Kroisos Kouros from Anavysos 

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520 BCE Archaic 

-patterned hair 

-archaic smile 

-equally distributed weight shows the potential for movement 

Kritian Boy from Acropolis 

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480 BCE transition to early classical/severe period 

-weight distributed equally 

-controposto => counter-balanced 

-left leg is not weight bearing 

-shift in hips, twist in torso, head is turned which shows an awareness of world around you 

-developed mind in a developed body is the Greek ideal

Hera from Samos 

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560 Archaic period 

-simplified but naturalistic 

-draping cloth covers the body 

-shows woman form 

-trunk like column feel

-monumental 

-votive figure dedicated to Hera 

Peplos Kore 

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530 BCE 

-reveals contors of the woman's body

-archaic smile accentuates the fact of being alive 

-she is wearing a peplos. kore = maiden 

-grave markers/temples/sanctuaries 

-meant to commemorate dead people

-arms extend towards viewer

-holding a pomegranet - represents death/the underworld 

-female nudes were believed to be innapropriate 

Zeus (or Posiden) 

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460 BCE Archaic 

-commands the space

Lost wax technique =>  bronze is hollowed 

-bent knee shows possibility of movement 

-bronze is more malleable 

charioteer from delphi

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477 BCE severe style

-naturalistic folds of the fabric 

-life sized 

-straps to hold garment