Periods Flashcards
Protogeometric period 1050-900 BCE
Change from inhumation to cremation, amphora, onoichoe, lekythos all make first appearances, pots were simple with deocrative bands, usually concentric circles.
Example of Protogeometric pot
Protogeometric amphora from the 10th cent BCE, from Athens.
Geometric period 900-700
Emergence of the polis, development of state religion, development of the alphabet, expansion of Greek world through trade and colonisation.
Early geometric period 900-850
Surface covered in back glaze, occasional representations of animals which are rendered according to geometric perceptions.
Example of early geometric
Early geometric amphora that is a cinerary urn from the mid 9th century, it has concentric circles and a vertical, battlement meander.
Middle geometric period, 850-760
Revived contacts with the east, decorations tend to cover entire surface of the pot, animals are painted more frequently and we start to see humans on vases; first narratives.
Example of middle geometric
the Middle geometric amphora which acted as a marker for a woman’s tomb, late 9th century from Athens.
Late Geometric period, 760-700
Dominated by funeral vases and narratives will generally correspond to this. Vases are adorned by everyday life, still geometric motifs, figures depicted in a dark glossy, wile the rest is covered by swastikas and such.
Example of late geometric
The Dipylon amphora depicting the prosthesis, a marker for a woman’s tomb by the Dipylon Master with a height of 1.55m, Horror vacui is evident.
Orientalising period, 700-600 - Corinth
First city to break out of the geometric style and developed a new style in 720. They have trading contacts with Syria and exported widely in the Greek world, they are usually miniature decorations.
Orientalising - Athens
Developed new style in 700; a prottoattic style (precursor to black-figure) which are grander, inventive, fewer animals and rarely exported out of Attica.
Example of prottoattic style
Analos amphora which depicts Sphinxes, a choral dance and a chariot precession. Painted by the Analatos painter in 690 BCE with a height of 80 cm.
Middle Prottoattic (black and white style) example
The Eleusis Amphora. It is the name vase of the Polyphemus painter. It shows the blinding of Polyohemus and the Gorgons pursuing Perseus. It is from the Sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis, 660-650, height is 1.44m
Late Prottoattic (early black-figure) - Nessos Amphora
the name vase of the Nessos painter. It shows Nessos, Heracles and the Gorgons pursuing Perseus, the Gorgons ae doing the knielaufscheme, dated to 625-699 with a height of 1.22m
Late prottoattic - Corinth
vases very different from Prottoattic, exported widely through Greek world, they dominate production and trade in the 7th century, quality decreases however.
