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Cycladic Idols

Bronze Age (c. 3000 B.C.–1000 B.C.)

Cycladic Art

large number of marble idols found in tombs, mainly standing nude female figure with arms folded across the chest

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Palace of Knossos

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoans (Crete)

Architecture

most ambitious palace found at Knossos,
excavated by archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1900)
Complicated maze of rooms (used as a residence and administrative center), multi-story,
characteristic downward tapering column, throne room (shown here)

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Faience Snake Goddess

Bronze Age (c. 1600 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete)

Sculpture

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La Parisienne

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete), Knossos

Painting

Fresco

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The Prince of the Lillies

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete), Knossos

Painting

Fresco

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Dolphin Fresco

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete), Knossos

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Fresco

found in the Queen’s Megaron

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Toreador Fresco

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete), Knossos

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Fresco

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Boxing Children

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete), Thera (Santorini)

Painting

Fresco

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Blue Monkeys

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete), Thera (Santorini)

Painting

Fresco

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Fisherman

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete), Thera (Santorini)

Painting

Fresco

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Harvester Vase

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete)

Vase

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Octopus Vase

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete)

Vase

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Bull’s Head Rhyton

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Minoan (Crete)

Vase

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Lion Gate

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Mycenaean (mainland Greece)

Mycenae is fortified with “cyclopean” walls, Lion Gate.

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Treasury of Atreus

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Mycenaean (mainland Greece)

tholos tomb—beehive shaped

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Mask of Agamemnon

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Mycenaean (mainland Greece)

Gold “Mask of Agamemnon” discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in shaft graves

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Warrior Vase

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Mycenaean (mainland Greece)

discovered by Heinrich Schliemann

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Pylos

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excavated by the American archaeologist Carl Blegen

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Linear B Tablets

Bronze Age (c. 3000–1000 B.C.)

Michael Ventris (1950s) deciphered Linear B tablets

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Amphora

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Pottery

two-handled vase used for storage and transport

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Krater

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Pottery

used for mixing wine with water

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Kylix

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Pottery

drinking cup

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Kantharos

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Pottery

dinking cup

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Lekythos

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Pottery

used for oils and perfumes, and for pouring funeral libations

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Protogeometric Pottery
(c. 1000–900 B.C.) pots were decorated with black bands, wavy lines, and simple geometric designs, concentric circles
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Geometric Pottery
(c. 900–700 B.C.) human and animal figures added, meander pattern, triangles
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Dipylon Vase Geometric Pottery (c. 900–700 B.C.) large vase that served as a grave monument, depicts a funeral scene
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Orientalizing Pottery
(c. 700-600 B.C.) pottery begins to show signs of influence from the East, decorative floral motifs, animals.
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Eleusis Amphora Orientalizing Pottery (c. 700–600 B.C.) depicts the blinding of Polyphemus by Odysseus
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Black Figure Pottery
developed c. 700 B.C. in Corinth the design is silhouetted in black against the reddish clay, details are scratched in with a needle
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Francois Vase Black Figure Pottery (c. 700 B.C.) Painter: Kleitias depicts the wedding of Peleus and Thetis
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Ajax and Achilles Playing Dice Black Figure Pottery (c. 700 B.C.) Amphora by Exekias
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Red Figure Pottery
invented c. 530 B.C. in Athens the figures are left red and the background is black, allows for greater detail, foreshortening
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Death of Sarpedon Red Figure Pottery Krater by Euphronios
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Kouros (Youth)
Sculpture Archaic Period (c. 600–480 B.C.) Male, free-standing nude, with one foot forward, stiff Hair formalized (wig-like) Unnatural looking “archaic smile”
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New York Kouros Archaic Period (c. 600 B.C.) Sculpture Kouros (Youth) Male, free-standing nude, with one foot forward, stiff Hair formalized (wig-like) Unnatural looking “archaic smile”
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Anavyssos Kouros Archaic Period (c. 525 B.C.) Sculpture Kouros (Youth) Male, free-standing nude, with one foot forward, stiff Hair formalized (wig-like) Unnatural looking “archaic smile”
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Kore (Maiden)
Sculpture Archaic Period (c. 600–480 B.C.) Female, free-standing, but always clothed
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Peplos Kore Archaic Period (c. 530 B.C.) Sculpture Kore (Maiden) Female, free-standing, but always clothed
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Calf-Bearer Archaic Period (c. 570 B.C.) Sculpture
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The Battle of the Gods and Giants Archaic Period (c. 530 B.C.) Sculpture frieze from the Siphnian Treasury (Delphi)
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Dying Warrior Archaic Period (c. 490 B.C.) Sculpture Pediment of the Temple of Aphaea at Aegina
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Kritios (Critias) Boy c. 480 B.C. Sculpture marks the end of the Archaic and the beginning of the Classical Period. For the first time the figure is no longer looking or walking straight ahead, his head and the upper part of his body are turned, his weight shifts from one leg to another and his hips move (*contrapposto*)
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Parthenon Sculpture
Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Sculptor: Phidias 92 metopes: North (Trojan War), East (Gigantomachy), South (Lapiths and Centaurs), West (Amazonomachy) Inner frieze: over 500 ft. in length, depicts Panathenaic Procession, done in low relief, skillful handling of space (as many as 6 horses shown riding abreast) West pediment: competition between Athena and Poseidon for patronage of Athens East pediment: birth of Athena (surviving figures – Dionysus; Three Goddesses; and Demeter, Persephone, and Iris Massive chryselephantine (gold and ivory) statue of Athena (kept in the cella) – does not survive Elgin Marbles – the sculpture from the Parthenon displayed in the British Museum – taken there by Lord Elgin in the 19th century
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Parthenon Inner Frieze Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Sculpture Sculptor: Phidias over 500 ft. in length, depicts Panathenaic Procession, done in low relief, skillful handling of space (as many as 6 horses shown riding abreast)
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Dionysus Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Parthenon—East Pediment Sculpture Sculptor: Phidias a surviving figure from depiction of birth of Athena
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Three Goddesses Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Parthenon—East Pediment Sculpture Sculptor: Phidias a surviving figure from depiction of birth of Athena
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Demeter, Persephone, and Iris Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Parthenon—East Pediment Sculpture Sculptor: Phidias a surviving figure from depiction of birth of Athena
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Zeus of Artemesium Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Bronze Sculpture lighter than marble, allows for a variety of poses, statues show movement
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Charioteer of Delphi Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Bronze Sculpture lighter than marble, allows for a variety of poses, statues show movement
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Discobolus (Discus-Thrower) Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Bronze Sculpture Sculptor: Myron only a Roman marble copy survives lighter than marble, allows for a variety of poses, statues show movement
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Doryphorus / Doryphoros (Spear-Thrower) Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Bronze Sculpture Sculptor: Polyclitus survives only in marble copies, stands in contrapposto position, represented the ideal proportions of the human body. Polyclitus wrote a book on this subject called the Canon. lighter than marble, allows for a variety of poses, statues show movement
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Riace Bronzes Classical Period (5th Century B.C.) Bronze Sculpture lighter than marble, allows for a variety of poses, statues show movement
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Hermes and the Infant Dionysus Late Classical Period (4th Century B.C.) Sculpture Sculptor: Praxiteles elongated body, extreme contrapposto stance (S curve)
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Aphrodite of Cnidos / Knidos Late Classical Period (4th Century B.C.) Sculpture Sculptor: Praxiteles known only through copies, first life-size female nude Renowned for its beauty
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Apoxyomenos (the Scraper) Late Classical Period (4th Century B.C.) Sculpture Sculptor: Lysippus; Alexander the Great’s personal sculptor, created stock representation of god-like Alexander, with tousled hair and eyes looking upward known only from Roman copies
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Hellenistic Period Sculpture
(323 B.C. ff.) Sculpture is more dramatic and emotional than the Classical period, harsh diagonal lines, movement Realism: for the first time, the elderly and unattractive are portrayed
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Dying Gaul Hellenistic Period (323 B.C. ff.) Sculpture from Pergamum
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Gigantomachy Frieze Hellenistic Period (323 B.C. ff.) Sculpture from Altar of Zeus, Pergamum
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Winged Victory of Samothrace Hellenistic Period (323 B.C. ff.) Sculpture
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Laocoon Group Hellenistic Period (323 B.C. ff.) Sculpture

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