THE PRE-GREEK ARTS OF THE AEGEAN
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THE ARCHAIC PERIOD OF GREEK ART
Footnote 3. Lord of the Wild Beasts Stamp seal from Kydonia (Crete). Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England.
Footnote 5. Royal Hero Between Lion Chalcedony cylinder-seal. Greco-Persian. c. 525-475 B.C. Getty Villa, 81.AN.76.85. Pacific Palisades, California.
Footnote 10. "Greek Vase Painters & Potters" Trustees of the British Museum. August 2, 2011.
Footnote 13. Natural History Pliny the Elder. Book 35, Chapter 34 "The Age of Painting." John Bostock & H.T. Riley translation. Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. Massachusetts.
Fig. 5-1. Kouros torso fragment Sculpture fragment from Delphi, Greece. Stone. Early Archaic period. Delphi Archaeological Museum. Delphi, Greece.
Image: Tetraktys. Ricardo André Frantz. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-2. Map of Greek cities & colonies in the Archaic period
Image: Regalorium. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-3. Timeline showing ancient Greek cultures relative to Neo-Assyrian culture
Image: Wikipedia. {CC BY-SA 4.0)
Fig. 5-4. Female figure Figurine. Marble. Early Cycladic culture. c. 3200 - 2700 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-5. Female figure Figurine from Amorgos, Greece. Marble. Cycladic culture. c. 2500 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-6. Seated harp player Figurine. Marble. Cycladic culture. c. 2800 - 2700 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-7. Ladies in Blue Fragmentary mural, restored. Original: From ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Minoan culture. c. 1525 - 1450 B.C. Herakleion Archaeological Museum. Herakleion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Olaf Tausch. {CC BY 3.0}
Fig. 5-8. Flotilla Fresco Mural from Room 5, West House, at ancient settlement of Akrotiri, Thera, Greece. Fresco on plaster. Minoan culture. c. 1650 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-9. La Parisienne Fragmentary mural, restored, from ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Fresco on plaster. Minoan culture. c. 1450 - 1300 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-10. Prince of the Lilies Fragmentary mural, restored. From ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Fresco on plaster. Minoan culture. c. 1550 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Stefan Bellini. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-11. Bull-leaping fresco Fragmentary mural, restored. From ancient city of Knossos, Fresco on stucco. Minoan culture. c. 1450 -1400 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Jebulon. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-12. Dolphins fresco Fragmentary mural, restored. From ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Fresco on plaster. Minoan culture. c. 1700 - 1450 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Armagnac-commons. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-13. Man and Bull Gold seal on ring from Archanes, Crete. Intaglio relief. Gold. Minoan culture. c. 1450 - 1375 B.C. Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-14. Acrobat and Bull Figurine from Rethymno, Crete. Solid cast bronze. Minoan culture. c. 1600 - 1450 B.C. British Museum. London, England.
Image: Carole Raddato. {CC BY-SA 2.0}
Fig. 5-15. Bull-leaper Figurine from ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Ivory. Minoan culture. c. 1600 - 1500 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Moroder. Wolfgang Moroder. {CC BY 3.0}
Fig. 5-16. Bull's head Rhyton (ceremonial drinking vessel) from ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Steatite (restored horns). Minoan culture. c. 1550 - 1450 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Jeburon. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-17. Warrior Vase Krater (wine mixing bowl) from Mycenae acropolis, Greece. Painted clay. Mycenaean culture. 12th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Sharon Mollerus. {CC BY 2.0}
Fig. 5-18. Two women and child Sculpture from ancient city of Mycenaea, Greece. Ivory. Mycenaean culture. c. 1500 - 1400 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-19. Lion head Rhyton from Mycenaea. Hammered gold sheet. Mycenaean culture. c. 1550 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-20. Hero and Lion Cushion-seal from Grave circle A, Shaft Grave III, palace at Mycenaea, Greece. Gold relief. Mycenaean culture. 16th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Alexikoua. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-21. Lion Gate Carved slab atop gate at citadel of ancient city of Mycenae, Greece. Limestone relief. Mycenaean culture. c. 13th century B.C. In situ.
Image: Orlovic. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-22. Goddess with upraised arms Figurine from Gazi, Crete. Terracotta. Post-palace period / early Greek Dark Age. c. 1300 - 1100 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-23. Centaur from Lefkandi Figurine from Euboea, Greece. Painted terracotta. Greek Dark Age period. c. 950 - 900 B.C. Archaeological Museum of Eretria. Eretria, Greece.
Image: Jebulon. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-24. Dipylon amphora Attic amphora (tall, often two-handled jar for storage or ritual). Attributed to Dipylon Master workshop. Terracotta. Geometric period. c. 760 - 735 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: inyucho. Flickr MGA73. {CC BY 2.0}
Fig. 5-24b. Detail of Dipylon amphora
Image: inyucho. Flickr MGA73. {CC BY 2.0}
Fig. 5-25. Hirschfeld krater Attic krater (a large vessel used for diluting wine). Attributed to Hirschfeld Workshop. Terracotta. Geometric period. c. 750 - 735 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-26. Bronze horse Figurine from Greece. Solid cast bronze. Geometric period. c. 750 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-27. Bronze man and centaur Figurine from Olympia, Greece. Solid cast bronze. Geometric period. c. 750 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-28. Odysseus Blinding Polyphemus Detail of Eleusis neck-amphora. Painted clay. Early Archaic period. c. 675 - 650 B.C. Archaeological Museum of Eleusis. Eleusis, Greece.
Image: Napoleon Vier. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-29. Odysseus Blinding Polyphemus Fragment of krater. Painted clay. Early Archaic period. c. 650 B.C. Archaeological Museum of Argos. Argos, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-30. Panathenaic amphora Detail of black-figure amphora. Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter. Black-figure terracotta. Archaic period. c. 530 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-31. The Atalanta Lekythos White-ground lekythos (a tall, narrow jug for storing oils, often used for funerals). From Attica, Greece. Attributed to Douris. Late Archaic period. c. 500 - 490 B.C.
Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio.
Image: Daderot. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-32. Perseus and Medusa Detail of decorated pithos (large storage jar) from Thebes, Greece. Embossed and incised terracotta. Archaic period. c. 670 B.C. Louvre. Paris, France.
Image: Jastrow. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-33. Herakles and Nessos Detail on neck of black-figure amphora from Attica, Greece. Attributed to the Nessos Painter. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 625 – 575 B.C.
National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Marsyas. {CC BY-SA 2.5}
Fig. 5-34. Herakles and the Nemean Lion Side A of black-figure amphora from Attica, Greece. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 540 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-35 Warrior playing the salpinx Black-figure lekythos from Attica, Greece. Painted clay. Archaic period. Late 6th-early 5th century B.C. Regional Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas. Palermo, Italy.
Image: Jastrow. © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons. {CC BY 2.5}
Fig. 5-36. Horse race Side A of black-figure Panathenaic prize amphora from Attica, Greece. Painted and fired terracotta. Attributed to the Leagros Group. Archaic period. c. 510 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-37. Chariot scene Side B of black-figure amphora from Attica, Greece. Attributed to the Antimenes Painter. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 520 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-38. Dionysos, satyr and maenad Side A of black-figure neck-amphora from Attica, Greece. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 550 -540 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-39. Terracotta funerary plaque Black-figure plaque from Attica, Greece. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 520 - 510 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-40. Youth with sword Side A of Attic red-figure neck-amphora from Nola, Italy. Painted and fired terracotta. Early Classical period. c. 480 B.C. Louvre. Paris, France.
Image: Jastrow. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-41. Maiden at basin Tondo from interior of red-figure kylix from Attica, Greece. Attributed to Douris. Painted and fired terracotta. Late Archaic period. c. 500 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
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Fig. 5-42. Lady of Auxerre Statue from Crete, Greece. Carved and painted limestone. Archaic period. c. 640 -630 B.C. Louvre. Paris, France.
Image: Jastrow. © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons. {CC BY 2.5}
Fig. 5-43. Kouros from Attica Statue from Attica, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 590 - 580 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-44. Nen-kheft-ka and his Wife Sculpture group from mastaba of Nen-kheft-ka, Dishashah, Lower Egypt. Carved and painted limestone. Dynasty 5. C. 2350 B.C. Walters Art Museum. Baltimore, Maryland.
Image: The Walters Art Museum. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-45. Kouros of Milos Statue from Milos, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 550 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-46. Kouros of Tenea Statue from ancient city of Tenea, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 560 - 550 B.C. Glyptothek. Munich, Germany.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-47. Kroisos kouros Statue from Anavyssos, Attica, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 540 - 515 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Mountain. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-48. Piraeus Apollo Statue from Piraeus, Greece. Cast bronze. Archaic period (or Hellenistic period copy). c. 530 - 520 B.C. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Piraeus, Greece.
Image: G.dallorto. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-49. Head of modern claw chisel
Image: Satrughna. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-50. Egyptian mason's chisel Stone mason's chisel from tomb MMA 101, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt. Hammered copper alloy. Dynasty 11. c. 20151 - 2000 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-51. Illustration of an ancient Greek bronze-casting pit & furnace Drawing of ancient casting pit and furnace, and mold fragments found at a foundry site at the Agora, Athens. Ancient Agora Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Dorieo. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-52. Aristodikos Kouros Statue from Mesogeia, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 510 - 500 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Marsyas. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-53. Kritios Boy Statue from Athenian acropolis, Greece. Attributed to Kritios and Nesiotes. Carved marble. Late Archaic period. c. 490 - 480 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image credit: Marsyas. {CC BY-SA 2.5}
Fig. 5-54. Illustration of contrapposto pose of the Kritios Boy
Image: Sandra J. Shaw Studio.
Fig. 5-55. Herakles and Alcyoneus Metope from Temple of Hera, ancient city of Paestum, Italy. Sandstone relief. Archaic period. c. 550 B.C. Paestum National Archaeological Museum. Paestum, Italy.
Image: MiguelHermoso. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-56. Gigantomachy (Battle of the giants). Detail of north frieze of Siphnian Treasury, Delphi, Greece. Marble relief. Archaic period. c. 525 B.C. Delphi Archaeological Museum. Delphi, Greece.
Image: Fingalo. {CC BY-SA 2.0 DE}
Fig. 5-57. Youths playing stick and ball Attributed to the Endoios workshop. Relief on statue base NM 3477, built into the Themistoclean wall, Athens. Carved and painted marble relief. Late Archaic period. c. 510 -500 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-58. Wrestlers Attributed to the Endoios workshop. Relief on statue base NM 3476, built into the Themistoclean wall, Athens. Carved and painted marble relief. Late Archaic period. c. 510 -500 B.C.
National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Sharon Mollerus. {CC BY 2.0}
Fig. 5-59. Ball players Attributed to the Endoios workshop. Relief on statue base NM 3476, built into the Themistoclean wall, Athens. Carved and painted marble relief. Late Archaic period. c. 510 -500 B.C.
National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Mountain. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-60. Chalcadony scaraboid Attributed to Epimenes. Intaglio relief. Chalcedony. Late Archaic period. c. 500 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
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Fig. 5-61. Fallen giant Sculpture from pediment, Old Temple of Athena, Athens. Marble. Archaic period. c. 525 - 500 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Tetraktys. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-62. Dying warrior Pediment sculpture from west pediment, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. Marble. Late Archaic / early Classical period. c. 500 - 490 B.C. Glyptothek. Munich, Germany.
Image: Bibi Saint-Pol. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-63. Dying warrior Sculpture from east pediment, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece. Marble. Late Archaic period. c. 490 - 480 B.C. Glyptothek. Munich, Germany.
Image: Daderot. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-64. Berlin kore Statue from Attica, Greece. Carved and painted marble. Archaic period. c. 570 560 B.C. Altes Museum. Berlin, Germany.
Image: Gryffindor. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-65. Peplos kore Statue from Attica, Greece. Carved and painted marble. Archaic period. c. 530 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Marsyas. {CC BY-SA 2.5}
Fig. 5-66. Athens kore Statue from Attica, Greece. Carved and painted marble. Late Archaic period. c. 500 - 490 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-67. Propylaia kore Statue fragment from Acropolis, Athens. Carved and painted marble. Late Archaic / early Classical period. c. 480 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Alison Frantz Photographic Collection, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. {CC-PD-Mark 1.0}
Fig. 5-68. Amazon archer Pediment sculpture from Temple of Apollo Daphnephóros, Eretria, Greece. Carved and painted marble. Early Classical period. c. 480 B.C. Glyptothek. Munich, Germany.
Image: Jona Lendering. {CC0 1.0}
Links
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Greek Art in the Archaic Period
The Rise of Greek Civilization. Episode 5 of The Western Tradition with Eugen Weber (1989)
Footnote 5. Royal Hero Between Lion Chalcedony cylinder-seal. Greco-Persian. c. 525-475 B.C. Getty Villa, 81.AN.76.85. Pacific Palisades, California.
Footnote 10. "Greek Vase Painters & Potters" Trustees of the British Museum. August 2, 2011.
Footnote 13. Natural History Pliny the Elder. Book 35, Chapter 34 "The Age of Painting." John Bostock & H.T. Riley translation. Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. Massachusetts.
Fig. 5-1. Kouros torso fragment Sculpture fragment from Delphi, Greece. Stone. Early Archaic period. Delphi Archaeological Museum. Delphi, Greece.
Image: Tetraktys. Ricardo André Frantz. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-2. Map of Greek cities & colonies in the Archaic period
Image: Regalorium. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-3. Timeline showing ancient Greek cultures relative to Neo-Assyrian culture
Image: Wikipedia. {CC BY-SA 4.0)
Fig. 5-4. Female figure Figurine. Marble. Early Cycladic culture. c. 3200 - 2700 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-5. Female figure Figurine from Amorgos, Greece. Marble. Cycladic culture. c. 2500 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-6. Seated harp player Figurine. Marble. Cycladic culture. c. 2800 - 2700 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-7. Ladies in Blue Fragmentary mural, restored. Original: From ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Minoan culture. c. 1525 - 1450 B.C. Herakleion Archaeological Museum. Herakleion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Olaf Tausch. {CC BY 3.0}
Fig. 5-8. Flotilla Fresco Mural from Room 5, West House, at ancient settlement of Akrotiri, Thera, Greece. Fresco on plaster. Minoan culture. c. 1650 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: smial. {CC-PD-Mark} {PD-US}
Fig. 5-9. La Parisienne Fragmentary mural, restored, from ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Fresco on plaster. Minoan culture. c. 1450 - 1300 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-10. Prince of the Lilies Fragmentary mural, restored. From ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Fresco on plaster. Minoan culture. c. 1550 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Stefan Bellini. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-11. Bull-leaping fresco Fragmentary mural, restored. From ancient city of Knossos, Fresco on stucco. Minoan culture. c. 1450 -1400 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Jebulon. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-12. Dolphins fresco Fragmentary mural, restored. From ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Fresco on plaster. Minoan culture. c. 1700 - 1450 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Armagnac-commons. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-13. Man and Bull Gold seal on ring from Archanes, Crete. Intaglio relief. Gold. Minoan culture. c. 1450 - 1375 B.C. Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-14. Acrobat and Bull Figurine from Rethymno, Crete. Solid cast bronze. Minoan culture. c. 1600 - 1450 B.C. British Museum. London, England.
Image: Carole Raddato. {CC BY-SA 2.0}
Fig. 5-15. Bull-leaper Figurine from ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Ivory. Minoan culture. c. 1600 - 1500 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Moroder. Wolfgang Moroder. {CC BY 3.0}
Fig. 5-16. Bull's head Rhyton (ceremonial drinking vessel) from ancient city of Knossos, Crete. Steatite (restored horns). Minoan culture. c. 1550 - 1450 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Jeburon. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-17. Warrior Vase Krater (wine mixing bowl) from Mycenae acropolis, Greece. Painted clay. Mycenaean culture. 12th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Sharon Mollerus. {CC BY 2.0}
Fig. 5-18. Two women and child Sculpture from ancient city of Mycenaea, Greece. Ivory. Mycenaean culture. c. 1500 - 1400 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-19. Lion head Rhyton from Mycenaea. Hammered gold sheet. Mycenaean culture. c. 1550 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-20. Hero and Lion Cushion-seal from Grave circle A, Shaft Grave III, palace at Mycenaea, Greece. Gold relief. Mycenaean culture. 16th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Alexikoua. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-21. Lion Gate Carved slab atop gate at citadel of ancient city of Mycenae, Greece. Limestone relief. Mycenaean culture. c. 13th century B.C. In situ.
Image: Orlovic. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-22. Goddess with upraised arms Figurine from Gazi, Crete. Terracotta. Post-palace period / early Greek Dark Age. c. 1300 - 1100 B.C. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-23. Centaur from Lefkandi Figurine from Euboea, Greece. Painted terracotta. Greek Dark Age period. c. 950 - 900 B.C. Archaeological Museum of Eretria. Eretria, Greece.
Image: Jebulon. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-24. Dipylon amphora Attic amphora (tall, often two-handled jar for storage or ritual). Attributed to Dipylon Master workshop. Terracotta. Geometric period. c. 760 - 735 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: inyucho. Flickr MGA73. {CC BY 2.0}
Fig. 5-24b. Detail of Dipylon amphora
Image: inyucho. Flickr MGA73. {CC BY 2.0}
Fig. 5-25. Hirschfeld krater Attic krater (a large vessel used for diluting wine). Attributed to Hirschfeld Workshop. Terracotta. Geometric period. c. 750 - 735 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-26. Bronze horse Figurine from Greece. Solid cast bronze. Geometric period. c. 750 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-27. Bronze man and centaur Figurine from Olympia, Greece. Solid cast bronze. Geometric period. c. 750 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-28. Odysseus Blinding Polyphemus Detail of Eleusis neck-amphora. Painted clay. Early Archaic period. c. 675 - 650 B.C. Archaeological Museum of Eleusis. Eleusis, Greece.
Image: Napoleon Vier. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-29. Odysseus Blinding Polyphemus Fragment of krater. Painted clay. Early Archaic period. c. 650 B.C. Archaeological Museum of Argos. Argos, Greece.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 4.0}
Fig. 5-30. Panathenaic amphora Detail of black-figure amphora. Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter. Black-figure terracotta. Archaic period. c. 530 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-31. The Atalanta Lekythos White-ground lekythos (a tall, narrow jug for storing oils, often used for funerals). From Attica, Greece. Attributed to Douris. Late Archaic period. c. 500 - 490 B.C.
Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio.
Image: Daderot. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-32. Perseus and Medusa Detail of decorated pithos (large storage jar) from Thebes, Greece. Embossed and incised terracotta. Archaic period. c. 670 B.C. Louvre. Paris, France.
Image: Jastrow. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-33. Herakles and Nessos Detail on neck of black-figure amphora from Attica, Greece. Attributed to the Nessos Painter. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 625 – 575 B.C.
National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Marsyas. {CC BY-SA 2.5}
Fig. 5-34. Herakles and the Nemean Lion Side A of black-figure amphora from Attica, Greece. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 540 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-35 Warrior playing the salpinx Black-figure lekythos from Attica, Greece. Painted clay. Archaic period. Late 6th-early 5th century B.C. Regional Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas. Palermo, Italy.
Image: Jastrow. © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons. {CC BY 2.5}
Fig. 5-36. Horse race Side A of black-figure Panathenaic prize amphora from Attica, Greece. Painted and fired terracotta. Attributed to the Leagros Group. Archaic period. c. 510 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-37. Chariot scene Side B of black-figure amphora from Attica, Greece. Attributed to the Antimenes Painter. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 520 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. {CC0 1.0}
Fig. 5-38. Dionysos, satyr and maenad Side A of black-figure neck-amphora from Attica, Greece. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 550 -540 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
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Fig. 5-39. Terracotta funerary plaque Black-figure plaque from Attica, Greece. Painted and fired terracotta. Archaic period. c. 520 - 510 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
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Fig. 5-40. Youth with sword Side A of Attic red-figure neck-amphora from Nola, Italy. Painted and fired terracotta. Early Classical period. c. 480 B.C. Louvre. Paris, France.
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Fig. 5-41. Maiden at basin Tondo from interior of red-figure kylix from Attica, Greece. Attributed to Douris. Painted and fired terracotta. Late Archaic period. c. 500 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
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Fig. 5-42. Lady of Auxerre Statue from Crete, Greece. Carved and painted limestone. Archaic period. c. 640 -630 B.C. Louvre. Paris, France.
Image: Jastrow. © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons. {CC BY 2.5}
Fig. 5-43. Kouros from Attica Statue from Attica, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 590 - 580 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
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Fig. 5-44. Nen-kheft-ka and his Wife Sculpture group from mastaba of Nen-kheft-ka, Dishashah, Lower Egypt. Carved and painted limestone. Dynasty 5. C. 2350 B.C. Walters Art Museum. Baltimore, Maryland.
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Fig. 5-45. Kouros of Milos Statue from Milos, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 550 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-46. Kouros of Tenea Statue from ancient city of Tenea, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 560 - 550 B.C. Glyptothek. Munich, Germany.
Image: Zde. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-47. Kroisos kouros Statue from Anavyssos, Attica, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 540 - 515 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-48. Piraeus Apollo Statue from Piraeus, Greece. Cast bronze. Archaic period (or Hellenistic period copy). c. 530 - 520 B.C. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Piraeus, Greece.
Image: G.dallorto. {CC PD-self}
Fig. 5-49. Head of modern claw chisel
Image: Satrughna. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-50. Egyptian mason's chisel Stone mason's chisel from tomb MMA 101, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt. Hammered copper alloy. Dynasty 11. c. 20151 - 2000 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
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Fig. 5-51. Illustration of an ancient Greek bronze-casting pit & furnace Drawing of ancient casting pit and furnace, and mold fragments found at a foundry site at the Agora, Athens. Ancient Agora Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-52. Aristodikos Kouros Statue from Mesogeia, Greece. Marble. Archaic period. c. 510 - 500 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-53. Kritios Boy Statue from Athenian acropolis, Greece. Attributed to Kritios and Nesiotes. Carved marble. Late Archaic period. c. 490 - 480 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image credit: Marsyas. {CC BY-SA 2.5}
Fig. 5-54. Illustration of contrapposto pose of the Kritios Boy
Image: Sandra J. Shaw Studio.
Fig. 5-55. Herakles and Alcyoneus Metope from Temple of Hera, ancient city of Paestum, Italy. Sandstone relief. Archaic period. c. 550 B.C. Paestum National Archaeological Museum. Paestum, Italy.
Image: MiguelHermoso. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-56. Gigantomachy (Battle of the giants). Detail of north frieze of Siphnian Treasury, Delphi, Greece. Marble relief. Archaic period. c. 525 B.C. Delphi Archaeological Museum. Delphi, Greece.
Image: Fingalo. {CC BY-SA 2.0 DE}
Fig. 5-57. Youths playing stick and ball Attributed to the Endoios workshop. Relief on statue base NM 3477, built into the Themistoclean wall, Athens. Carved and painted marble relief. Late Archaic period. c. 510 -500 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-58. Wrestlers Attributed to the Endoios workshop. Relief on statue base NM 3476, built into the Themistoclean wall, Athens. Carved and painted marble relief. Late Archaic period. c. 510 -500 B.C.
National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Sharon Mollerus. {CC BY 2.0}
Fig. 5-59. Ball players Attributed to the Endoios workshop. Relief on statue base NM 3476, built into the Themistoclean wall, Athens. Carved and painted marble relief. Late Archaic period. c. 510 -500 B.C.
National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-60. Chalcadony scaraboid Attributed to Epimenes. Intaglio relief. Chalcedony. Late Archaic period. c. 500 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York.
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Fig. 5-61. Fallen giant Sculpture from pediment, Old Temple of Athena, Athens. Marble. Archaic period. c. 525 - 500 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Tetraktys. {CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fig. 5-62. Dying warrior Pediment sculpture from west pediment, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. Marble. Late Archaic / early Classical period. c. 500 - 490 B.C. Glyptothek. Munich, Germany.
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Fig. 5-63. Dying warrior Sculpture from east pediment, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece. Marble. Late Archaic period. c. 490 - 480 B.C. Glyptothek. Munich, Germany.
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Fig. 5-64. Berlin kore Statue from Attica, Greece. Carved and painted marble. Archaic period. c. 570 560 B.C. Altes Museum. Berlin, Germany.
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Fig. 5-65. Peplos kore Statue from Attica, Greece. Carved and painted marble. Archaic period. c. 530 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-66. Athens kore Statue from Attica, Greece. Carved and painted marble. Late Archaic period. c. 500 - 490 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
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Fig. 5-67. Propylaia kore Statue fragment from Acropolis, Athens. Carved and painted marble. Late Archaic / early Classical period. c. 480 B.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece.
Image: Alison Frantz Photographic Collection, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. {CC-PD-Mark 1.0}
Fig. 5-68. Amazon archer Pediment sculpture from Temple of Apollo Daphnephóros, Eretria, Greece. Carved and painted marble. Early Classical period. c. 480 B.C. Glyptothek. Munich, Germany.
Image: Jona Lendering. {CC0 1.0}
Links
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Greek Art in the Archaic Period
The Rise of Greek Civilization. Episode 5 of The Western Tradition with Eugen Weber (1989)
