The Parthenon - Athens
• Greek Vase Painting
• Geometric style
• Second stage of
Greek vase painting:
– The Stick Figure
period
Three Periods of Greek Sculpture
1. Archaic – stiff and stylized
2. Classical – idealized, perfect, beautiful,
serene
3. Hellenistic – dramatic, full of movement,
more realistic (imperfections are shown)
• Archaic Period
• Kore (female figure)
• Archaic period
• Kouros
• Archaic Period
• Kouros (male figure)
• Classical Period
• The Discus Thrower
• By Myron
• Myron is much more
interested in the
aesthetics of the pose
than he is in a
realistic portrayal of
an athlete in motion.
• Classical period
• Venus de Milo
• The perfect and
graceful proportions
• of the figure tell us
this sculpture dates
from the classical
period.
• Classical period
• Doryphorus (The
Spear Bearer)
• Note the contrapposto
• stance
• By Polyclitus
• Hellenistic period
• The Seated Boxer
• In this period, human
figures were less
idealized. This boxer
is tired and broken,
not young and
beautiful.
• Hellenistic Period
• The Laocoon Group
• The dramatic subject
matter of this
sculpture is
characteristic of the
Hellenistic period.
Hellenistic Period – The Dying
Gaul
• In The Dying Gaul, the young warrior is
wounded in the chest. The dramatic
content and marred body tell us this
sculpture comes from the Hellenistic
period.
• Hellenistic Period
• The Nike of
Samothrace
• (Winged Victory)
• Note the movement
suggested by the
drapery, the uplifted
wings, and the
stance.
Which period would the sculpture in
the middle belong to?