Pictures/Slides from Text
1.
5.25, Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice, Rome, Italy, 540-530 BCE, Archaic
2.
5.27, Dancing Revelers, Munich Germany, 510-500 BCE, Archaic
3.
5.29, Kritios Boy, Athens Greece, 480 BCE Classical
4.
5.31, Zeus or Poeisidon, Athens, Greece, 460-450 BCE Classical
5.
5.32, Discus Thrower, Rome, Italy, 450 BCE, Classical
6.
5.34, Riace Warrior, Calabria, Italy, 450 BCE, Classical
7.
5.38, 5.39, The Akropolis, Athens, Greece, Classical
8.
5.40, The Parthenon, Athens, Greece, 447-432 BCE, Classical
9.
5.43, Three Goddesses, London, UK, 438-432 BCE, Classical
10.
5.50, Temple of Athena Nike, Athens Greece, 421-405 BCE, Classical
11.
5.53, Corinthian Style, Greece, 350 BCE, Late Classical
12.
5.71, Dying Trumpeter, Rome Italy, 230-220 BCE Hellenistic
13.
5.74, Nike of Samothrace, Paris, France, 190 BCE, Hellenistic
Facts/Information from Text
14.
During the Archaic period, two styles of pottery painting emerged, the first, known as “Black Figured” was followed by the “Red Figured.
15.
The invasion of Athens by the Persians around 480 BCE marks the end of the
Archaic and the beginning of the Classical period.
16.
Perhaps the most influential political figure of the Classical period was Perikles who is credited with construction of the Akropolis in Athens.
17.
An early Classical Kouros statue known as the “Kritios Boy” marks a change in the depiction of the human form to a more realistic and natural pose known as
“Contrapposto.
18.
The discovery in 1972 of a pair of Bronze sculptures in the ocean off the coast of
Italy known as the “Riace Warriors” represent two of a very few surviving examples of classical bronze sculpture from Greece.
19.
The greatest example of Classical Greek architecture is the Complex known as the
“Akropolis” in Athens, constructed between 437-432 BCE.
20.
The Dominant and perhaps most well known structure in the complex at the
Akropolis in Athens is the monumental temple known as the “Parthenon”.
21.
Adorning the interior of the Parthenon, was an enormous ivory and gold statue of the Goddess Athena, depicted in a recreated model in our text.
22.
The largest group of surviving classical sculptures comes from the Parthenon at the Akropolis in Athens.
23.
One of the finest surviving examples of Classical Ionic style architecture is the small scale, “Temple of Athena Nike” at the Akropolis.
24.
The final period of ancient Greek culture beginning around 300 BCE is known as the Hellenistic period.

25.
By Far, the most influential figure of the Hellenistic period was “Alexander the
Great” who died in 323 BCE at the age of 33.