Art 133-World Art History I
Study Guide Chapter 5, Greek Art, Part 1
Pictures/Slides from Text
1. 5.2, Dipylon Amphora, Athens Greece, 750 BCE, Geometric
2. 5.4, Man and Centaur, New York, USA, 750 BCE, Geometric
3. 5.6, Griffin-Head Protome, London, UK, 650 BCE, Geometric
4. 5.8, Doric and Ionic Temple Styles, Greece, 700-400 BCE, Archaic
5. 5.9, 5.10, Temples of Hera I & II, Paestum, Greece, 550-500 BCE, Archaic
6. 5.13, Kore (Maiden), Paris, France, 630 BCE, Orientalizing
7. 5.14, Kouros (Youth), New York, USA, 600-590 BCE, Orientalizing
8. 5.15, Kroisos (Kouros from Anavysos), Athens, Greece, 540-525 BCE, Archaic
9. 5.16, Kore from Chios, Athens, Greece, 520 BCE, Archaic
10.5.17, 5.18, Temple of Artemis, Corfu, Greece, 600-580 BCE, Geometric
11.5.20, 5.21, Treasury of Siphnians, Delphi, Greece, 525 BCE, Archaic
12.5.24, Dying Warrior, Munich Germany, 480 BCE, Archaic
Facts/Information from Text
13.The ancient Greeks were the first western culture to write at length about their
own artists.
14.In the 18th Century BCE, the oldest Greek style in the arts developed, known
today as the Geometric.
15.Between about 725-650 BCE a new style of Greek art emerged that reflects strong
influences from the ancient Near East known as Orientalizing.
16.At some point in the 7th Century BCE, Greek architects began to design temples
using stone rather than wood.
17.Between the 7th and 5th Centuries BCE, two distinct styles of temple design
developed, the first was Doric followed by the Ionic.
18.Greek temples were constructed of stone blocks fitted together without mortar
requiring they be precisely carved to achieve smooth joints.
19.Early Greek statues clearly show affinities with the techniques and proportional
systems used by ancient Egyptian sculptors.
20.Early Greek statues of male and female figures known as Kouros and Kore are the
earliest large stone images of the human figure in art history that can stand on
their own.
21.The Archaic period of ancient Greece dates between 750-480 BCE.
22.Soon after the Greeks began to build temples from stone, they also started to
decorate them with architectural sculpture.
23.The triangular shaped element atop the end of a Greek temple are known as the
pediment.
24.Traces of pigment show that ancient Greek architectural sculptures were
originally brightly painted.
25.The horizontal panels above the columns of a Greek temple are known as a frieze
and were often elaborately carved with relief sculpture.