Early Classical Period ca. 480-450 B.C.E.
Defeat of Persians, Use of Bronze Sculpture,
more detail in sculpture
High Classical Period ca. 450-400 B.C.E.
Parthenon & Erectheion, Doric and Ionic
Orders, Caryatids, Canon of Polykleitos
Late Classical Period ca. 400-323 B.C.E.
Sparta beats Athens, Corinthian Order, ends
with the death of Alexander the Great;
Praxiteles redefines Polykleitos’ figures;
sculptures are created with a more 360-degree
interest
Hellenistic Period
ca. 330-31 B.C.E.
Early Classical or Transitional Period
Greek city-states banded
together and defeated the
Persians in 479 BCE
This victory gave them a
self-confidence that
accelerated their society
and art.
Lasted until about 450 BCE
Kritios Boy, ca. 480 BCE
Early Classical or Transitional Period
The use of
HOLLOW-CASTING
BRONZE developed
toward the end of
the Archaic Period
made for more
complex, detail
poses.
Charioteer, ca. 470 BCE, Bronze.
Early Classical or Transitional Period
Using bronze
allowed such an
extensive study of
the anatomy that it
paved the way for
the achievements of
the CLASSICAL
period.
Riace Warrior, ca. 470-460 BCE, Bronze. With Copper lips and nipples.
Early Classical or Transitional Period
Poses like this could only be done
with the invention of
CONTRAPPOSTO
Zeus, from the sea off Cape Artemision. Greece, ca 460-450BC
High Classical or “Golden Age” Period
Lasted from about 450-400
BCE
Sparta and Athens became
enemies
ELGIN MARBLES – Statue
Pieces from the Parthenon
that Lord Elgin (Thomas
Bruce) recovered from
ruins and sold to British
Government
The Parthenon, completed in 438 BCE. Sculptural designs by PHIDIAS
High Classical or “Golden Age” Period
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High Classical or “Golden Age” Period
The Erechtheion, completed in 438 BCE.
Architectural design by MNESIKLES
High Classical or “Golden Age” Period
PARTHENON
Doric Order
ERECHTHION
Ionic Order
High Classical or “Golden Age” Period
Polykleitos
Wrote the treatise
“Canon of Polykleitos” – set of
mathematical rules or laws for
human sculpture
Doryphoros – The ‘Spear-Bearer’
Polykleitos, Doryphoros c450-440 BCE
HIGH CLASSICAL GREEK
Late Classical Period
Lasted from about 400-330
BCE
Sparta defeats Athens in
Peloponnesian War
Greek Art still flourishes
with IONIC order, and even
introduces CORINTHIAN
order for interiors –
Romans later copied it
Late Classical Period
Praxiteles
Developed more extensive rules
based on Canon of Polykleitos
(e.g. – body is 8 heads tall
instead of 7)
Hermes and Infant Dionysus –
343 BCE
Roman Copy
POLYKLEITOS
PRAXITELES
Late Classical Period
Praxiteles, Apollo Sauroctonos
LATE CLASSICAL GREEK
Late Classical Period
Praxiteles
Aphrodite Taking a Bath –
350-40 BCE
Roman Copy
Late Classical Period
Praxiteles
Aphrodite Taking a Bath –
350-40 BCE
Roman Copy
Late Classical Period
Lysippos, Apoxyomenos
(The “Scraper”)
Roman copy based on
bronze original
ca 320 BCE
Time to Play…
WHAT IS
THIS?
The Parthenon, completed in 438 BCE.
Sculptural designs by PHIDIAS
HIGH CLASSICAL GREEK
Kritios Boy
ca. 480 BCE
Early Classical Greek
Riace Warrior
ca. 470-460 BCE, Bronze
with Copper lips and nipples.
EARLY CLASSICAL GREEK
Praxiteles
Hermes and Infant Dionysus
(Roman Copy)
343 BCE
Late Classical Period
Charioteer
ca. 470 BCE
Bronze.
EARLY CLASSICAL GREEK
Seated Khafre
Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV
Ca 2520-2495 BC
OLD KINGDOM EGYPT
Kouros
Greece ca. 600 BC
ARCHAIC GREEK
Gudea of Lagash
2141-2122 B.C.
Neo-Sumerian period
Nefertiti
Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
Dynasty XVIII
Amarna Period
1353-1335
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, Dynasty 17 NEW KINGDOM EGYPT
Temple of Ramses II
Abu Simbel, Egypt Dynasty 19 Ca 1290-1224 BCE NEW KINGDOM EGYPT
Standing Male Votive figure
at the Temple of Abu
Early Sumerian c 2400-2200 BCE
Praxiteles
Aphrodite Taking a Bath
(Roman Copy)
Late Classical Period
Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game. ca. 540 -530 BC
ARCHAIC GREEK
Zeus (from the sea off Cape
Artemision)
ca 460-450 BC
EARLY CLASSICAL GREEK
Kroisos
ca. 530 BC
ARCHAIC GREEK
The Erechtheion, completed in 438 BCE.
Architectural design by MNESIKLES
HIGH CLASSICAL GREEK
Menkaure and
Khamerernebty
Gizeh, Egypt
Dynasty IV, ca 2490-2472 BC
OLD KINGDOM EGYPT
Peplos Kore
Athens, Greece
ca. 530 BC
ARCHAIC GREEK
Akhenaton and Nefertiti, From the temple of Amen-Re,
Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII 1353-1335 BC AMARNA EGYPTIAN
The Palette of King Narmer
Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Early Dynastic EGYPTIAN 3000-2920 BC
Ti Watching a
Hippopotamus Hunt
Saqqara, Egypt
Dynasty V, ca 2450-2350 BC
OLD KINGDOM EGYPT
Standard of Ur (Sumerian)
c. 2400 – 2200 BCE
Stele of Hammurabi
BABYLONIAN
c. 1780 BCE
Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun,
Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, ca 1400-1350 BC NEW KINGDOM EGYPT
Stele of NaramSin
AKKADIAN
c. 2300-2200 BCE
Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty 19 1290-1280 BC NEW KINGDOM EGYPT
Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid and mortuary
precinct of Djoser, Saqqara Egypt Dynasty III OLD KINGDOM EGYPT
Queen Tiye
Dynasty XVIII
AMARNA PERIOD
1353-1335 BC
Polykleitos
Doryphoros (The ‘Spear-Bearer’)
c450-440 BCE
HIGH CLASSICAL GREEK
Human-headed
Winged Bull
(Lamassu)
Assyrian
Reign of Sargon II, 721-705 BCE
Temple of Hera I
Paestum, Italy ca. 550 BC
ARCHAIC GREEK
Ziggurat of Ur
Sumerian
About 2100 BCE
Death Mask of
Tutankhamen
Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII
1323 BC
NEW KINGDOM EGYPT