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Lefkandi Centaur Lefkandi Cemetery, Euboea 900 Earliest Terracotta sculpture in Dark Age, found in two pieces, Chiron |
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Lefkandi Bronze Amphora Lefkandi Dark age building burial pit Burial 950 BC, Urn from Cyprus 1100-1000 BC Ornamental urn suggests eastern influences decorated rim featured animals, decorative embellishments |
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Dipylon Amphora Kerameikos Cemetery 750 BC Monumental grave marker. Features patterns typical to geometric period also Prothesis scene, laying out the dead terracotta |
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Kerameikos Krater Kerameikos Cemetery 750-740 BCE Grave marker, features ekphora scene, laying out the dead. terracotta |
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Nestor's cup Pithecusae, Ischia 750-700 BCE Represents earliest example of metrical writing |
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Dreros Apollo Temple of Apollo, Dreros 700 BCE Right leg extended (kouros). Inlaid eyes. Body divided into parts. Used the sphyrelaton technique. These bronze figurines and others predate Greek stone sculpture. Chest similar to Argos corselet. sculptor may have been aware of armorers |
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Late Geometric Corselet Argos, Greece 725-700 BCE Armor, suggests connections between armorers and sculptors |
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Ivory Handle Figurine Kerameikos Cemetery 730 BCE Ivory Found in grave with four other figures. Votive? Handle? Ivory foreign material. Polos hat with greek meander. Nakedness may suggest eastern origin |
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Bronze Tripod From Olympia Olympia 700 BCE Orientalizing period Bronze May have been a prize or a dedication. One piece for the bowl. Handles/ legs attached by rivets. |
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Bronze Cauldron from Olympia Olympia Early 7th century, Orientalizing period Bronze Animal head figures attached to body of the cauldron, animals very eastern in appearance (very decorative) Griffins, lions, foreign animals, siren attachments demonstrate eastern influence. Griffins with long necks suggest Greek makers. Animal figures made of cast or hammered bronze. |
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Auxerre Statuette, Auxerre Goddess Crete 640-630 BCE, 7th century, orientalizing period Limestone Figure in the daedalic style: flat body, triangular face, large eyes, wig hair, extreme frontality. Simple garment with incised details on skirt (formerly painted). Gesture of adoration or fertility. Eastern influence. |
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Bronze Ram-bearer (kriophoros) Crete 620 BCE, seventh century, orientalizing period Bronze The figure wears a Cretan loincloth and carries a ram as an offering. The movement and feeling break from the rigidness of the daedalic style. Features of the the face might make it non-daedalic, instead referring to surviving styles from the bronze age |
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Bronze Warrior Olympia 650 BCE, 7th century, orientalizing period Bronze Bronze figure of a naked warrior wearing a helmet and belt. Connected to Kouroi tradition. Torso and limbs have volume, muscle. |
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Wooden Goddess from the Heraion The Heraion at Samos 630 BCE, 7th Century, orientalizing period Wood Goddess figure, High polos, open in the back, pyleon = hera's headdress. Shawl, dress = cretan. Forearms separate pieces, held forward. Possibly fixed into larger object, caryatid. |
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Wooden plaque from Samos Samos 630-600 BCE, 7th century, orientalizing period Wood Male and female figures. bird between their heads. possibly zeus and hera, a sacred marriage scene. scheme is oriental |
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Ivory Group from Delphi Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi 700-650 BCE, 7th century, orientalizing Ivory Hero pictured with lion = eastern scheme. fluid style of lion, long spiral curls, skirt and belt also eastern. Lion Assyrian, but the features of the figure are near-daedalic. The scheme is eastern but there are no such ivory figures in Syria. The base is closer to Greek or ANatolian. Proof of ivory workshops in Greece, staffed by easterners |
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Ivory Youth from Samos Samos Late 7th century BCE, Orientalizing Ivory one of a pair for lyre. Ear lobes, eyes, pubic hair inlaid. Head no longer angular, as in daedalic. |
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Base of a Kouros Statue with inscription Delos 600 BCE, 6th century, Archaic period Marble Lion, gorgon, and ram heads featured on corners. Signed by Euthykartidas of Naxos (early sculptor signature). Sculptor also dedicator. |
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Kouros from Delos Delos 580-570 BCE, 6th century, Archaic period Marble Two fragments. Four times life size. Modeled belt and hair locks. Inscription on base: "I am of the same stone, statue and sphelas". 10m tall |
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Dipylon Head Dipylon Cemetery, Kerameikos Athens 590 BCE, 6th, Archaic Marble Volute ear, like a ionic column. Perhaps determined by canon of Egyptian type. cousin to the new york kouros. Volute ear. Hair gathered in beads at nape. Fillet. |
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New York Kouros Attica 600-590 BCE, 6th, Archaic Proportions based on Egyptian canon, volute ear, beaded hair. Grooves and reliefs: ribe cage and knee caps. Frontality. little development in back. Careful observance of details, which doesn't translate into a naturalistic whole. Remains frontal. Neat groves around eyes and other parts suggest new possibilities for bodily renderings. |
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Kouros from Sounion Sounion, Temple of Poseidon 590-580 BCE, 6th, Archaic Marble Found in pit in sanctuary, buried there after Persian invasion in 480 for safekeeping. anatomical grooves. decorative incisions on stomach. |
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Kouros from Sounion Sounion, Temple of Poseidon 590-580 BCE, 6th, Archaic Marble Incised patterns on back |
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Limestone Stele Tanagra, Boeotia 580 BCE, 6th century, Archaic Limestone Each figure identified with an inscription. High arm around shoulder. Pose appears in sculptures of Egyptian couples |
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Kouros from Orchomenos Orchomenos, Boeotia 580-570 BCE, 6th century, Archaic Marble Typical Kouros stance. Egg shaped head; not angular. |
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Limestone Kouros from Ptoon Ptoon, Boeotia 580 BC Limestone Ears moving away from volute style. Hair more realistically rendered. |
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Ram-Bearer from Thasos Thasos 580 BCE Marble Carries a lamb as an offering. Identifies it more closely with the dedicator, eternally bringing a sacrifice, as opposed to an Apollo figure. |
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Kleobis and Biton Delphi 580 BCE Marble dedications |
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Isches Kouros Heraion of Samos 580 BCE, 6th, Archaic Marble Local workshop and local black-veined marble. Inscription found not on base, but thigh. "Isches, son of Rhesos, dedicated this". Was taller than the sanctuary of Hera nearby; likely served as a landmark for those travelling to the sanctuary |
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Kouros from Volamandra Volamandra, Attica 570-560 BCE, 6th, Archaic Marble Development of hair techniques. Archetypal archaic smile. stylized expression |
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Kouros from Tenea Tenea, Corinth 550 BCE Marble Found lying over a tomb, head in a jar. unique hair rendering, not beaded |
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Kouros with Kore from Merenda Attica 550 BCE Marble Painted necklace and pubic hair. Found buried in pit. with Phrasikleia Kore |
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Kouros from Anavyssos Anavyssos, Attica 530 BCE Marble Grave marker for dead warrior (hoplite), Kroisos. Red painted hair. Idealized beauty/virtue/excellence, arete. Probably represented the deceased in his youth. Well modeled body."stay and mourn at the monument for dead Kroisos, who violent Ares destroyed, fighting in the front rank". |
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Aristodikos Kouros Attica 510-500 BCE Marble base: "of Aristodikos". Grave marker. Arms extended, attached to body with struts. Short hair with carved curls. Planned figure which understands the proportions of human body, but not quite the movement. |
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Kritios Boy Athenian Acropolis 490-480 BCE Marble Formally sophisticated when compared with earlier Kouros. Body displays movement, awareness of posture, and precise attention to formal details (shapes of muscles, proportions of body). Head no longer gazes directly forward; no archaic smile. Question of dating, Kritios boy was found with many archaic period objects and may have been mis-dated. |
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Rayet Head Athens 520 BCE Marble Trim, wavy hair. Cauliflower ear; may suggest subject was a boxer or wrestler. |
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Fragment of Kore from Chios 1 Chios 580-570 BCE Marble Hands beneath hair, gesture of prayer, over breasts incisions indicate clothing |
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Cheramyes' Kore Heraion on Samos 570-560 BCE Marble |
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Ivory Statuette From Ephesus Ephesus 560 BCE Ivory |
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Geneleos Group Heraion on Samos 560-550 BCE Marble |
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Nike from Delos Delos 550 BCE Marble temple of Artemis Delos, archaic running pose, winged |
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Berlin Kore Keratea, Attica 570-560 BCE Marble |
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Phrasikleia Kore Myrrhinous Attica 550 BCE Marble |
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Lyons Kore Athenian Acropolis 540 BCE marble |
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The Peplos Kore Athenian Acropolis 530 BCE marble |
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Antenor Kore Athenian Acropolis 530-520 BCE Marble persershutt |
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Acropolis 674 Kore Athenian Acropolis 500 BCE Marble |
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Euthydikos Kore Athenian Acropolis 490 BCE Marble |
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Pediment from Temple of Artemis Corfu 580 BCE Limestone |
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Pediment Bluebeard Temple Athenian Acropolis 550-540 BCE Limestone |
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Gigantomachy Pediment Athenian Acropolis 520 BCE Marble |
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East Pediment from Temple of Apollo Delphi 520-510 BCE Marble |
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Theseus lifting Antiope Temple of Apollo at Eretria 500-490 BCE Marble |
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Temple of Aphaia Aegina 500-480 BCE Stuccoed limestone, marble sculpture |
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Dying Warrior from West Pediment Temple of Aphaia, Aegina 500-490 BCE marble |
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Dying Warrior from East Pediment Temple of Aphaia, Aegina 490-480 BCE marble |
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Treasury of the Siphnians Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi 525 BCE Marble |
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Frieze from Siphnian Treasury Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi 525 BCE Marble |
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Metopes from Athenian Treasury Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi Early 5th century Marble |
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Relief from Temple of Apollo Didyma 540-520 BCE Marble |
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Marble Sphinx on Cavetto Attica 580-575 BCE Marble |
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Marble Sphinx from Athens Themistoclean wall, Athens 560 BCE Marble |
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Limestone Stele Kerameikos Athens 560 BCE Limestone |
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Stele From Athens Themistoclean Wall 560-550 BCE Marble |
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Fragment of Attic Marble Stele Attica 530 BCE Marble |
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Base for statue of seated figure Athens, Themistoclean wall 500 BCE Marble |
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Base of Kouros Statue Athens, Themistoclean Wall 510 BCE Marble |
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Relief with seated Woman Thasos 550 BCE Limestone? |
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Incised Limestone Stele Prinias, Crete 650-600 BCE Limestone |
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Incised Limestone Stele Prinias, Crete 650-600 BCE Limestone |
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Hero Relief from Chrysapha Chrysapha, Sparta 550-540 BCE Limestone? |
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Hero Relief Sparta 490 BCE marble |
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Relief from Athenian Acropolis Athens 490 BCE Marble |
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Death Feast from Paros Paros 500 BCE marble |
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Relief from Athenian Acropolis Athens 500 BCE Marble |
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Grave stele of youth and girl Attic 530 BCE Marble |
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Bronze statuette of horse Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia 8th century, Dark Ages Bronze Animal figures were a popular subject matter in the early years of the Panhellenic sanctuary of Zeus |
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Temple of Zeus Olympia 470-456 BCE, 5th century, early classical Limestone (stuccoed) built by Elis after defeat of Pisa. Spartans dedicate gold shield after Tanagra. Limestone, but marble for tiles and sculptures. |
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Marble statue of Nike(victory) by Paionios. Olympia 420 B.C., 5th, classical period, Marble Dedicated by Messenians and Naupaktians. Inscription attributes the Temple of Zeus' acroteria to Paionios |
