Classics

OUTLINE OF WORKS/MONUMENTS IN GREEK ART

Please note that all dates, with a few exceptions, are approximate. Photographs by C. Renaud except where noted. Images and text may not be used without the permission of the author of this site.

I. Dawn of Greek Art

• A. Cycladic Art
• B. Minoan (Crete)
• C. Late Helladic (Mycenaean)
  • Troy
  • Reconstruction of Troy
  • Plan of Troy
  • Mycenaean Sites
  • C. Iron Age (Dark Age)
    1. History
    2. Pottery
       • Protogeometric 1100-900
       • Geometric 900-700
         • Early 900-850
         • Middle 850-775
         • Late 775-700
           • Dipylon Vase
    3. Sculpture
    Charioteer From
    4. Architecture

II. Orientalizing Period 725/700-625

1. History
2. Pottery
   1. Corinth: Protocorinthian
   2. Athens: Proto-Attic
3. Sculpture: Daedalic Style
   1. Nikandre
   2. Dame Auxerre
   3. Apollo from Dreros Crete
4. Architecture
   1. Doric
   2. Ionic

III. Archaic Period 600-480

1. History
2. Pottery
   1. Black Figure
   2. Red Figure
3. Megalographia (large-scale painting)
4. Sculpture
   1. Kouroi
   2. Kore
   3. Architectural Sculpture
5. Architecture

IV. Early Classical Period (Severe) 480-450

1. History: After the Persian Wars
2. Pottery
3. Sculpture
   1. Kritios Boy
   2. Myron
   3. Architectural sculpture
      • Temple of Zeus at Olympia
4. Architecture

V. High Classical 450-370

1. History: The Rise of Athens and the Building Program on the Akropolis
2. Pottery
3. Sculpture
   1. Polykleitos
   2. Phidias
      • Parthenon Sculptures
      • Statue of Zeus at Olympia
4. Architecture
   1. The Akropolis of Athens
      • Parthenon
      • Erechtheion
      • Temple of Athena Nike
      • Rest of Athens and Attica
   2. Temple of Apollo at Bassai

VI. Late Classical: The Fourth Century

1. History:
2. Pottery
3. Sculpture
   1. Skopas
   2. Praxiteles
   3. Lysippos
4. Architecture
   1. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

VII. Hellenistic 323-30 BCE

1. History:
2. Sculpture
   1. Pergamon
   2. Laocoon
3. Architecture
   1. Lindos