Four Phases of Greek Art
4 Phases of Greek Art
* Geometric 900-600 B.C.E * Archaic 600-480 B.C.E * Classical 980-323 B.C.E * Hellenistic 323-31
* Large funerary Vase * Known as Diphlon Vase or Krator * From the geometric era * Made from busted clay * Ceramics were used for storage * It also showed a lot of culture with images * The Greek buried their dead & practiced cremations
Bronze Man & Centaur
* Human body mixed with a horse like figure * Centaur from lefkand, Euboea * Centaurs are fast, strong, and intelligent but can’t control their alcohol or lust for men and women * A centaur represents man’s self-living
Kouros-Archaic
* Statue of kouros * Kouros means young male * Archaic Figure * They are nude idealized, healthy fit * Placed in temples and burial sites * The male body was viewed as beauty * Male also liked with fertility * Over life-sized 6ft * Once painted * Had similarities of Egyptian figures
Kore * Was also put in temples * Smaller than male figure * Was about 2ft * The served as attendants * Had some similar characteristics like the kouros figure * Had several differences as well * Marble figure as well * Had wavy long hair * Was also painted once
Kritio’s Boy, Statue of an Ephebe
* He is transitional due to his showing of his stance (480 B.C.E) * Crafted from marble lot that big it was slightly smaller * Has a leaning (Controposto) stance * Early Classical piece * Has short hair unlike the other figures sparked transition of new style for males! * Had some differences from the kouros figure * Has more humanistic like composition to make the figure more human like or naturalism * Depicted as (purenbistic) doesn’t have the muscular characteristics like the other figures.
Charioteer of Delphi
* Was a surviving bronze piece saved from the romans * Bronze was a casting
* Geometric 900-600 B.C.E * Archaic 600-480 B.C.E * Classical 980-323 B.C.E * Hellenistic 323-31
* Large funerary Vase * Known as Diphlon Vase or Krator * From the geometric era * Made from busted clay * Ceramics were used for storage * It also showed a lot of culture with images * The Greek buried their dead & practiced cremations
Bronze Man & Centaur
* Human body mixed with a horse like figure * Centaur from lefkand, Euboea * Centaurs are fast, strong, and intelligent but can’t control their alcohol or lust for men and women * A centaur represents man’s self-living
Kouros-Archaic
* Statue of kouros * Kouros means young male * Archaic Figure * They are nude idealized, healthy fit * Placed in temples and burial sites * The male body was viewed as beauty * Male also liked with fertility * Over life-sized 6ft * Once painted * Had similarities of Egyptian figures
Kore * Was also put in temples * Smaller than male figure * Was about 2ft * The served as attendants * Had some similar characteristics like the kouros figure * Had several differences as well * Marble figure as well * Had wavy long hair * Was also painted once
Kritio’s Boy, Statue of an Ephebe
* He is transitional due to his showing of his stance (480 B.C.E) * Crafted from marble lot that big it was slightly smaller * Has a leaning (Controposto) stance * Early Classical piece * Has short hair unlike the other figures sparked transition of new style for males! * Had some differences from the kouros figure * Has more humanistic like composition to make the figure more human like or naturalism * Depicted as (purenbistic) doesn’t have the muscular characteristics like the other figures.
Charioteer of Delphi
* Was a surviving bronze piece saved from the romans * Bronze was a casting