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Protogeometric period - proto-geometric amphora
10th century BCE Athens - shows modest pattern; Greece emerging from dark ages, simple with curvilinear pattern, figures are rare and if shown will only be animals. decorative bands - concentric circles.
Early geometric period - early Geometric amphora
Cinerary urn from mid 9th century, it has concentric circles and a vertical, battlment meander.
Middle Geometric period - middle geometric amphora
Acted as a marker for a woman’s tomb, late 9th century from Athens
Late Geometric - the Dipylon amphora
Depicts the prosthesis, a marker for a woman’s tomb, by the Dipylon master 760-750, horror vacui is evident
Orientalising period - Athens - Analatos amphora
Depicts sphinxes, a choral dance and a chariot precession. It was painted by the Analatos painter in 690 BCE.
Middle prottoattic - Eleusis amphora
Name vase of the Polyphemus painter. It shows the blinding of Polyphemus and the gorgons are doing the knielaufschema, dated to 625-600
Protocorinthian - early Protocorinthian aryballos
Shows a deer hunt, attributed to the Evelyn painter, dated to 720 BCE.
Protocorinthian - Macmillan aryballos
Macmillan/Chigi painter, it shows the Hoplite battle. Dated to around 650-640 BCE
Protocorinthian - Chigi vase
By the Chigi painter, a transitional protocorinthian olpe. It shows a Hoplite phalanx, judegment of Paris and a hare hunt. Found in Veii
Archaic - Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
500 BCE west pediment shows the battle of Troy, east pediment is dated to 490 BCE. Athena is on both pediments, a scythian archer is on the west and Heracles on the east. Farthest figures on both east and west and dying warriors.
Archaic - Siphnian treasury East pediment
Dated to 530 - marble and ionic. east pediment shows Apollo and Heracles fighting over the Delphic tripod.
Archaic - Siphnian treasury east frieze
The east frieze shows an assembly of warriors of Deities at Troy - more specifically Aeneas and Hector vs Menelaus and Patroclus over the body of Sarpedon. There is also Athena, Hera and Demeter, and Trojan Gods being Aphrodite, Artemi and Apollo
Archaic - Siphnian treasury north frieze
A gigantomachy of Dionysus, Themis, Apollo and Artemis
Black figure - Attic black figure volute krater
Francois vase - painted by Kleitias, potted by Ergotimos, from 570-560. Found near Chiusi. Iconography depicts Calydonian boar hunt, funeral games of Patroclus, wedding of Peleus and Thetis, ambush of Troilius by Achilles, animal frieze, on the handle there is Artemis as Potnia Theron carrying and Ajax carrying dead Achilles
Black figure - Attic black figure lekythos
By the Amasis painter it shows a wedding procession from 550 BCE
Black figure - Attic black figure neck amphora
Attributed to the Amasis painter, it shows Dionysus and Maenads from 540 BCE
Black figure Exekias - Attic black figure typa A amphora.
On side A there is Achilles and Ajax playing a game. Achilles counts ‘tesara’ - 4 and Ajax ‘tria’ - 3. Side B shows the return of the Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeukes).
Attic red-figure - bilingual type A amphora
520 BCE it shows Heracles driving a bull to sacrifice. Painted by Lysippides/Andokides. The red figure characteristics show reserved figures, details painted and added colour only in initial phases
Attic red-figure - Attic red-figure calyx krater
By Euphronios, side A shows the death of Sarpedon, more specifically Hypnos, Sarpedon, Hermes and Thanatos. Side B shows warriors arming. Dated to 515-510
3rd gen of red figure - Attic red figure kalpis hydria
By Kleophrades, it shows the sack of Troy dated to 480 BCE. Figures shown are Aeneas, Anchises, Ascanius; Cassandra and the lesser Ajax at the statue of Athena. Also Priam, Astyanax and Neoptolomos.
3rd gen of red figure - Attic red-figure type A amphora
By the Berlin painter, it shows Hermes, Satyr and Fawn. Dated to 490 BCE, found in Vulci.
3rd gen of red figure - Attic red-figure Type C amphora
By the Berlin painter, side A shows Kitharode. Side B shows trainer. Dated to 490 BCE.
Early Classical - Kritios Boy
480-470, from Acropolis, he has a contrapposto. He has a heavy face, new hair, lost the archaic smile and has a more serious face.
Kritios boy’s dedicatory inscription
Victor in the boys, foot-race of the Panathenaia, Kallias, son of Didymaios, dedicated this statue to Athena. Is Kallias the Kritios boy?
Early Classical - Tyrannicides
Left figure is Aristogeiton, the right one is Harmodios. They are the slayers of Hipparchos, son Peisistratos. This took place in 514 BCE. There is also the idea of crastes (lover) and eromenos (loved). A mature male and a youthful male.
Late geometric - late geometric oinochoe
Shows the shipwreck of Odysseus, or perhaps real life? (we don’t know), dated to 750-700 BCE, from Athens
Daedalic sculpture - Temple of Prinias
625-600, roof ornament is a sphinx akroteria, has a limestone relief frieze, which shows a procession of horsemen with shields and spears. Lintel sculpture
limestone reliefs of panthers and sculptures of seated females wearing poloi. Underside of lintel is a standing woman.
Daedalic - bronze statuettes
From temple of Apollo, Dreros, Crete. The figures are Artemis, Apollo and Leto(?). Made with sphyrelaton. Dated to 700 BCE.
Early classical - Delphic charioteer
Made from bronze, copper and silver. His eyes are onyx, headband is silver Found buried at Delphi as an offering of Polyzalos (tyrant of Gela). 475-470
Classical - temple of Zeus, Olympia
472-456, chryselephantine cult statue by Phidias. East
Pediment: Chariot race of Oinomaos, king of Pisans and Lydian hero Pelops. West pediment shows Centauromachy (battle of Centaurs and Lapiths). Metopes show the 12 labors of Heracles.