Key examples

Question 1

Protogeometric period - proto-geometric amphora

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Early geometric period - early Geometric amphora

Answer 2

Cinerary urn from mid 9th century, it has concentric circles and a vertical, battlment meander.

Question 3

Middle Geometric period - middle geometric amphora

Answer 3

Acted as a marker for a woman’s tomb, late 9th century from Athens

Question 4

Late Geometric - the Dipylon amphora

Answer 4

Depicts the prosthesis, a marker for a woman’s tomb, by the Dipylon master 760-750, horror vacui is evident

Question 5

Orientalising period - Athens - Analatos amphora

Answer 5

Depicts sphinxes, a choral dance and a chariot precession. It was painted by the Analatos painter in 690 BCE.

Question 6

Middle prottoattic - Eleusis amphora

Answer 6

Name vase of the Polyphemus painter. It shows the blinding of Polyphemus and the gorgons are doing the knielaufschema, dated to 625-600

Question 7

Protocorinthian - early Protocorinthian aryballos

Answer 7

Shows a deer hunt, attributed to the Evelyn painter, dated to 720 BCE.

Question 8

Protocorinthian - Macmillan aryballos

Answer 8

Macmillan/Chigi painter, it shows the Hoplite battle. Dated to around 650-640 BCE

Question 9

Protocorinthian - Chigi vase

Answer 9

By the Chigi painter, a transitional protocorinthian olpe. It shows a Hoplite phalanx, judegment of Paris and a hare hunt. Found in Veii

Question 10

Archaic - Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Archaic - Siphnian treasury East pediment

Answer 11

Dated to 530 - marble and ionic. east pediment shows Apollo and Heracles fighting over the Delphic tripod.

Question 12

Archaic - Siphnian treasury east frieze

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Archaic - Siphnian treasury north frieze

Answer 13

A gigantomachy of Dionysus, Themis, Apollo and Artemis

Question 14

Black figure - Attic black figure volute krater

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Black figure - Attic black figure lekythos

Answer 15

By the Amasis painter it shows a wedding procession from 550 BCE

Question 16

Black figure - Attic black figure neck amphora

Answer 16

Attributed to the Amasis painter, it shows Dionysus and Maenads from 540 BCE

Question 17

Black figure Exekias - Attic black figure typa A amphora.

Answer 17

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).

Question 18

Attic red-figure - bilingual type A amphora

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Attic red-figure - Attic red-figure calyx krater

Answer 19

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

Question 20

3rd gen of red figure - Attic red figure kalpis hydria

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

3rd gen of red figure - Attic red-figure type A amphora

Answer 21

By the Berlin painter, it shows Hermes, Satyr and Fawn. Dated to 490 BCE, found in Vulci.

Question 22

3rd gen of red figure - Attic red-figure Type C amphora

Answer 22

By the Berlin painter, side A shows Kitharode. Side B shows trainer. Dated to 490 BCE.

Question 23

Early Classical - Kritios Boy

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

Kritios boy’s dedicatory inscription

Answer 24

Victor in the boys, foot-race of the Panathenaia, Kallias, son of Didymaios, dedicated this statue to Athena. Is Kallias the Kritios boy?

Question 25

Early Classical - Tyrannicides

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

Late geometric - late geometric oinochoe

Answer 26

Shows the shipwreck of Odysseus, or perhaps real life? (we don’t know), dated to 750-700 BCE, from Athens

Question 27

Daedalic sculpture - Temple of Prinias

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

Daedalic - bronze statuettes

Answer 28

From temple of Apollo, Dreros, Crete. The figures are Artemis, Apollo and Leto(?). Made with sphyrelaton. Dated to 700 BCE.

Question 29

Early classical - Delphic charioteer

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Classical - temple of Zeus, Olympia

Answer 30

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.