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Archaic

Greek artists continued to develop their storytelling, and developed increasingly sophisticated methods of representation to support those stories; the city of Athens witnessed the rise and fall of tyrants and the introduction of democracy. This period is known for its large-scale marble sculptures of male youth (kouroi) and female youth (korai) as well as Black-figure vase painting, early red-figure vase painting. Major shifts include a new ideal focused on rigidity and symmetry in stone sculpture. Red-figure vase painting invented 525 B.C.E.

Dates

c. 600–480 B.C.E.

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Tiny timeline: Archaic Greece in a global context

Ancient Greece, an introduction

Greek sanctuaries as artistic hubs

Classical orders of architecture explained

Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction

Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique

Making Greek vases

Works of Art

Marble statue of a kouros (New York Kouros)

c. 590–580 B.C.E.

Peplos Kore

c. 530 B.C.E.

Anavysos Kouros

c. 530 B.C.E.

Bronze helmet donated by Olympic gold medalist Son Gijeong

c. 6th century B.C.E.

Kouroi and Korai, an introduction

600—480 B.C.E.

The Kouroi of Kleobis and Biton

early 6th century B.C.E.

The François Vase: story book of Greek mythology

mid-6th century B.C.E.

Euphronios, Sarpedon Krater

c. 515 B.C.E.

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Bayon, the most notable temple at Angkor Thom (photo: Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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