Late Classical

A period and style known for its elegant elongation of the human form and the introduction of the female nude.

Dates

400–323 B.C.E.

Places

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Late Classical

A period and style known for its elegant elongation of the human form and the introduction of the female nude.

Dates

400–323 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Southern Europe > Greece, Albania, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, Central Europe > Croatia, Eastern Europe > Bulgaria, Ro ...
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Basics Works of Art Artists Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Ancient Greece, an introduction

Greek sanctuaries as artistic hubs

Classical orders of architecture explained

Contrapposto explained

Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction

Making Greek vases

Works of Art

Praxiteles, Apollo Sauroktonos

c. 350–200 B.C.E.

c. 350 B.C.E.

Roman copy: c. 325–350 C.E., Greek original: c. 350 B.C.E.

Roman copy: c. 1st–2nd century C.E., Greek original: c. 350 B.C.E.

Piraeus Athena

c. 350 B.C.E.

The Antikythera Shipwreck

c. 340–50 B.C.E.

The Antikythera Youth

340–330 B.C.E.

Capitoline Venus (copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos)

Greek original: 4th century B.C.E., Roman copy: 2nd century C.E.

The Alexander Sarcophagus

c. 312 B.C.E.

Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)

Greek original 330 B.C.E., Romany copy c. 50 C.E.

Lysippos, Farnese Hercules

Greek original: 4th century B.C.E.; Roman copy: 3rd century C.E.

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Lysippos, Farnese Hercules (also Weary Hercules), 4th century B.C.E., later Roman copy signed "Glykon of Athens" (in Greek letters), c. 216 C.E., 10 feet 5 inches high, found in the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome in 1546 (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Lysippos

Praxiteles

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Curated Guides to Late Classical

All Textbook Chapters Syllabi

Textbook Chapter

War, democracy, and art in ancient Greece, c. 490–350 B.C.E.

Syllabus

Ancient Greek Art and Architecture Syllabus

Late Classical

Late Classical

Basics to get you started

Ancient Greece, an introduction

Greek sanctuaries as artistic hubs

Classical orders of architecture explained

Contrapposto explained

Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction

Making Greek vases

Works of Art

Praxiteles, Apollo Sauroktonos

Piraeus Athena

The Antikythera Shipwreck

The Antikythera Youth

Capitoline Venus (copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos)

The Alexander Sarcophagus

Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)

Lysippos, Farnese Hercules

Artists

Curated Guides to Late Classical

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