Ancient Greek

The culture and styles of ancient Greece, including Magna Graecia (Italy) and Greek colonies in Western Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Dates

c. 1100–31 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Southern Europe > Greece, Italy
Asia > West Asia > Turkey, Georgia

Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Ancient Greek

The culture and styles of ancient Greece, including Magna Graecia (Italy) and Greek colonies in Western Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Dates

c. 1100–31 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Southern Europe > Greece, Italy
Asia > West Asia > Turkey, Georgia

Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Ancient Greece, an introduction

Greek sanctuaries as artistic hubs

Greek architectural orders

Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction

Making Greek vases

Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique

Olympic games

The Geometric period, an introduction

Commemorating the Dead in Greek Geometric Art

Tiny timeline: Archaic Greece in a global context

Classic, classical, and classicism explained

Contrapposto explained

A brief history of the representation of the body in Western sculpture

A brief history of the representation of the body in Western painting

Art Appreciation: Religion—comparisons and connections

Works of Art

Bronze helmet donated by Olympic gold medalist Son Gijeong

c. 6th century B.C.E.

The Dying Gaul, reconsidered

Greek original c. 230–220 B.C.E.; Roman copy 1st or 2nd century C.E.

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)

Greek original c. 450–440 B.C.E.; Roman copy before 79 C.E.

Statue of a Victorious Youth
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c. 300–100 B.C.E.

Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, Laocoön and his Sons

early 1st century C.E.

Nike (Winged Victory) of Samothrace

c. 190 B.C.E.

The Antikythera Shipwreck

c. 340–50 B.C.E.

Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii

Greek original c. 315 B.C.E.; Roman copy c. 100 B.C.E.

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Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer) or The Canon, c. 450–440 B.C.E., ancient Roman marble copy found in Pompeii of the lost bronze original, 211 cm high (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli)

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer) or The Canon, c. 450–440 B.C.E., ancient Roman marble copy found in Pompeii of the lost bronze original, 211 cm high (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli)

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Periods, Cultures, Styles

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Funerary Amphora with Scenes of Mourning, 720–700 B.C., Greek, made in Athens. Terracotta, 27 5/8 x 12 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016.35. Purchased in part with funds provided by the Villa Council. Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program

Geometric period

c. 1100–700 B.C.E.

Statue of a woman, known as the “Lady of Auxerre,” c. 640–630 B.C.E. (Daedalic style, Crete [?]), limestone, 75 cm high (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

Protoarchaic

c. 700–600 B.C.E.

Anavysos (Kroisos) Kouros, c. 530 B.C.E., marble, 6' 4" (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

Archaic

c. 600–480 B.C.E.

Athena, Herakles and Atlas (detail), east metope 4 from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, 470–457 B.C.E., marble (Archaeological Museum of Olympia; photo: Egisto Sani, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Early Classical

480–450 B.C.E.

Phidias(?), Parthenon sculptures, frieze: 438-432 B.C.E., pediment: c. 438-432 B.C.E. and metopes: c. 447-32 B.C.E.

High Classical

450–400 B.C.E.

Statue of a Victorious Youth (Greek), 300–100 B.C.E., bronze with inlaid copper, 151.5 x 70 x 27.9 cm (Getty Villa Museum)

Late Classical

400–323 B.C.E.

Barberini Faun, c. 220 B.C.E., marble (Glyptothek, Munich)

Hellenistic

323–31 B.C.E.

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Curated Guides to Ancient Greek

All Textbook Chapters Syllabi

Textbook Chapter

Pottery, the body, and the gods in ancient Greece, c. 800–490 B.C.E.

Textbook Chapter

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

Textbook Chapter

Empire and Art in the Hellenistic world (c. 350–31 B.C.E.)

Syllabus

Ancient Greek Art and Architecture Syllabus

Syllabus

Prehistory to the Middle Ages: the Mediterranean Syllabus