Protoarchaic

A period and style that saw increasing Greek settlement throughout the Mediterranean, stone sculpture and architecture, and black-figure ceramics.

Dates

c. 700–600 B.C.E.

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Protoarchaic

A period and style that saw increasing Greek settlement throughout the Mediterranean, stone sculpture and architecture, and black-figure ceramics.

Dates

c. 700–600 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Eastern Europe > Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Southern Europe > Albania, Greece, Italy, Spain, Western Europe ...
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Basics Works of Art Artists Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction

Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique

Making Greek vases

Tiny timeline: Archaic Greece in a global context

Works of Art

Mantiklos “Apollo”

c. 700–675 B.C.E.

Nikandre

c. 650 B.C.E.

The Chigi Painter, The Chigi Vase

c. 640 B.C.E.

Eleusis Amphora

675–650 B.C.E.

Lady of Auxerre

c. 640–630 B.C.E.

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Artists

Hoplite battle (detail), The Chigi Painter, The Chigi Vase, c. 640 B.C.E., ceramic, 5.2 cm high (Villa Giulia, Rome; photo: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Chigi Painter

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Curated Guides to Protoarchaic

All Textbook Chapters Syllabi

Textbook Chapter

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

Syllabus

Ancient Greek Art and Architecture Syllabus

Protoarchaic

Protoarchaic

Basics to get you started

Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction

Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique

Making Greek vases

Tiny timeline: Archaic Greece in a global context

Works of Art

Mantiklos “Apollo”

Nikandre

The Chigi Painter, The Chigi Vase

Eleusis Amphora

Lady of Auxerre

Artists

Curated Guides to Protoarchaic

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