Ancient Greek Art

William V. Ganis, PhD

Geometric Art

Geometric Krater from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens

ca. 740 B.C.E. ceramic 40 1/2 in. high

Hero and centaur

ca. 750-730 B.C.E. bronze approximately 4 1/2 in. high

Votive Statuette of a Horse

late 8th Century B.C.E. bronze approximately 3 in. high

Orientalizing Art

Mantiklos Apollo
ca. 700-680 B.C.E. bronze approximately 8 in. high

Corinthian black-figure amphora

ca. 625-600 B.C.E. ceramic approximately 1 ft. 2 in. high

Plan of Temple A Prinias, Greece

ca. 625 B.C.E.

Lintel of Temple A Prinias, Greece

ca. 625 B.C.E. limestone approximately 2 ft. 9 in. high

Archaic Art

Kourous
ca. 600 B.C.E. marble 72 1/2 in. high

Calf Bearer (Moschophoros) from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 560 B.C.E. marble 65 in. high

Kroisos from Anavysos, Greece

ca. 530 B.C.E. marble 76 in. high

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 530 B.C.E. marble 48 in. high

Temple of Hera I

Paestum, Italy
ca. 550 B.C.E.

Temple of Hera I

Paestum, Italy
ca. 550 B.C.E.

Doric order

Ionic order

Corinthian order

Exekias Achilles and Ajax playing dice from Vulci, Italy

ca. 540-530 B.C.E. ceramic approximately 2 ft. high

Andokides Painter Achilles & Ajax playing a dice game from Orvietto, Italy
ca. 525-520 B.C.E. ceramic 21 in. high

Euphronios Herakles wrestling Antaios from Cerveteri, Italy

ca. 510 B.C.E. ceramic 19 in. high

Euthymides Three revelers from Vulci, Italy

ca. 510 B.C.E. ceramic approximately 2 ft. high

Temple of Aphaia

Aegina, Greece
ca. 500-490 B.C.E.

Temple of Aphaia

Aegina, Greece
ca. 500-490 B.C.E.

West pediment of the Temple of Aphaia Aegina, Greece

ca. 500-490 B.C.E. marble approximately 5 ft. 8 in. high at center

Dying warrior from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

ca. 500-490 B.C.E. marble approximately 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. long

Dying warrior from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

ca. 490-480 B.C.E. marble approximately 6 ft. 1 in. long

Early Classical Art

Kritios Boy from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 480 B.C.E. marble 34 in. high

Warrior from the sea off Riace, Italy

ca. 460-450 B.C.E. bronze 78 in. high

Zeus (or Poseidon?) from the sea off Cape Artemision, Greece
ca. 460-450 B.C.E. bronze 82 in. high

Myron Diskobolus (Discus Thrower)

ca. 450 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 61 in. high

Polykleitos Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

ca. 450-440 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 83 in. high

Polykleitos Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

ca. 450-440 B.C.E. 83 in. high

High Classical Art

Acropolis Athens, Greece

Iktinos and Kallikrates

Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos Acropolis, Athens, Greece
447-438 B.C.E.

Iktinos and Kallikrates

Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos Acropolis, Athens, Greece
447-438 B.C.E.

Phidas
Athena Parthenos (model) Acropolis, Athens, Greece
ca. 438 B.C.E. 38 ft. tall

Lapith versus Centaur Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens

ca. 447-438 marble 4 ft. 8 in. high

Erechtheion

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 421-405 B.C.E.

Caryatids from the South Porch of the Erechtheion Acropolis, Athens, Greece
ca. 421-405 B.C.E. marble figures approximately 91 in. high

Late Classical Art

Praxiteles Aphrodite of Knidos

ca. 350-340 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 80 in. high

Lysippos Apoxyomenos (Scraper)

ca. 330 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 81 in. high

Philoxenes of Eretria

Battle of Issus
From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy
ca. 310 B.C.E. tessera Mosaic 8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.

Philoxenes of Eretria (detail)

Battle of Issus
From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy
ca. 310 B.C.E. tessera Mosaic 8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.

Philoxenes of Eretria

Battle of Issus (detail)

From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy
ca. 310 B.C.E. tessera Mosaic 8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.

Polykleitos the Younger Theater Epidauros, Greece

350 B.C.E.

Choragic Monument of Lysikrates Athens, Greece

334 B.C.E. marble

Hellenistic Art

Nike of Samothrace from Samothrace, Greece

ca. 190 B.C.E. marble 97 in. high

Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander Aphrodite from Milos (Venus de Milo)

ca. 150-125 B.C.E. marble 79 in. high

Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander Aphrodite from Milos (Venus de Milo)

ca. 150-125 B.C.E. marble 79 in. high

Aphrodite, Eros and Pan from Delos, Greece

ca. 100 B.C.E. marble 52 in. high

Boethos of Kalchedon Herm of Dionysos

ca. 100-50 B.C.E. bronze, ivory

Sleeping Satyr (Barberini Faun)

ca. 230-200 B.C.E. marble 85 in. high

Old Market Woman

ca. 150-100 B.C.E. marble 54 in. high

Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes Laocon and his sons

1st century C.E. marble 94 1/2 in. high