Greece III

Classical and Hellenistic Ages:

Political and Aesthetic Developments

East & West in the Ancient

World:Contact, War,

and Cultural Exchange

Timeline of Greek Art and Architecture

900-700 BC Geometric Period

700-480 BC Archaic Period

480-323 BC Classical Period

323-31 BC Hellenistic Period

Cultural Exchange in the Ancient World

700-480 BC Archaic Period 700–500 BC Orientalizing Period

480-323 BC Classical Period

323-31 BC Hellenistic Period

Period of True Fusion

The Geometric PeriodThe Geometric Period

900-700 BC

Phyxis(Box with

Lid)

Geometric

Period

750 BC

Funerary

Amphora

Geometric

Period

750 BC

Funerary

Krater

Terracotta

Geometric Period

Mid 8th century

BC

Statuette of Man and

Centaur in

Combat

Geometric Period

ca. 775 BC

Statuette of a Horse

Geometric Period

Bronze

8th century BC

2D 3D

The Orientalizing PeriodThe Orientalizing Period

700-500 BC

Corinthian Orientalizing Vase

Corinth, Greece

620 BC

Mesopotamian Connections

Mesopotamian Connections

Lion Killing Bull Marble Pediment

ca. 525-500 BC

Lion Killing Bull Persepolis Relief

6th c. BC

Persian Connectio

ns

Statue of a Kouros (Youth)

Marble590 BC

Egyptian

Connections

Kleobis & Biton

Marble

590 BC

Egyptian Connections

Auxere Kore

Crete,640 BC

Acropolis Kore

Athens,540 BC

Peplos Kore, Athens, 530 BC = Minoan + Egyptian

Architectural Tile Fragment – 6th c. BC

Temple of Apollo at Corinth Early 6th c. BC

Temple of Heraca. 550 BC

Temple of Poseidon & Athena at Sounios

7th c. BC

The Archaic PeriodThe Archaic Period

600-480 BC

Major DevelopmentsMajor Developments

1. Development of Democratic Government

2. Growth of the City-State: “POLIS”

1. Urban Planning and Civic Architecture

2. State Religion

3. Geographical Expansion of Greek Civilization (Italy, Asia Minor)

4. Refinement of Greek Stylistic Language

Stoa (Covered Walkway) of Agora (Assembly)

Athens, 5th c. BC

Theater Delphi, 4th c. BC

Stadium Delphi, 4th c. BC

Treasuryof

Athens at Delphi

Delphi

4th c. BC

Sanctuary of Apollo at

Delphi

Greece

6th c. BC

Temple of Apollo at Delphi373 BC

Greek Expansion into

Asia Minor

Urban Planning

River City of Priene

Ionia,Asia Minor

Urban Planning

Coastal City of Miletus

Ionia,Asia Minor

6th c. BC

Persian Empireca. 559-330 BC

Timeline of Ancient Persian Rulers

559-530 BC Cyrus the Great

521-486 BC Darius I

486-465 BC Xerxes I

Cylinder of Cyrus

Ca. 550 BC

Persian vs. Babylonian Empire

Persian vs. Egyptian Empire

Persepolis

Persepolis

ApadanaAudience Hall of King Darius I

Stairway to Audience

Hall

Persian Soldiers – Wall Relief

Columns of Persepolis

Animal Design of Capitals

Gates of the Winged Bull

King Darius

Difference and Similarities with Mesopotamia

Xerxes(?!)Xerxes(?!)

Greco-

Persian

Wars

500-480 BC

Herodotus

“The Father of History”

The Classical PeriodThe Classical Period

480-323 BC

Doryphoros

Hipshot Pose

Classical

450 BC

Diadoumenos

Classical

Marble

430 BC

Diskobolos

Classical

Marble

5th century BC

Grave Stele

Little Girl with Doves

Classical

Marble

450 BC

Fragment of Relief

Demeter and Persephone Giving

the Gift of Grain

Classical

Marble

450 BC

Statue of Irene

Symbol of Peace

Classical

Marble

375 BC

Akroterion

Sculptural Detail from

Grave Monument

Classical

350 BC

Acropolis at Athens

Acropolis –Plan

Acropolis – Reign of Periclesca. 448-429 BC

Acropolis of Athens

Temple of Athena Nike Mid 5th c. BC

Propylea

Monumental Gateway to

the Acropolis

448-437 BC

Propylea Today

Erechtheum

Erechtheum – Ionic Order

Porch of the Caryatids

Parthenon

Doric Order 447-432 BC

Golden Age of Greek

Philosophy

Socrates

469-399 BC

Golden Age of Greek

Philosophy

Plato

Golden Age of Greek

Philosophy

Aristotle

Alexander the Great (d. 323 BC)

Alexander the Great’sMacedonian Empire

The Hellenistic PeriodThe Hellenistic Period

323-31 BCFusion of East and

West

Hellenistic Kingdom of Pergamon2nd c. BC

Great Altar of Zeus – West Facade

PergamonGreat

Altar of Zeus

Plan

PergamonGreat Altar of Zeus – West

Facade

Great Altar of Zeus – Detail of Frieze

Laocoon

HellenisticSculpture

50 BC

Head of Ptolemy II

or III

Hellenistic Egypt

Bronze

ca. 230 BC

Head of Ptolem

y Philom

eter

HellenisticEgypt

Bronze

ca. 150 BC

PtolemaicFunerary

Architecture

HellenisticEgypt

3rd c. BC

“Dhu-l Qarnain”

Alexander as a UniqueUnifying Force

between East and West

“Iskandar”in Persian art

Persian MiniaturePainting

15th century AD