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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