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
 Cultural Exchange in the
Ancient World

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

480-323 BC Classical
Period
The Geometric Period

900-700
BC
Phyxis
(Box with

Lid)

Geomet
ric
Period

750 BC
Funera
ry
Ampho
ra

Geomet
ric
Period

750 BC
Funerar
y
Krater

Terracott
a

Geometri
c Period

Mid 8th
century
 e of
Man
and
Centaur
in
Combat

Geometri
c Period

ca. 775
Statuett
e of a
Horse

Geometric
Period

Bronze

8th century
BC
2D 3D
The Orientalizing Period

700-500 BC
Corinthian
Orientalizi
ng Vase

Corinth,
Greece

620 BC
Mesopotam
ian
Connection
s
 Mesopotamia
n Connections
Lion Killing Bull Marble
Pediment
Lion Killing Bull
Persepolis Relief
th
 Persian
Connectio
ns
Statue of a Kouros
(Youth)
Marble
590 BC
E C
o
g
n
y n
p e
t c
i t
i
a
o
n n
s
Kleobis &
Biton

Marble

590 BC
Egyptian
Connections
Auxere
Kore
Crete,
640 BC

Acropolis
Kore
Athens,
Peplos Kore, Athens, 530 BC =
Architectural Tile Fragment
– 6th c. BC
Temple of Apollo at Corinth
Early 6th c. BC
Temple of Hera
ca. 550 BC
Temple of Poseidon & Athena
at Sounios
7th c. BC
The Archaic Period

600-480
BC
 Major Developments
• Development of Democratic
Government

• Growth of the City-State:

“POLIS”
• Urban Planning and Civic
Architecture
• State Religion

• Geographical Expansion of
Greek Civilization (Italy, Asia
Stoa (Covered Walkway) of Agora
(Assembly)
th
 Theater
Delphi, 4th c. BC
 Stadium
Delphi, 4th c. BC
Treasury
of
Athens
at Delphi

Delphi

4th c. BC
 Sanctuary
of Apollo at
Delphi

Greece

6th c. BC
Temple of Apollo at Delphi
373 BC
 Greek
Expansi
on 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 Empire
ca. 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
Persian vs.
Babylonian
Persian vs. Egyptian
Empire
Persepolis
Persepolis
 Apadana
Audience 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(?!)
Grec
o-
Persi
an
Wars

500-
480
BC
Herodotu
s

“The
Father of
History”
The Classical Period

480-323
BC
Doryphor
os

Hipshot
Pose

Classical

450 BC
Diadoumen
os

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 Pericles
ca. 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’s
Macedonian
The Hellenistic Period

323-31 BC
Fusion of East and
West
Hellenistic Kingdom of
Pergamon
2nd c. BC
Great Altar of Zeus – West
Facade
Perga
mon
Great
Altar of
Zeus

Plan
 Pergamon
Great Altar of Zeus – West
Facade
Great Altar of Zeus – Detail of
Frieze
Laocoon

Hellenistic
Sculpture

50 BC
 Head of
Ptolemy II
or III

Hellenistic
Egypt

Bronze

ca. 230 BC
Head of
Ptolem
y
Philom
eter

Hellenistic
Egypt

Bronze

ca. 150
BC
Ptolemaic
Funerary
Architectu
re

Hellenistic
Egypt

3rd c. BC
 “Dhu-l Qarnain”

Alexander as a Unique
Unifying Force
between
East and West
 “Iskandar”
in Persian art

Persian Miniature
Painting

15th century AD