CLASSICAL ART & ARCHITECTURE
ANCIENT GREECE CYCLADIC CULTURE MINOAN CIVILIZATION MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION ARCHAIC EARLY CLASSICAL CLASSICAL
CYCLADIC CULTURE 3000 – 2000 BC CYCLADES: AN ISLAND GROUP NORTH OF CRETE SCULPTURE CHARACTERIZED BY RECTANGULAR ANGULARITY AND AN ABSTRACT SIMPLICITY CARVED IN PRISTINE WHITE MARBLE
ZOOMORPHIC CLAY VESSAL
MINOAN CIVILIZATION 2600 – 1100 BC THE ISLAND OF CRETE NAMED AFTER KING MINOS TRADE EMPIRE PLAYFUL THEMES
BIRD GODDESS
BULL LEAPER SNAKE GODDESS
TOREADOR FRESCO
PALACE AT KNOSSOS The Domestic Quarter. 1.Grand Staircase. 2.Hall of Colonnades. 3.Corridor to the North-East. 4.Hall of the Double Axes. 5.Queen's Room. 6. Toilet. 7.Court of Distaffs. 8.Service staircase.
THRONE ROOM ANTECHAMBER
QUEEN MEGARON
PALACE AT PHAESTOS 1.Main Entrance. 2.Open Court with garden. 3.Royal Apartments. 4.Toilet. 5.Magazines. 6.Workshops. 7.Rooms below dining-hall. 8.Guest quarters. 9.Central Court.
MYCENAEAN CULTURE 1600 BC – 1110 BC GREEK MAINLAND WAR-LIKE SPOKE A GREEK LANGUAGE & WORSHIPPED GREEK GODS
CYCLOPEAN WALLS
MEGARON
GRAVE CIRCLE STELE
ARCHAIC PERIOD 750 BC – 500 BC DORIAN INVASION “DARK AGES”
KOUROS
KORE IONIC
PEPLOS
CALF BEARER
POTTERY GEOMETRIC
CLASSICAL 500BC – 323BC MEDIUMS – STONE & BRONZE
KRITIOS BOY 480 BC
DISKOBOLOS 450 BC
Poseidon (Zeus)
AMAZONS
POTTERY 680 530 570
DORIC COLUMNS
IONIC COLUMNS
CORINTHIAN COLUMN
ACROPOLIS
PARTHENON
ENTABLATURE
EAST PEDIMENT WEST PEDIMENT
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TEMPLE OF ATHENA NIKE
ERECTHEION