1. Archaic Greek
600 B.C B.C

2. The Archaic Greece saw advances in art, poetry and technology

3. Calf-Bearer Who: Rhombos What: Hymettian Marble Where: Athens, Greece
When: Athenian Acropolis, BCE.
The man and animal are expressly bound as a group. The compositional scheme of the crossed legs and arms as well as more subtle links such as the inclined heads create a unified work.
This piece of art was created as an offering to the goddess Athena.
Due to the increasing population of Greece a new age of intellectual ideas was created therefore the vast changes in the art and architecture.
Calf-Bearer

4. Kore Who: Unknown What: Parian Marble and originally painted
Where:Athens, Greece
When: Athenian Acropolis 510 BCE.
The statue was created to represent the female counterpart of the standing youth.
It also represented young girls in the service of goddess
as an offering of gratitude
The Kore type of inspired by egyptian art.
This statue incorporates texture throughout the clothes as well as the hair.
Kore

5. First Temple Of Hera (Basilica)
Who: Greek Colonists
What:Sandstone
Where:55 miles South of Naples, Italy
When: Paestum 550 BC
curving in at the top and leaning in slightly at the bottom was common in the earliest classical Greek temples as the Greeks believed that it was an important optical illusion as it made the columns appear vertical
Hera was presumably the patron goddess of the city and thus it is generally assumed that this temple was dedicated to Hera.
First Temple Of Hera (Basilica)

6. Central portion of the west pediment of temple of Artemis
Who: unknown
What: Limestone
Where: Corfu, Greece
When: Ancient City of Korkyra 580 BC
The Temple was built to honor Artemis who was one of the three maiden goddesses on Olympus
Medusa and her sons are sculpted here in order to protect the temple.
Intended to ward off evil
The artist uses texture by allowing parts of the sculpture to pop out of the wall.
Central portion of the west pediment of temple of Artemis

7. Ajax and Achilles playing a Game
Who: Red Figure (side A) is by the Andokides Painter, and the Black Figure (side B) is by the Lysippides Painter.
What: Ceramic, Black-Figure & Red-Figure
Where: Athens, Greece
When: Athens, Greece BC
depicts the heroes Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
This type of art was inspired the the egyptians however the greek art depicts the everyday life while egyptian art depicted religious beings.
The artists used color and contrast to make Ajax and Achilles stand/pop out.
Ajax and Achilles playing a Game
Side A
Side B

8. That’s It