1. Greek Vase Painting

2. Geometric Period
The Earliest Greek Vases were decorated with bands of simple geometric patterns covering most of the vessel.
Funerary Vase: 8th Century B.C.

3. A tall ancient Greek jar with two handles and a narrow neck.
Amphora
A tall ancient Greek jar with two handles and a narrow neck.
Vase with Ajax and Achilles Playing Dice. 540 B.C.

4. Figures are more lifelike and were placed in Storytelling scenes
Amphora
Figures are more lifelike and were placed in Storytelling scenes
Exekias was an ancient Greek vase-painter and potter who was active in Athens between roughly 545 BC and 530 BC. Exekias worked mainly in the black-figure technique, which involved the painting of scenes using a clay slip that fired to black, with details created through incision. Exekias is regarded by art historians as an artistic visionary whose masterful use of incision and psychologically sensitive compositions mark him as one of the greatest of all Attic vase painters.
Signed his artwork.
Vase with Ajax and Achilles Playing Dice. 540 B.C.

5. The earliest Artist to sign his name was Sophilos in 580 B.C.

6. The Evolution of Greek Sculpture

7. Artists to Meet Myron Phidias Polyclitus
You’ll be able to explain how Greek sculpture changed over time from the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Periods

8. Archaic Period B.C.
The first main period of Greek art; became less rigidly stylized and more naturalistic.
Calf Bearer – c. 570 B.C.

9. 600 to 480 BC young male god or athlete Archaic Greek sculptures
Kouros – 600 B.C. male youth Kore – 530 B.C. Maiden (female) - Originally painted - Left foot forward
600 to 480 BC young male god or athlete
Archaic Greek sculptures
1345–1337 BC

10. Korai – clothed women, often goddesses
The Hera of Samos
Stone cylinder
Stiff pose like kouros
Bent left arm
Symbol of authority

11. Classical Period 510-332 B.C. The 2nd major period of Greek Life
Besides war and conquest, in this period of Ancient Greece, the Greeks produced great literature, poetry, philosophy, drama, and art. Classical Greece includes the period known as the Age of Pericles

12. Contrapposto
A pose in which the weight of the body is balanced on one leg while the other leg is free and relaxed.
S-curve
The marble Kritios Boy or Kritian Boy belongs to the Early Classical period of ancient Greek sculpture. It is the first statue that we have that uses contrapposto  
c. 480 BC.

13. Myron’s Discus Thrower
Classical Period
Bold new ideas
More skill
Abandon the stiff monoliths
Figures move in space
450 B.C.

14. Myron Chief material was bronze Never worked in marble
All original bronzes were melted down long ago
What is known today of Greek works comes from copies made later by the Romans

15. Phidias Athena Parthenos 42 Feet Tall White Ivory Over 1 ton of gold
Precious stones for eyes

16. Phidias Continued Procession of Horsemen Interactive 350 people
125 horses
Religious parade
440B.C.

17. Polyclitus’s Spear Thrower 440 B.C.
Appears lifelike
Confident
Athletic
Compare to Michelangelo’s
David

18. Hellenistic Period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire 
3rd period of Greek Art- filled with expression and emotion
Extremely skillful and confident
Beauty was less important than expression
Lack precise balance and harmony of Classical sculptures

19. Pathos A quality that causes people to feel sympathy and sadness
Represents an appeal to the audience's emotions

20. The Dying Gaul- 240 B.C.
The white marble statue — which may have originally been painted — depicts a wounded, slumping Celt with remarkable realism and pathos, particularly as regards the face. A bleeding sword puncture is visible in his lower right chest. The figure is represented as a Celtic warrior with characteristic hairstyle and moustache and is nude save for a torc around his neck. He lies on his fallen shield while his sword, belt, and a curved trumpet lie beside him.

21. The Nike of Samothrace 190 B.C.
Made to look like the prow of a ship
Fabric appears to blow in the wind and cling to the skin

22. The Seated Boxer 50 B.C.
Appeals to emotionalism

23. Laocoön and His Sons
The figures are near life-size (6 ft 7 in) showing the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents.
The group has been "the prototypical icon of human agony" in Western art

24. Summary Archaic
Archaic period – The Kouros, the stiff and solid sculptures were created during a time when artists were seeking greater control of their materials

25. Summary Classical
By the Classical period, sculptors had achieved near perfection in balance, proportion and sense of movement.
The Discus Thrower demonstrates the sculptor’s ability to create realistic work.
The Spear Thrower is an example of balance, harmony, and beauty.

26. Summary Hellenistic
During Hellenistic times, sculptures, such as the Seated Boxer reveal the artist’s interest in more dramatic and emotional subjects

27. Compare the three Periods

28. Gothic Sculpture ca. 1220-1230 AD
Archaic Sculpture 480 B.C.

29. Renaissance Sculpture 1504 AD Classical Sculpture 440 B.C.

30. Hellenistic Sculpture 200 B.C.
Baroque Period
'Ecstasy of Saint Theresa' ( ) in Cornaro Chapel, Rome by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernin