Art History 201 U4 Images

Knossos

Harpist, from Amorgos, Cyclades Latter part of the 3rd millennium BCE.

Plan of the “palace” complex, Knossos, Crete. ca. 1500 BCE

Reconstruction of the “palace” complex, Knossos, Crete

Staircase, east wing, “palace” complex, Knossos, Crete

The “Queen’s Megaron,” from Knossos, Crete. ca. 1700 – 1300 BCE

Rhyton in the shape of a bull’s head, from Knossos, Crete. ca. 1500 – 1450 BCE. Serpentine, steatite, crystal, and shell inlay (horns restored)

Mycenae

Aerial View of Mycenae, Greece. ca. 1600 – 1200 BCE

Reconstruction of Mycenae, Greece.

The Lioness Gate, Mycenae, Greece. ca. 1250 BCE.

“Treasury of Atreus,” Mycenae, Greece. ca. 1300 – 1250 BCE.

Reconstruction of the “Treasury of Atreus,” Mycenae, Greece.

Interior of “Treasury of Atreus,” Mycenae, Greece.

Mask of Agamemnon, from shaft grave, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece. ca. 1600 – 1500 BCE. Gold.

Ground Plan of a typical Greek peripteral temple (after Grinnell) 

Doric and Ionic styles in elevation

The Temple of Hera I (“Basilica”), ca. 550 BCE, and the Temple of Hera II (“Temple of Poseidon”), Paestum. ca. 460 BCE.

Interior of the Temple of Hera II. ca. 500 BCE.

Kore (Maiden). limestone ca. 630 BCE

Zeus. bronze. ca. 460 – 450 BCE.

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman Copy after Greek original. By Polykelitos ca. 450-440 BCE

Akropolis (view from west), Athens. Propylaia, 437 – 432 BCE; with Temple of Athena Nike, 427 – 424 BCE

Plan of the Akropolis at Athens in 400 BCE. 

Iktinos and Kallikrates. The Parthenon (view from the west). Akropolis, Athens. 447 – 432 BCE.

Model of Athena Parthenos by Pheidias. ca. 438 BCE.

Three Goddesses from the east pediment of the Parthenon. ca. 438 – 432 BCE. Marble

Grave Stele of Hegeso. ca. 410–400 BCE. Marble

Mnesikles. The Propylaia, 437–432 BCE (view from west).

The Erechtheion. 421–405 BCE (view from the southeast).

Aphrodite of Knidos. Roman copy after an original of ca. 340–330 BCE by Praxiteles. Marble

Apoxyomenos (Scraper). Roman marble copy, probably after a bronze original of ca. 330 BCE by Lysippos.

Theater, Epidauros. Early 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE

Plan of the theater, Epidauros (after Picard-Cambridge)

Epigonos of Pergamon (?). Dying Trumpeter. Perhaps a Roman copy after a bronze original of ca. 230–220 BCE, from Pergamon, Turkey. Marble

West front of Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon (restored).

Pythokritos of Rhodes (?). Nike of Samothrace. ca. 190 BCE. Marble

The Battle of Issos or Battle of Alexander and the Persians. Mosaic copy from Pompeii of a Hellenistic painting of ca. 315 BCE. ca. 100 BCE.