FAH207 - Greek Archaic Period

Greek Archaic Period (ca. 700-480 BCE)

The Eleusis Amphora
ca. 650 BCE
Medium: Terracotta

Notes:
Largest figures scene on an amphora
Depicts Odysseus killing Polyphemus by using a spear jammed into the eye of the cyclopes (Synoptic Narrative)
Normally a woman buried in an amphora

Greek Archaic Period (ca. 700-480 BCE)

King Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II
ca. 2490-2472 BCE
Medium: Stone

Notes:
Same time as Cycladic Figurines
Group scuplture-in-the-round

Greek Archaic Period (ca. 700-480 BCE)

New York Kouros and Twin Kouroi
ca. 600 BCE

Greek Archaic Period (ca. 700-480 BCE)

The Moschophoros
ca. 560 BCE
Medium: Marble

Notes:
Creates an X-shape design

Greek Archaic Period (ca. 700-480 BCE)

Anavysos Kouros
ca. 530 BCE
Medium: Marble

Notes:
Depicts actual indication of muscles on the body
Textual evidence indicating its a statue of Kroisos

Greek Archaic Period (ca. 700-480 BCE)

Statue of a Kore
ca. 520-510
Medium: Marble

Notes:
Clothed

Greek Archaic Period (ca. 700-480 BCE)

Francois Vase
ca. 570-560 BCE
Medium: Terracotta

Notes:
Registers depict many different scenes
The Calydonian Boar Hunt with Peleus
The Funeral Games of Patrokios
The Wedding of Peleus of Thetis
The Ambush of Troilus by Achilles
Griffins

Greek Archaic Period (ca. 700-480 BCE)

Attic black-figure Amphora
ca. 540-530 BCE
Medium: Terracotta

Notes:
Exekias is the artist creating many of these
Depicts Achilles and Ajax playing a game on
Another depicts Achilles killing Penthesileia (Queen of the Amazons