Greek art

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A beginner's guide to ancient Greece
Pottery
Quiz 1
5 questions
Daedalic and Archaic
Early classical
Quiz 2
5 questions
Classical
Late classical (4th century)
Quiz 3
5 questions
Hellenistic
Greek art
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A beginner's guide to ancient GreecePotteryQuiz 1Daedalic and ArchaicEarly classicalQuiz 2ClassicalLate classical (4th century)Quiz 3HellenisticGreek artUnit test
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A beginner's guide to ancient Greece
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Ancient Greece, an introduction
Introduction to ancient Greek art
Introduction to Greek architecture
The classical orders
Greek architectural orders
Olympic games
Victorious athlete: The Vaison Daidoumenos
Prize amphora showing a chariot race
A competitor in the long jump
Sprinter on a vase from Rhodes and a bronze running girl
Pottery
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Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction
Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique
Dipylon Amphora
Terracotta Krater
Eleusis Amphora
Exekias, amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a game
Euphronios, Sarpedon Krater
Sophilos: a new direction in Greek pottery
Euthymides, Three Revelers
Exekias, Dionysos Kylix
Niobid Painter, Niobid Krater
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Dipylon Amphora
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Exekias, Amphora with Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game
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Niobid Krater
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A beginner's guide to ancient Greece
Pottery
Daedalic and Archaic
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Lady of Auxerre
New York Kouros
Marble Statue of a kouros
Anavysos Kouros
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Ancient Greek temples at Paestum, Italy
Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
Siphnian Treasury, Delphi
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New York Kouros
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Anavysos Kouros
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Peplos Kore
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Early classical
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East and West Pediments, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
Kritios Boy
Charioteer of Delphi
Artemision Zeus or Poseidon
Riace Warriors
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Kritios Boy
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Daedalic and Archaic
Early classical
Classical
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Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)
Myron, Discobolus (Discus Thrower), Roman copy of an ancient Greek bronze
The Athenian Agora and the experiment in democracy
Parthenon (Acropolis)
East Pediment sculptures, Parthenon, including Helios, Horses and Dionysus (Heracles?)
Parthenon frieze
"Plaque of the Ergastines" fragment from the frieze on the east side of the Parthenon
Parthenon Metopes
Egyptian blue on the Parthenon sculptures
The Erechtheion
Caryatid and column from the Erechtheion
Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis
Victory (Nike) Adjusting Her Sandal, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
Grave Stele of Hegeso
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Polykleitos, Doryphoros
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Parthenon
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Victory (Nike) Adjusting her Sandal
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Grave Stele of Hegeso
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Late classical (4th century)
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Capitoline Venus
Lysippos, Farnese Hercules
Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)
Alexander Sarcophagus
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Classical
Late classical (4th century)
Hellenistic
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Barberini Faun
Dying Gaul
Bronze statue of Eros sleeping
Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Apollonius, Seated Boxer
Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii
Laocoön and his sons
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Dying Gaul
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Altar at Pergamon
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Seated Boxer
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Alexander Mosaic
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Laocoön
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Greek art
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Ancient Greece
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About this unit
Brought to you by Smarthistory. Ancient Greek art was collected in ancient Rome, studied during the Renaissance and formalized in the 19th century. It is the most influential art ever made.