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Ancient Greek Art. Periods. Homeric period – 12 – 8 c. BCE Archaic period – 7 – 6 c. BCE Pre-Classic period – 490 – 440 BCE Classic period - 440 – 323 BCE Hellenistic period – 323 – 1 BCE Each period is divided into early, middle and late stage.
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Periods • Homeric period – 12 – 8 c. BCE • Archaic period – 7 – 6 c. BCE • Pre-Classic period – 490 – 440 BCE • Classic period - 440 – 323 BCE • Hellenistic period – 323 – 1 BCE • Each period is divided into early, middle and late stage.
Monumental sculpture (Lions gate), funeral art, and small stylized wooden sculptures of gods and heroes Homeric period
Archaic period • Kouros – male, nude, frontal, symmetric • Kora – female, dressed, painted, frontal, symmetric • Muscular • Always smile • 2 schools – Doric and Ionian.
Polykleitos - Doryphoros • Javelin thrower • Worked in Argos • Wrote “Canon”, describing the proportions of human body
Peonius - Nike • Masters the motion through the arrangement of clothes