Early and Archaic Greece

Early Greece: Dorians and Ionians

Vase with decorative meander motif and funeral ceremony from the Dipylon cemetery in Athens, Greece, ca. 740 BC

RIGHT: Krater, from the Dipylon cemetery in Athens, Greece, ca. 740 BC

Geometric art

Krater, from the Dipylon cemetery in Athens, Greece, ca. 740 BC

Black-figure amphora with animal friezes, made at Corinth ca. 625 BC

Kore statue known as the “Lady of Auxerre”, probably from Crete, ca. 650 BC

Statue known as the “Lady of Auxerre”, probably from Crete, ca. 650 BC

Copy of the statue painted in the encaustic technique

“Lady of Auxerre”, probably from Crete, ca. 650 BC

Kouros, ca. 600 BC

Archaic period

Kouros from the grave of Kroisos, found at Anavysos near Athens, ca. 530 BC

Kouros, ca. 600 BC

Kouros from the grave of Kroisos, found at Anavysos near Athens, ca. 530 BC

Peplos Kore, Athens, ca. 530 BC

Kore, Athens, ca. 510 BC

Peplos Kore, Athens, ca. 530 BC

Kore, Athens, ca. 510 BC

Early Greek architecture

Parthenon, Athens, Greece

U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Egypt, 1290 BC

Parthenon, Athens, Greece, 447 BC

Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy, ca. 550 BC

Medusa and two panthers from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis. Corfu, Greece, ca. 600-580 BC.

Lion Gate at Hattusa (in modern-day Turkey), ca. 1400 BC. Built as an entrance to a Hittite citadel

Lamassu from Dur Sharrukin. 8th c. BC

West pediment of the Temple of Artemis. Corfu, Greece, ca. 600-580 BC.