Ancient Greek Art

Geometric Krater

from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens

ca. 740 B.C.E.ceramic40 1/2 in. high

Hero and centaur

ca. 750-730 B.C.E.bronzeapproximately 4 1/2 in. high

Corinthian black-figure amphora

ca. 625-600 B.C.E.ceramicapproximately 1 ft. 2 in. high

Lintel of Temple A

Prinias, Greece

ca. 625 B.C.E.limestoneapproximately 2 ft. 9 in. high

Calf Bearer (Moschophoros)

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 560 B.C.E.marble65 in. high

Peplos Kore

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 530 B.C.E.marble48 in. high

Exekias

Achilles and Ajax playing dice

from Vulci, Italy

ca. 540-530 B.C.E.ceramicapproximately 2 ft. high

Andokides Painter

Achilles & Ajax playing a dice game

from Orvietto, Italy

ca. 525-520 B.C.E.ceramic21 in. high

Euphronios

Herakles wrestling Antaios

from Cerveteri, Italy

ca. 510 B.C.E.ceramic19 in. high

Euthymides

Three revelers

from Vulci, Italy

ca. 510 B.C.E.ceramicapproximately 2 ft. high

Myron

Diskobolus (Discus Thrower)

ca. 450 B.C.E.Roman marble copy after a bronze original61 in. high

Phidas

Athena Parthenos (model)

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 438 B.C.E.38 ft. tall

Caryatids from the South Porch of the Erechtheion

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 421-405 B.C.E.marblefigures approximately 91 in. high

Philoxenes of Eretria

Battle of Issus

From the House of the Faun, Pompei, Italy

ca. 310 B.C.E.tessera Mosaic8 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 9 in.

Nike of Samothrace

from Samothrace, Greece

ca. 190 B.C.E.marble97 in. high

Old Market Woman

ca. 150-100 B.C.E.marble54 in. high