Ancient Greek Art �

Archaic Art �

Kouros

Calf Bearer (Moschophoros)

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 560 B.C.E. marble 65 in. high

Kroisos

from Anavysos, Greece

ca. 530 B.C.E. marble 76 in. high

Peplos Kore

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 530 B.C.E. marble 48 in. high

Doric order Corinthian order Ionic order

Temple of Aphaia

Aegina, Greece

ca. 500-490 B.C.E.

Temple of Aphaia

Aegina, Greece

ca. 500-490 B.C.E.

West pediment of the Temple of Aphaia

Aegina, Greece

ca. 500-490 B.C.E. marble approximately 5 ft. 8 in. high at center

Dying warrior

from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

ca. 500-490 B.C.E. marble approximately 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. long

Dying warrior

from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

ca. 490-480 B.C.E. marble approximately 6 ft. 1 in. long

Early Classical Art �

Kritios Boy

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 480 B.C.E. marble 34 in. high

Warrior

from the sea off Riace, Italy

ca. 460-450 B.C.E. bronze 78 in. high

Zeus (or Poseidon?)

from the sea off Cape Artemision, Greece

ca. 460-450 B.C.E. bronze 82 in. high

Myron

Diskobolus (Discus Thrower)

ca. 450 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 61 in. high

Polykleitos

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

ca. 450-440 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 83 in. high

Polykleitos

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

ca. 450-440 B.C.E. 83 in. high

High Classical Art�

Iktinos and Kallikrates

Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

447-438 B.C.E.

Phidas

Athena Parthenos (model)

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

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

Late Classical Art �

Praxiteles

Aphrodite of Knidos

ca. 350-340 B.C.E. Roman marble copy after a bronze original 80 in. high

Hellenistic Art�

Nike of Samothrace

from Samothrace, Greece

ca. 190 B.C.E. marble 97 in. high

Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander

Aphrodite from Milos (Venus de Milo)

ca. 150-125 B.C.E. marble 79 in. high

Sleeping Satyr (Barberini Faun)

ca. 230-200 B.C.E. marble 85 in. high

Athanadoros, Hagesandros,

and Polydoros of Rhodes

Laocoön and his sons

1st century C.E. marble 94 1/2 in. high