Greek and Hellenistic Art
Vocabulary
Acropolis
Black figure, red figure, white-ground
Caryatid
Centaur
Contrapposto
Doric and Ionic orders
Elgin Marbles
Entablature
Flute or fluting
Foreshortening
Frieze
Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic styles
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Kouros, Kore
Pediment
Polis
Volute
Historical and Mythological Figures
Homer
Pericles
Polykleitos
Exekias
Phidias
The Gorgon Medusa
Date
5th c. BCE - Classical Period. Golden Age of Athens
Art and Architecture
Krater from the Dipylon cemetery
Kore from the Acropolis
Kroisos from Anavisos
Achilles and Ajax
Temple of Hera I, Paestum
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
Parthenon
Procession frieze from the Parthenon
Battle of Issus
Dying Gaul
Nike of Samothrace
Venus de Milo
Laocoon and his sons