This is the same study guide that you have in your Course Packet. The
answers are in red.
Greek Art Periods (Art 100)
Geometric (c. 800-700 B.C.)
Pottery ornamented with geometric decoration.
People and animals are simplified.
Archaic (c. 650-480 B.C.)
Sculptures include kouros and kore figures.
Pottery includes black- and red-figured vase
painting.
Classical (c. 480-323 B.C.)
"High point" of Greek art and architecture. Contrapposto
(weight shift) shown for the first time. Figures are idealized,
with expressionless faces.
Hellenistic (c. 323-146 B.C.)
Period initiated by the conquests of Alexander the
Great. Art of this period encompasses extremes, from works that are
naturalistic, to other pieces that are overly
idealized with an emphasis on drama,
violence and emotionalism.