This is the same study guide that you have in your Course Packet. The
answers are in red.
Greek Art Periods
Geometric (c. 1000-700 B.C.)
Pottery ornamented with geometric decoration.
People and animals are simplified.
Orientalizing (c. 700-600 B.C.)
Near Eastern influences on Greek pottery includes curvilinear decoration
and greater emphasis on narrative.
Archaic (c. 600-480 B.C.)
Sculptures include kouros and kore figures.
Pottery includes black- and red-figured vase
painting.
Early Classical/Severe (c. 480-450 B.C.)
Large, freestanding sculptures with figures shown in movement.
Contrapposto (weight shift) shown for the first
time.
Classical (c. 450-400 B.C.)
"High point" of Greek art and architecture. Figures are idealized, with expressionless
faces. Proportion and symmetry are emphasized.
Late Classical (4th century B.C.)
Sculptors attempt more difficult, unique poses
for their figures.
Hellenistic (c. 323-31 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.