“ Man is the Measure of All
Things.”
Ch 5: Art of Ancient Greece
AP Art History
The Geometric Period
Earliest uniquely Greek style
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The Orientalizing Period
• Inspired by the art of the Near East, Asia
Minor and Egypt
• Found in tombs all over the Mediterranean.
The Archaic Period
C.600-480 BCE
Compare Doric and Ionic Orders
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Temple of Hera II, Paestum, Italy, ca. 460 BCE.
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Figure 5-22 ANDOKIDES PAINTER,
Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game
(Athenian bilingual amphora), from
Orvieto, Italy, ca. 525–520 BCE.
Black-figure side (left) and red-figure
side (right). 1’ 9” high. Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston.
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