GREECE

GEOMETRIC PERIOD

 Krater in the Metropolitan Museum, Geometric Period, Greece

ARCHAIC PERIOD

Exekias, Achilles and Ajax, Black Figure Vase, Archaic Period

Euphronios, Death of Sarpedon, Red Figure Vase, Archaic Period

The Peplos Kore, Archaic period, Greece

The New York Kouros, Archaic Period, Greece

CLASSICAL PERIOD

The Kritios Youth, Classical Period, Greece

Contrapposto -- bending the knee and shifting the weight onto one leg.

The Riace Warrior, Classical period, Greece, cast in bronze

The Temple of Hera at Paestum, Classical Period, Greece, a Doric order temple

The Temple of Hera at Paestum with the parts labeled (click on the image to enlarge)

A satellite photo of the Temple of Hera at Paestum with the parts labeled (click on the image to enlarge)

The Parthenon, Athens, designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates, Greece, Classical Period

Three Goddesses from the East Pediment of the Parthenon, sculpted by Phidias, Greece, Classical Period

Horsemen from the Ionic Frieze of the Parthenon, sculpted by Phidias, Greece, Classical Period



GREECE

polis
Geometric Period
Archaic Period
--black figure vase painting
--red figure vase painting
--kore
--kouros
Classical Period
--contrapposto
--bronze
Greek Temple Architecture
--peristyle
--naos
--column
----capital
----shaft
--entablature
----frieze
----architrave
--pediment
--Greek Orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
The Parthenon
--Athens
--Athena
--Acropolis
--Persian Wars
--Pericles
--Iktinos & Kallikrates
--Phidias




Donald Duck learns Pythagorean Sacred Geometry

A kids' film from 1959;  Donald Duck very effectively shows us a design principle that began with Pythagoras and the ancient Greeks and still forms the foundation of Western art and design down to the present day.