Geometric Art in Ancient Greece - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Learn about the Geometric period of Greek art and culture, ca. 900 to 700 B.C., when the Greek city-state, alphabet, and epic poetry emerged. See examples of geometric art in terracotta, bronze, and gold, and explore its themes and symbols. 展开
The roots of Classical Greece lie in the Geometric period of about ca. 900 to 700 B.C., a time of dramatic transformation that led to the establishment of primary Greek … 展开
Evidence for the Geometric culture has come down to us in the form of epic poetry, artistic representation, and the archaeological record. From Hesiod (Erga 63940), we assume that most eighth-century B.C. Greeks lived off the land. The epic poet describes the difficult life of the Geometric farmer. There are, however, few archaeological remains tha... 展开
Votive offerings of bronze and terracotta, and painted scenes on monumental vessels attest to a renewed interest in figural imagery that focuses on funerary rituals and the heroic world of aristocratic warriors and their equipment. The armed warrior, the chariot, and the horse are the most familiar symbols of the Geometric period. Iconographically,... 展开
Geometric art - Wikipedia
Large funerary vases (often Dipylon kraters for men, and belly-handled amphorae for women) not only depicted funerary scenes, but they also had practical purposes, either holding the ashes or being used as grave markers. These vases often carried funerary imagery to commemorate the dead; the deceased person was depicted robed lying in state (prothesis), often surrounded by mourning family members, or lying in a bed and carried to the grave with an honorary chariot pr…
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Artifacts | Geometric Art
Geometric art refers to a style of ancient Greek art that emerged during the Geometric period, roughly from 900 to 700 BCE. This period marked a significant transformation in Greek art, …
Geometric style | Ancient Greece, Pottery, Vases | Britannica
Geometric style, style of ancient Greek art, primarily of vase painting, that began about 900 bc and represents the last purely Mycenaean-Greek art form that originated before the influx of …
Terracotta krater - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Monumental grave markers were first introduced during the Geometric period. They were large vases, often decorated with funerary representations. It was only in the Archaic period that stone sculptures were used as funerary monuments. …
Smarthistory – The Geometric period, an introduction
This period in ancient Greek history takes its name from the new pottery style with its “geometric” thematic repertoire.
Greek Art in the Archaic Period - The Metropolitan …
A striking change appears in Greek art of the seventh century B.C., the beginning of the Archaic period. The abstract geometric patterning that was dominant between about 1050 and 700 B.C. is supplanted in the seventh century by a …
Geometric Art — Themes in Art | Obelisk Art History
In the modern era, geometric elements became popular motifs in Constructivism and Suprematism, and later minimalist artwork, as artists pursued pure forms and non-representative expression—triangles and lines and flat colors becoming …
Greek Art & Architecture: Protogeometric and …
The Geometric style first appears in Athens at the beginning of the 9th century. It ends the experimentation of the Protogeometric by selecting and following consistently a system of rectilinear ornamentation (e.g. swastikas, meanders).
The Geometric Period of Ancient Greece – History of Art: …
The Geometric Period marked the end of Greece’s Dark Age and lasted from 900 to 700 BCE. The Geometric Period derives its name from the dominance of geometric motifs in vase …
