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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), w… 展开
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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, …
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.
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Terracotta krater - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Terracotta krater. Attributed to the Workshop of New York MMA 34.11.2. ca. 775 BCE. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 150. The prothesis scene—the laying out of the deceased—in …
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 …