Greek Empire (600 B.C 1 A.D)

Doric Order- entasis- swelling of the columns
-always used for largest temples
-alternating triglyphs and metopes
Ionic Order – scrolls
-shafts are thinner
- no triglyphs in frieze
Corinthian Order –large temples
-no triglyphs, just metopes.

Archaic Period – 600-500 B.C

- stiff and rigid pose
- focused on anatomy
- archaic smile
- Kouros, Kore – male and female archaic sculptures.

Classical Period

- depict distinct motion (Apollo belvedere) 350 B.C roman copy
- idealism, focusing on strength of Greece as a whole.

Venus D' Milo – Roman Goddess of love 100 B.C
Located in the Louvre

Athena Nike (Victory) 100 B.C
Depicted w/ wings
Not marble
Standing in front of ship going into battle
Also at the Louvre

Hellenistic Period

- Figure 3.5 Dying Gaul Roman copy 220 B.C
- Greeks respected the enemy, showed them dying in dignity.
- Figure 3.17 Vatican, Laocoon (priest of Troy). Early first century, marble.
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