#Archaic Greek art

[lionofchaeronea]

A scene from the Trojan War: Achilles and the Ethiopian king Memnon, son of Eos (Dawn), clash in single combat, flanked by chariots. This combat was recounted in the Aethiopis, a now-lost poem belonging to the Epic Cycle that continued the story of the Trojan War after the Iliad and Hector's death. As often, the relationship between literature and visual art is unclear: did the vase painter deliberately set out to illustrate the Aethiopis, or did poet and painter simply draw upon the same stock of traditional oral narrative?

Attic black-figure pyxis, in the manner of the C Painter; ca. 570 BCE. Now in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany.

[a-sculpture-a-day]

Hand of a Kore holding a fruit, Attic workshop, 6th century BC, marble, Acropolis Museum, Athens.

[armthearmour]

Ancient Arms and Armor

at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Pt. 3/6

[sarafangirlart]

Medusa’s facial expression in ancient art vs in modern art

[a-gnosis]

Relief from Selinunte, one of the Greek colonies in Sicily, 6th century BCE. Two deities on a chariot, perhaps Demeter and Persephone (Hera and Athena or Helios and Selene have also been suggested).

Photo taken from here. I cropped it a bit.

[zebedeezing]

Big lincoln sends you to hell

[blueiscoool]

A large Cypriot pottery Bichrome Ware double-handled jar Cypro-Archaic,

[jessamine-rose]

*lovingly tackles Aine*

Read my Yandere! Pierro longfics first ♪( ´▽｀)

Last week, my beloved mutual @ainescribe surprised me with Savior! Darling fan art and AHAI9232@2-!/! CRYING SCREAMING I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS ART AND WORSHIP YOUR VERSION OF SAVIOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BLESSING ME WITH YOUR ART—

*clears throat* Anyway, now that I finally have the time to properly sit down and comment on the fan art, I’ll do just that. Feedback will be in the tags and it will be unhinged. Once again, thank you so much to Aine for drawing this <3

[michael-svetbird]

KORE | Κόρη: "One of the largest Korai with an elaborate coiffure and garment" | ©AM. And one of the best preserved, I would add, of other Korai exhibited in Archaic Gallery [1st fl.] of the AM [in which gallery photography is not allowed - the shots were taken at distance]. Parian marble, Ca 520 BC.

Acropolis Museum, Athens | AM [1st fl., Archaic Gallery]

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[voluptuarian]

[lionofchaeronea]

A figure holding two tridents stands between horses. The scene has been interpreted as ritual horse-sacrifice, though this is not certain. Ancient Greek pottery fragment in the Geometric style, dating to the Archaic period (8th century BCE) and located in the Archaeological Museum of Argos. Photo credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons.

[a-sculpture-a-day]

Athena, Attic workshop, c. 500 BC, marble, Acropolis Museum, Athens.

[armthearmour]

Ancient Arms and Armor

at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Pt. 1/6

[sarafangirlart]

Archaic Medusa

Got tired of seeing Medusa designed as a generic pretty woman but with snake hair. Also made a little height chart.

[myths-and-chaos]

Please feel free to ask any questions about Ancient Greek History, Greek Mythology, Classics etc. I want to make it accessible to everyone with an interest, or even just a single question :)

Edit: Also feel free to make requests of topics I post about- my knowledge area is predominantly Ancient Greece and Greek Mythology, so I can't answer much about Rome or Egypt- but I can point people in the direction of free sources!

I desperately want to remove the classism from Classics, as it should be a subject for everyone! Not just rich old white men...

[blueiscoool]

A GREEK BRONZE KANTHAROS ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.