Greece & Etruria Timeline

Ancient Greek Art

Period: 900 BCE to 323 BCE

Greek art showed development from the geometric and abstract designs seen in the Geometric period (900-700 BCE) to a more naturalistic design, such as the Kurous seen in the Archaic period (700-480 BCE). In the classical period (480-323 BCE) artists were fixated on perfection and created anatomically accurate sculptures. In the Late classical period (400-323 BCE), artists broadened that idea and conveyed more emotional and realistic figures.

Ancient Greece, Dipylon Amphora, c. 755-750 BCE, 5 ft x 1 inch x160 cm, National Archaeological Museum, Geometric period

755 BCE

The Dipylon Amphora is a monumental Greek funerary pot from the Geometric period. It was used as a grave marker