Greece

General

Greek Art - Lots and lots
Museums, Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Greece (Hellenic Ministry of Culture) - a comprehensive resource including the Aegean Islands and Crete, with a search engine

Perseus Project: An Evolving Digital Library on Ancient Greece (Gregory Crane, Editor-in-Chief, Tufts University) - Art and Archaeology, which access to:

• Architecture Catalog
• Site Catalog
• Coin Catalog
• Vase Catalog
• Sculpture Catalog

Greece (part of the site Periods in Art History, Anne S. de Luengas, ITESM Campus Tampico)

Greek Art (Fred Kleiner and Walter Cahn)

• Greek Architecture, plus a new section
• Greek Vase Painting, plus a new section
• Greek Sculpture, plus a new section

Greek Art and Architecture: Digital Art Collections: Kathryn Andrus-Walck, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) with a search engine, and links to:

• Greek Art and Architecture
  • Architecture, with links to:
    • Olympia
    • The Museum at Olympia (Sculptures from the Pediments of the Temple of Zeus)
    • Delphi: The Sanctuary of Apollo, with a link to:
      • The Museum at Delphi
    • The Acropolis, with links to:
      • Parthenon
      • The Erechtheion, Acropolis
    • The Temple to Hephaistos, Agora, Athens
    • Epidauros
  • Sculpture
    • The Female Figure in Greek Sculpture
    • Greek Sculpture: Reliefs
    • Archaic Greek Sculpture
    • Classical Greek Sculpture
    • Late Classical Sculpture
    • Hellenistic Greek Sculpture

Greek Sculpture (through Mark Harden's Archive)

Athens: Acropolis, with an index of tours of the Acropolis:

• Walk with Kallias, Philosopher in 415 B.C. (history)
• Walk with Kallias, Philosopher in 415 B.C. (architecture)
• A Courtyard House below the Acropolis
  and two QuickTime "fly-bys" Fly through the Acropolis! and Fly into Ancient Athens!

Greek Art and Architecture (through AICT: Art Images for College Teaching)

• Greek: Archaic
• Greek: Classical - Hellenistic
• Greek Figure Sculpture

The Greek Orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian (through Jeffery Howe's Digital Archive of European Architecture, Boston College)
Greek Sculpture (through Jeffery Howe's Digital Archive of Art: Online images from Boston College)
Greece (Professor Hugh Lester, Tulane University)
The Peplos Kore (Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge)
The Ancient Greek World at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology
Krater, attributed to the Pan Painter, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Greek Artifacts from the David M. Robinson Collection (The University Museums, University
of Mississippi)
Greek Art (Mark Harden's Texas.net Museum of Art ARTCHIVE)
Greek Art (Art Images by Period: under construction. Dr. Sonia Klinger, University of Haifa)
Greek Art in the collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts
Attributes in Iconography in Greek Art (maintained by Laurel Bowman)
Hetairai (prostitutes in Ancient Athens)
The Ludovisi and Boston Thrones: The Critical Debate Surrounding the Authenticity of the
Boston Throne (Melissa M.Terras)
The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis (through Harvard University Art Museums)
Images of the Trojan War Myth in Ancient Art
Images of Heracles in Ancient Art
The Ancient Greek World (The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology)
The Ancient City of Athens (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Parthenon (a Connect to History website)
The Parthenon Marbles (USA mirror site at https://ares.math.utk.edu:5532/marbles/index.htm)
Temenos: A Digital Reconstruction of the Athenian Acropolis
Acropolis: History (through the WebAcropol), with links to images of:

• Propylaia
• The Temple of Athena Nike
• Parthenon
• The Erechtheion
• Other monuments surrounding the Acropolis

The Parthenon, by William Stockton and James Jackson
Sculpture Garden (David K. Knox), through Greek Philosophy Archive, University of Georgia, with links to:

• Sculpture
• Ceramics
• Architecture

Acropolis Project (3D computer graphics model reconstructions)
19th-Century Photography of Ancient Greece (Getty Research Institute)
Images of Orality and Literacy in Greek Iconography of the 5th, 4th, and 3rd Centuries BCE
The Pergamon Altar (through ArtServe, Australian National University), only thumbnail
images available.
Pergamon: Altar of Zeus
Mythology in Western Art (Dr. Sonia Klinger, University of Haifa), with links to images of:

• Zeus
• Hera
• Hebe
• Hades
• Poseidon
• Ares
• Hephaestus
• Hermes
• Athena
• Apollo
• Artemis
• Dionysos
• Aphrodite
• Eros

The Detroit Institute of Arts: Ancient Silver

• Helmet (400 BCE)

The Detroit Institute of Arts: Greece

• Torso of Apollo (100-200 CE)
• Panathenaic Prize Amphora (375-70 BCE)
• Torso of Aphrodite (100-1 BCE)
• Venus Genetrix (1-100 CE)
• Volute Krater (320-310 BCE)
• Head of Aristaeus (150-100 BCE)
• Draped Woman (200-1 BCE)
• Finger Ring (200-1 BCE)
• Column Krater (470-465 BCE)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

• Relief: Girl with Doves (450-440 BCE)

Michael C. Carlos Museum: Classical Art

• Horse (750-700 BCE)
• Cauldron Attachments in the Form of Griffins (675-625 BCE)
• Black-Figure Band Cup (575-525 BCE)
• Black-Figure Hydria (Water Jar) with Scenes of Herakles (520-510 BCE)
• Athletes, Equipment and Prizes including:
  • Fragmentary Type C Red-Figure Amphora (Storage Vessel) (590 BCE)
  • Diskos (Discus) (500-400 BCE)
  • Stlengis (Strigil) [Scraper] (500-300 BCE)
  • Wreath of Olives and Olive Leaves (400-200 BCE)
• Figurine of a Draped Woman (300-250 BCE)
• Hydria (Water Jar) with Appliqué Decoration (300-200 BCE)

The North Carolina Museum of Art: Classical Collection

• Neck Amphora (530-520 BCE)

Period and Style for Designers (Hugh Lester, Tulane University): Byzantine

• Anthemios and Isidorus, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Exterior, Apse, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Interior, Main Dome, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Nave from the West, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Interior, North Side, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Detail, North Side, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Detail, Capital and Arcade, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Interior, South East Exedra, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Detail, Marble Faced Wall, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Interior, South Aisle, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Detail, Ceiling Mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• South Gallery and Central Loggia, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Detail, Capital from the South Gallery, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• North Gallery, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Detail, Capital from the North Gallery, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Loggia of the Empress, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Detail, Double Capital and Columns from the Gallery of the Empress, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Main Entrance Doors, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• Window in the Apse, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (532-537 CE)
• S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Interior, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Apse, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Presbyterium Wall, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Triforium in the Presbyterium, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Presbytery Arch, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Cushion Capital, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Apse, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Mosaic on the Chancel Vault, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Apse Mosaic, Emperor Justinian and His Court, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Apse Mosaic, Empress Theodora and Her Court, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Apse Mosaic, Portrait of the Emperor Justinian, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Apse Mosaic, Portrait of the Empress Theodora, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Mosaic in the Vault, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Detail, Apse Mosaic, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• S. Apollinare, Classe (532-549 CE)
• Interior, S. Apollinare, Classe (532-549 CE)
• Interior, Presbytery, S. Apollinare, Classe (532-549 CE)
• Interior, Apse Mosaic, St. Apollinare in Prayer, S. Apollinare, Classe (532-549 CE)
• Detail, Apse Mosaic, S. Apollinare, Classe (532-549 CE)
• Detail, Archangel, S. Apollinare, Classe (532-549 CE)
• Barberini Ivory (500 CE)
• The Archangel Michael (500-550 CE)
• The Archangel Michael, Gold and Enamel Book-Cover (1000-1100 CE)
• Cross of Justinian (570 CE)
• Pectoral Reliquary Cross (800-1000 CE)
• The Prayer of Isaiah, Paris Psalter (800-900 CE)
• Ascencion, From the manuscript Sermons on the Virgin by Jacobus of Kokkinobaphos (1100-1200 CE)
• Fabric Fragment 1 (600-800 CE)
• Fabric Fragment 2 (700-800 CE)
• Textile Fragment (1000 CE)
• Chair of Maximian (547 CE)
• Carved Panel, Chair of Maximian 1 (547 CE)
• Carved Panel, Chair of Maximian 2 (547 CE)
• Throne and Footrest, Miniature, from The Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus (880 CE)
• Table, Mosaic Detail, Angels in the Left Lunette of the Presbytery, S. Vitale, Ravenna (532-548 CE)
• Table and Couch, Mosaic, The Last Supper, S. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna (532-549 CE)
• Bench, Footstool, Table and Cupboard, Miniature, from the Codex Amiatinus (689-716 CE)
• Chair and Table, Miniature, St. Luke the Evangelist, From the Greek New Testament (925-975 CE)
• Bed, Miniature, Constantine I (800-900 CE)

Period and Style for Designers (Hugh Lester, Tulane University): Greece

• Doric Columns, Temple of Apollo, Corinth (540 BCE)
• Ionic Columns, Temple of Artemis, Sardis (330 BCE)
• Corinthian Columns, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens (170 BCE)
• Corinthian Columns, Tholos, Epidaurus (360 BCE)
• Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi (600-500 BCE)
• Sacred Way and Temple of Apollo, Delphi (600-500 BCE)
• Athenian Treasury on the Sacred Way, Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi (500-485 BCE)
• Supporting Terrace Wall, Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi (525-500 BCE)
• Theatre and Temple of Apollo, Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi (400-200 BCE)
• Stadium, Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi (180 BCE)
• Tholos at Delphi, Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi (400-350 BCE)
• Acropolis, Athens (450-400 BCE)
• The Approach to the Acropolis, Athens
• Propylaea, Athens 1 (437-432 BCE)
• Propylaea, Athens 2 (437-432 BCE)
• Temple of Athena Nike, Athens (425 BCE)
• Athena Tying Her Sandal, Balustrade Relief, Temple of Athena Nike (410-407 BCE)
• Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• Subsrtucture of the Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• Stylobate from the Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• West Facade of the Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• West Pteroma from the Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• Detail, Columns and Entablature from the Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• Detail, Column from the Parthenon, Athens 1 (447-432 BCE)
• Detail, Column from the Parthenon, Athens 2 (447-432 BCE)
• The Parthenon from the East, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• Detail, East Pediment, Parthenon, Athens (427-432 BCE)
• Head of Selene's Leading Horse, East Pediment, Parthenon, Athens (437-432 BCE)
• Cella, From the East, The Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• Cella, Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• The Varvakeion Statuette, Roman copy after Phidias' Athena Parthenos, Athens
• The River God Ilissos, From the West Pediment of the Parthenon, Athens (437-432 BCE)
• Iris, From the West Pediment of the Parthenon, Athens (437-432 BCE)
• Dione and Aphrodite, From the East Pediment of the Parthenon, Athens (437-432 BCE)
• Antefix, With some Original Paint, Parthenon, Athens (447-432 BCE)
• Detail, Entablature, Southwest Corner of Parthenon, Athens (447-440 BCE)
• Lapith and Centaur, South Metope, Southwest corner of Parthenon, Athens (447-440 BCE)
• Lapith and Centaur, South Metope 30, Parthenon, Athens (447-440 BCE)
• Frieze from the West Facade of the Parthenon, Athens 1 (442-438 BCE)
• Frieze from the West Facade of the Parthenon, Athens 2 (442-438 BCE)
• Rearing Horse and Rider, Southwest Portion of the Parthenon Frieze, Athens (442-438 BCE)
• Young Men and Animals, Parthenon Frieze, North Side, Athens (442-438 BCE)
• Young Women and Officials, Parthenon Frieze, East Portion, Athens (442-438 BCE)
• Gods of Olympus, Parthenon Frieze, East Side, Athens (442-438 BCE)
• Erechtheum, From the Southeast, Athens 1 (421-405 BCE)
• Erechtheum, From the Southeast, Athens 2 (421-405 BCE)
• Detail, Ionic Column Base, Erechtheum, Athens (421-405 BCE)
• South Porch, Erechtheum, Athens (413 BCE)
• Detail, Cella Wall, Erechtheum, Athens (421-405 BCE)
• Detail, Ornament, Erechtheum, Athens (421-405 BCE)
• North Porch Door, Erechtheum, Athens (421-405 BCE)
• Theatre of Dionysus, Athens
• Marble Seats of Honor, Theatre of Dionysus, Athens (100-50 BCE)
• Seat of Honor, Theatre of Dionysus, Athens (100-50 BCE)
• Theatre, Epidaurus 1 (350 BCE)
• Theatre, Epidaurus 2 (350 BCE)
• Choragic Monument, Athens (334 BCE)
• Temple Model, Sabucina (600-550 BCE)
• Fragment of a Mixing Bowl, Tarentum (375-325 BCE)
• Detail, Coffered Ceiling, Tholos, Epidaurus (360 BCE)
• Sphinx of the Naxians, Sanctuary at Delphi (460 BCE)
• Stele of Aristion (510 BCE)
• Detail, Bottom Drum of an Ionic Column from the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus (350 BCE)
• Carved Base from the Theatre of Dionysus, Athens (150 BCE)
• Alexander Sarcophagus from the Necropolis at Sidion (330 BCE)
• Funerary Kouros of Volomandra (575-525 BCE)
• Kritios Boy (485 BCE)
• Discus Thrower (460-450 BCE)
• Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Praxiteles, From the Temple of Hera, Olympia (330 BCE)
• Zeus Seated on a Chair, Vase Painting (550-525 BCE)
• Detail, Aphrodite and Erotes, White-Ground Cup, Lysandros Painter (460 BCE)
• Chair and Small Table, Vase Painting (475-450 BCE)
• Klismos, Funerary Stele from the Eridanos Cemetary, Hegeso (400 BCE)
• Klismos, Detail, White Lekythoi, Achilles Painter (440 BCE)
• Throne, Terra-Cotta Statue from Granmichele (470 BCE)
• Folding Stool, Interior, White Kylix (470 BCE)
• Couches and Tables, Corinthian Column-Krater (650-600 BCE)
• Couch and Table, Bilingual Amphora, Andokides Painter (525 BCE)
• Tables, Campanian Bell-Krater, C. A. Painter (350 BCE)
• Carved Wooden Table, Found at Luxor (300-100 BCE)

Period and Style for Designers (Hugh Lester, Tulane University): Minos (Crete)

• South Propylaeum, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
• South Propylaeum Area and Mount Jouctas, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
• North Propylaeum, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1550 BCE)
• Eastern Wing, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1550 BCE)
• Stairway in the Eastern Wing, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1550 BCE)
• Room in the West Wing, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1550 BCE)
• Three-Story Residence, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1550 BCE)
• Column and Relief, Great Court, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1550 BCE)
• Stepped Porch and Throne Room, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
• Antechamber to the Throne Room, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1550 BCE)
• Throne Room, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1450-1400 BCE)
• Throne of King Minos, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1450-1400 BCE)
• Throne Room, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1450-1400 BCE)
• Great Stairway, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
• Inner Court of the King's Royal Apartments, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
• Detail, Courtyard of the Royal Apartments, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
• Stairwell, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
• Hall of Colonnades, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
• Dolphin Frieze in the Queen's Apartment, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500 BCE)
• Bathroom in the Queen's Apartment, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500 BCE)
• Section of Drainage, Water Collection System, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500 BCE)
• Storage Jars, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500 BCE)
• Detail, Storage Jars, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500 BCE)
• Circular Altar, Palace of Malia, Crete (1500 BCE)
• Faience Plaques (1700-1600 BCE)
• Faience Snake Goddess from beneath the Shrine in the Court, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600-1580 BCE)
• Snake Goddess (1500 BCE)
• Female Idol from Hagia Triada (1500 BCE)
• Miniature Gold Double Axes, from the Cave of Arkalochori (1500 BCE)
• Bull-Jumping Fresco from the East Wing, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500 BCE)
• Bull at the Royal Gate, North Propylaeum, Palace of King Minos, Knossos
• Rhyton Bull from the Little Palace, Knossos (1550-1500 BCE)
• Rock-Crystal Rhyton, from the Repository of the Sanctuary, Palace of Zakros (1500-1450 BCE)
• Rhyton-Bearer, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500-1450 BCE)
• La Parisienne, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500-1450 BCE)
• Detail, Fresco from the Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1500 BCE)
• Blue Bird Fresco from the House of Frescoes, Knossos (1500 BCE)
• Harvester Vase from Hagia Triada (1550-1500 BCE)
• Detail, Harvester Vase from Hagia Triada (1550-1500 BCE)
• Polychrome Plate from the Old Palace of Phaistos (1800 BCE)
• Fruit Bowl from the Old Palace of Phaistos (1800 BCE)
• Jug from the Old Palace of Phaistos
• Pilgrim's Flask from Palaikastro (1500 BCE)
• Ceremonial Vase from the Basin of Purification at Zakros (1450 BCE)
• Pitcher from a Grave in Katsabas (1400 BCE)
• Gold Ring from a Tomb of Isapata near Cunsos (1500 BCE)
• Gold Pendant from Chryssolakkos, the Necropolis at Malia (1700 BCE)
• Clay Sarcophagus from the Tholos Tomb at Vorou, Mesara Region (1800 BCE)
• Painted Stone Sarcophagus from a Chamber-Tomb near the Palace of Hagia Triada (1400 BCE)
• Detail, Painted Stone Sarcophagus from a Chamber-Tomb near the Palace of Hagia Triada (1400 BCE)