| PROTOGEOMETRIC
GEOMETRIC ORIENTALIZING |
| These
protogeometric
amphorae were found in the Kerameikos/Dipylon Cemetery in Athens and are
housed in the site's museum.
(please note that distortion has occured in the concentric circle designs due to digitizing the right image.) |
| From the Dipylon/Kerameikos Cemetery were found these four amphorae which exhibit geometric designs with no figurative art. Geometric, Athens |
| left:
Amphora Grave Marker (Athens National Archaeological Museum)
below: detail of left right: Krater Grave Marker (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City) all
are from the Geometric Period, Dipylon/Kerameikos Cemetery, Athens,
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left: Sphinx?, Orientalizing, Olympia Made of hammered bronze and probably decorated the cauldron of a tripod; called a protome. ................................................... right: Mantiklos 'Apollo', Oriental- izing, Thebes Cast bronze votive figure with an inscription: "Mantiklos dedicated me to the Farshooter with the Silver Bow from his tithe; grant, Apollo, something good in return." |