The Archaeology of Greece: An IntroductionWilliam R. Biers wrote The Archaeology of Greece to introduce students, teachers, and lay readers to the delights of exploring the world of ancient Greece. The great popularity of the first edition testifies to his success. In this revised edition, he has emended and updated the text selectively, provided a glossary, and augmented the illustrations. |
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Page 116
... Geometric neck amphoras . The decorative motifs of the Geometric style are almost exclusively linear , and there are more of them than in the Protogeometric repertoire . Except for a few lingering circles , the painter relied almost ...
... Geometric neck amphoras . The decorative motifs of the Geometric style are almost exclusively linear , and there are more of them than in the Protogeometric repertoire . Except for a few lingering circles , the painter relied almost ...
Page 119
... Geometric tradition . As the period wore on , the solid black geometricized figures are occa- sionally seen in contexts other than funerals , war , or processions . A prob- lem of interpretation confronts us here . It is thought that ...
... Geometric tradition . As the period wore on , the solid black geometricized figures are occa- sionally seen in contexts other than funerals , war , or processions . A prob- lem of interpretation confronts us here . It is thought that ...
Page 141
... geometric shapes , including various krater and oinochoe variants , were discarded at the beginning of the century and a few were added , such as the skyphos , borrowed from Corinth but given a characteristic Attic shape . The filling ...
... geometric shapes , including various krater and oinochoe variants , were discarded at the beginning of the century and a few were added , such as the skyphos , borrowed from Corinth but given a characteristic Attic shape . The filling ...
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Acropolis Alison Frantz American School amphora Apollo appear Archaeology Archaic architecture artist Athenian Agora Athens Attica Bronze Age building cella central Classical Studies coin colors columns Corinth Corinthian Cretan Crete cult decorated Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Doric order earlier early east pediment evidence example fifth century fourth century fresco frieze Geometric graves Greece head Helladic Hellenistic period Herakles Heraklion Museum Hirmer Fotoarchiv Ionic Kerameikos Knossos known kore lamps London Lysippos mainland megaron meters metopes Minoan molded monument Munich Mycenae Mycenaean National Archaeological Museum Olympia opisthodomos original painted Painter palace Parthenon pediment Pergamon perhaps Photo Plate pottery probably pronaos Pylos reconstruction Reproduced by permission Roman scenes School of Classical sculpture seen seventh century shape shown in Figure shows statue STOA stone Studies at Athens style technique temple terra cotta figurines tomb typical University of Missouri-Columbia vase wall Zeus