Archaic and Hellenistic Art

During the late geometric period the Greeks had many great accomplishments and to add to them during the seventh and sixth century they achieved even greater talents in visual arts. The artist in the archaic period paid close detail to the shape of the human body but not so much detail to the face. As more time passed Greek artist especially in the Hellenistic period modeled the close detail to the body after many archaic artist but they also paid more attention to the characteristics of the face. In this essay there are going to be examples of art from two time periods, archaic (600-480 B.C.E.) and Hellenistic (323-150 B.C.E.). In the archaic period examples of pottery and sculptures will be shown and discussed. …