1) Compare the Eleusis Amphora to the illustrations on the Dyplon Vase.
2) Define the "black-figure" technique.
3) Identify the similarities and differences between the Old Kingdom statue of Menkaure and His Wife (c. 2500 BCE) and the Archaic Greek New York Kouros (c. 600 BCE). What do you notice? How have the Greeks not only adapted the Egyptian style, but also innovated?
4) What conventions are retained from one figure to the next? What is different? What do you think the Greeks are pursuing through these changes?
5) Compare and contrast the Greek Lady of Auxerre - Kore (c. 600 BCE) to the Ancient Near East (Neo-Sumerian) Gudea (c. 2000 BCE). Pay particular attention to the facial features, gestures, and musculature. Does the depiction of drapery in each work reveal or conceal the large muscle groups and mass of the figure underneath?
6) Describe the similarities and differences between the images/motifs from the Medusa pediment atop the Temple of Artemis at Corfu and the Dipylon Vase.
7) What do you notice about the Temple of Aphaia? How is it different from the Temple of Hera? What is the effect of not having the double colonnade in the interior?
8) What is the technique used for the Herakles Strangling Nemean Lion (525 BCE)? Describe the composition. Where is the narrative located? Where are the decorative elements found?