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Geometric (E4_Period, Concept)

Canonical URI: https://kerameikos.org/id/geometric_greece

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Geometric (en), Geometrisch (de), Γεωμετρικός (el), période géométrique (fr), arte geometrica (it)Additional labels

Definitions

English
Geometric denotes Greek vases and other arts produced ca. 900-700 BCE. It thus falls between the so-called “Dark Ages” (ca. 1100-900 BCE), a time of limited production in figure-decorated vases, and the Orientalizing stylistic period (ca. 700-600 BCE). The Geometric is usually divided into the following phases: Protogeometric (ca. 1050/1000-900 BCE); Early (ca. 900-850 BCE); Middle (ca. 850-750 BCE); and Late (ca. 750-700 BCE). The term Geometric derives from a discernible development in the techniques and appearance of pottery, sculpture, and architecture. Chief stylistic trends in vase-painting include the use of horror vacui (“fear of empty space”), Greek key patterns and other geometric motifs, compass-drawn concentric circles and semi-circles, and limited representation of figural forms. It applies to the decorated vases of Athens and Attica, and of other regions of ancient Greece such as Crete, Euboea, Boeotia, Corinth and the Argolid, and East Greece. The main vase-painting technique in Athens and Attica is silhouette, and in the Late Geometric silhouette is sometimes combined with cross-hatching and outline. Major Athenian painters include the Dipylon Master and the Hirschfeld Painter, both of whom specialized in decorating large vessels associated with funerary rites.

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900 BCE - 700 BCE

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http://chronontology.dainst.org/period/AqUgeWHp0xIll
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http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020079
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http://www.eagle-network.eu/voc/dates/lod/16
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q852337
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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x13908

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