Periods
Ancient Greece can be divided into four different styles of art periods: The Geometric, Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic. The Geometric Period started around 1000 B.C. and lasted for about another 200 years, it also known as the Dark Ages. During the seventh century the Archaic style came in, showing a black vase figure in a painting. When the Persian Wars started it ended the Archaic period and so the Classical period began. In 336 B.C. to 323 B.C. Alexander the Great took reign of Greek. His reign is said to have separated the Classical period from the Hellenistic.
Pottery
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Pottery was made for everyday use not just for display and trade. During The Archaic period you would see pottery with geometric designs on it including symbols and people. The pottery would show specific/daily events or stories of their gods/goddeses. They had color restrictions on them due to the firing of the kiln. So they could only use the colors, black, white, red, and yellow to sculpt (usually black and red though). It was usually signed by the potter, master of the pottery, or by the painter, if it wasn't you could sometimes recognize the maker by its artistic signature of style.
Coin Designs
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The first coins were invented in the seventh century by Lydia, but the Greeks created a design that we have adopted. They put a portrait on one side of the coin with heir patron god or goddess of the city, (this showed where the coin came from). On the other side they had a symbol of their city. Greek coins are the only form of art that can still be bought and owned by private investors.
Statues
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The Greeks had created the first free standing statues. They tried to sculpt their human statues as "perfect" and huge, but still looking realistic. Most of their statues are displayed as naked because they wanted to show their beauty within. They had also believed that their bodies were perfect.
Sources:
"Ancient Greece." Ancient Greece. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2013. <http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index11.txt>.
"Ancient Greece." Ancient Greece. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2013. <http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index11.txt>.