• Geometric styles were swept away by new nature styles and motifs 
• Corinth changes before Attica (Attica is deeply geometric)
• Daedalic style is visible in sculpture
• Greek balance, symmetry, lines blend with Oriental motifs to form new style seen in Archaic period

• Private housing differed little from 8th century small and unpretentious houses
• Used mostly perishable materials so not much evidence left
• Remains of Stoa at Sanctuary of Hera at Samos were found

• Oriental motifs first appear in Corinth
• Deep skyphos and arybollos appear 
• Animals and vegetal motifs appear
• Pegasos and Chimaira surface
• 2 new techniques of painting develop- outline and black figure

• figures began to be made by a mold
• draped men became the rule
• Attica shows independence from Daedalic style
• molds used for decoration of clay storage vesssel also

• Different categories and influences tough to distinguish because of similarities
• Great caldrons are seen
• Caldrons have Eastern handles with Greek protomes of hammered or cast bronze

Protocorinthian 725-640

Corinthian 640-550

Protoattic 700-625

• a "national" art was forged in a short period of time
• Geometric style with Bronze Age roots, combined with Oriental influence to form the unique 6th century style
• realism was the progressive goal of the period
• arrival of Severe style signals end of the period

• increased prosperity=more permanent building materials
• 1st large all stone temple, Temple of Artemis on Corfu (580)
• Gigantic Eastern temples were erected in the 6th century- exploited decorative qualities of Ionic order and the complicated florrplans with forests of columns show Oriental influence

• treasuries began to appear in the form of small temples
• there are few examples because of constant replacement of utilitarian buildings
• the Agora is the exception

• Marble statues begin to appear at end of the 7th cent
• realistic stylization of the human body at rest proliferates
• Kouroi- nude male models derived from Egypt
• Korai- draped female figures derived from the East
• their basic form was stiff upright figure with one extended leg and a fixed frontal glare.
• figures start with a rigid disposition, clearly marked divisions of the nody and abnormal proportions
• stance began to develop to a more natural one just before persian invasions
• new poses were harmonious with the increasing realism
• archaic smile and plain treatment of the hair are seen, but real emotion is attempted for at the end of the period
• break with Archaic period seen when kore an kourai undergo simplifications
• relief sculpture had the issue of indicating depth and avoiding monotony
• representing the body in torsion was another difficulty

• Black figure style developed in athens 
• Corinthian gorgons and vegetal ornaments were standard
• miniature painting was popular in the first half of the century
• Black Figure became omst prevalent in middle to 3rd quarter of the century
• Red figure style appears shortly after 530
• vases using both styles are seen
• by the 5th century, Red Style high period was dominant

• coins developed in the 6th century
• began on coast of Anatolia or in Lydia
• spread quickly throughout Aegan
• earliest had symbol on one side and deep punch on the other 
• earliest mainland coins issues by Aigina in early 6th cent and had a symbol of a sea turtle
• famous coin with Athena and owl with olive branch appeared late 6th cent