Development of Greek sculptures Ancient Greek sculpture
1 development of greek sculptures 1.1 geometric 1.2 archaic 1.3 classical 1.4 hellenistic development of greek sculptures geometric it commonly thought earliest incarnation of greek sculpture in form of wooden cult statues, first described pausanias xoana. no such statues survive, , descriptions of them vague, despite fact objects of veneration hundreds of years. first piece of greek statuary reassembled since lefkandi centaur, terra cotta sculpture found on island of euboea, dated c. 920 bce. statue constructed in parts, before being dismembered , buried in 2 separate graves. centaur has intentional mark on knee, has led researchers postulate statue might portray cheiron, presumably kneeling wounded herakles arrow. if so, earliest known depiction of myth in history of greek sculpture. the forms geometrical period (c. 900 c. 700 bce) chiefly terra cotta figurines, bronzes, , ivories. bronzes chiefly tripod cauldrons, , freestanding figures or groups. such bronzes made using lost-wax t