The Severe Style: Sculptural Transition After the Persian Wars (c. 480–450 BCE)

1. Severe Style becomes dominant sculptural idiom

   Jan 1, 490 BCELabels: Severe Style, Early Classical

   • Acropolis Museum
   • Wikipedia

2. Persian sack of Athens and Acropolis destruction

   Jan 1, 480 BCELabels: Persian Sack, Acropolis

   • Britannica
   • Acropolis Museum

3. Angelitos Athena created in early Severe Style

   Jan 1, 480 BCELabels: Angelitos Athena, Acropolis Museum

   • Acropolis Museum
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4. Kritios Boy marks new naturalistic stance

   Jan 1, 480 BCELabels: Kritios Boy, Acropolis Museum

   • Acropolis Museum
   • Cambridge Casts

5. Charioteer of Delphi dedicated at Delphi

   Jan 1, 478 BCELabels: Charioteer of, Delphi Sanctuary

   • Wikipedia
   • Classicalia

6. Replacement Tyrannicides erected in Athenian Agora

   Jan 1, 477 BCELabels: Tyrannicides, Harmodios and

   • Met Museum

7. Construction begins on Temple of Zeus at Olympia

   Jan 1, 470 BCELabels: Temple of, Olympia

   • Olympia Museum
   • Cambridge Casts

8. Artemision Bronze produced (Zeus or Poseidon)

   Jan 1, 460 BCELabels: Artemision Bronze, Bronze Statue

   • Wikipedia
   • World History

9. Myron’s Discobolus created in Severe Style idiom

   Jan 1, 460 BCELabels: Discobolus, Myron

   • Louvre
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10. Riace Bronzes cast as early Classical warriors

    Jan 1, 460 BCELabels: Riace Bronzes, Bronze Warriors

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11. Temple of Zeus at Olympia completed

    Jan 1, 456 BCELabels: Temple of, Olympia

    • Olympia Museum
    • Wikipedia

12. Severe Style transitions toward High Classical norms

    Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Severe Style, High Classical

    • Acropolis Museum
    • Wikipedia