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ART 201, HANDOUT 5, EARLY GREEK ART Geometric Age: the period c. 900-700 BCE, when Greek art was dominated by geometric motifs primarily on painted pottery. Around 800 BCE geometricized figural scenes appear (Funerary krater, c. 740 BCE), generally illustrating funerals. By around 750-700 BCE Greek artists were trying to depict scenes of myth (Centaur and Man, c. 750 BCE), but the limitations of the Geometric style hampers our ability to recognize the scenes. Greek vase shapes: a large bowl for mixing wine and water at male drinking parties is a krater. A two handled storage vessel (wine, wa