Orientalizing period
"Daedalic" redirects here. For the video game publisher, see Daedalic Entertainment. New motifs on an East Greek vase: the palmette and volute Corinthian orientalising jug, c. 620 BC, Antikensammlungen Munich Neck of a Proto-Attic loutrophoros by the Analatos Painter. Etruscan ivory pyxis and lid with sphinx-shaped handle, 650–625 BC In the Archaic phase of ancient Greek art, the Orientalizing period (or "Orientalising") is the cultural and art historical period which started during the later part of the 8th century BC, when there was a heavy influence from the more advanced art of the Eastern Mediterranean and Ancient Near East. The main sources were Syria and Assyria, and to a lesser extent also Phoenicia and Egypt. [1] [2] The period gave ancient Greek art ornamental motifs and an interest in animals and monsters that continued to be used for centuries, and were spread to Roman and Etruscan art. Monumental and figurative sculpture in this style may be called Da