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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Early Archaic</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Archaic</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Archaic, Early</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the first phase of the Greek Archaic period, from around 660 BCE to around 580 BCE. It is characterized in sculpture by the creation of more large-scale stone sculpture than in earlier periods, and by a style that is close to the Egyptian prototypes. In vase painting it is characterized by the Black-figure method used to depict more naturalistic figures than those of the Orientalizing period. ]]></note></mads>