Art of ancient Greece: sculpture, painting, architecture

Art of ancient Greece: sculpture, painting, architecture

A catalogue of Greek art covering the two millennia of its history includes not only the wistful ephebes sculpted in accordance with the classical canon, but also savage and primitive Minoan figurines, starkly stylized idols from the Cyclades, and vases of sublime geometry. In reading this clear presentation of its masterworks, what is most striking about ancient Greek civilisation is its amazing modernity.

Claude Laisné

The Parthenon Frieze -- 1. The beginnings of Greek art -- 2. Archaic art -- 3. Classical art -- 4. Hellenistic art -- An imaginary Greece?

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