Tag Archives: Ancient Greek Art

The Vanishing Vulva: How the Ancient Greeks Wrote Women Out of Worship

Written by Lydia Serrant, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Ancient female fertility symbols were scattered everywhere in the ancient world, from ancient goddesses such as Kali to the blue-skinned Hindu goddess of destruction to Izanami-no-Mikoto, the Japanese goddess of death and creation, to Tiamat, the Babylonian goddess of the ocean, chaos and creation. Some of the

Written on February 10, 2021 at 9:06 am, by KristinD

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Tags: Ancient Greek and Roman tradition, Ancient Greek Art, greek nude, vulva

The Artemision Bronze: Mysterious Greek Masterpiece

Written by Ed Whalen, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The Ancient Greeks produced many artistic masterpieces, especially in sculpture. Many have survived down to the modern age. Most of the world’s leading museums have some examples of Hellenic sculpture. The iconic Artemision Bronze is one of the most famous surviving pieces of Greco-Roman art—and it has

Written on February 2, 2021 at 11:03 am, by Whelan

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Categories: Sculpture

Tags: Ancient Greek and Roman tradition, Ancient Greek Art, artemision bronze, Bronze, Greek sculpture

A History of Frescos

Written by Lydia Serrant, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom From the halls of ancient Egypt to the streets of modern Mexico, frescos play a major role in storytelling and cultural preservation in ancient societies the world over. Frescos are one of the oldest-known forms of art in which water-based paints are applied to dry or semi-dry

Written on November 27, 2020 at 9:34 am, by KristinD

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Tags: Ancient Greek Art, Ancient Rome, Art History, Frescos

A Guide to Greek Mosaics

Written by Divya Gupta, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The history of mosaics is as elaborate as the art form itself. Mosaic, in art, incorporates small stones and colored glass or pebbles that come together to express a form. Unlike inlay technique, a mosaic is not rendered according to the shape of consecutive fittings. Instead, unique

Written on November 25, 2020 at 8:49 am, by KristinD

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Tags: Ancient Art History, Ancient Greek Art, Art, mosaics

Walk Like an Egyptian: Early Greek Art

It easily falls into the ‘conspiracy’ category – but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a fun story to tell. We are all taught that empires rise and fall and that every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt were no exception. The year was 1336 BC and the Egyptian

Written on April 15, 2019 at 3:53 pm, by Anya Leonard

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Categories: Sculpture

Tags: Akhenaten, Ancient Egyptian art, Ancient Greek Art, Ancient Greek art versus Ancient Egyptian art, ancient statues, Early Greek Art, kore, kouros, Nefertiti

Flawless Beauty or the Beauty of Flaws

By Anya Leonard “CRACK! Smash!” The sound of your favorite vase hitting the floor. You search around for the culprit – a child, a dog, or a clumsy spouse, any of which is about to incur your wrath. Perhaps it was an earthquake, and Poseidon is to blame… But what if, instead of looking at

Written on September 5, 2014 at 11:15 am, by plato

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Categories: Sculpture

Tags: Alexander the Great, Ancient Greek Art, Archaic, Classical Period, contrapposto, Doryphoros, Dying Gaul, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Hellenistic, Kleobis and Biton, kore, Kouroi, kouros, Laocoon, Lysippos, pericles, Polykleitos