Greek and Roman Art in the Ancient World (101)

 

Column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), ca. 350–320 B.C.; red-figure
Attributed to the Group of Boston 00.348
Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Terracotta; H. 20 1/4 in. (51.51 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1950 (50.11.4)

 

 

Column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), ca. 350–320 B.C.; red-figure
Attributed to the Group of Boston 00.348
Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Terracotta; H. 20 1/4 in. (51.51 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1950 (50.11.4)

Africans in Ancient Greek Art

Tales of Ethiopia as a mythical land at the farthest edges of the earth are recorded in some of the earliest Greek literature of the eighth century B.C., including the epic poems of Homer. Greek gods and heroes, like Menelaos, were believed to have visited this place on the fringes of the known world. However, long before Homer, the seafaring civilization of Bronze Age Crete, known today as Minoan, established trade connections with Egypt. The Minoans may have first come into contact with… More »

Ancient Greek Bronze Vessels

In ancient Greece, vessels were made in great quantities and in diverse materials, including terracotta, glass, ivory, stone, wood, leather, bronze, silver, and gold. The vases of precious metals have largely vanished because they were melted down and reused, but ancient literature and inscriptions testify to their existence. Many more bronze vessels must have existed in antiquity because they were less expensive than silver and gold, and more have survived because they were buried in tombs… More »

Ancient Greek Colonization and Trade and their Influence on Greek Art

Ancient Greek colonization began at an early date, during the so-called Geometric period of about 900 to 700 B.C. (74.51.965), when many seminal elements of ancient Greek society were also established, such as city-states, major sanctuaries, and the Panhellenic festivals. The Greek alphabet, inspired by the writing of the Phoenician sea traders, was developed and spread at this time. Greece is a country surrounded by water and the sea has always played an important role in its history. The… More »

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• Ancient Greek Dress
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• Antique Engraved Gems and Renaissance Collectors
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• The Antonine Dynasty (138–193)
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• Architecture in Ancient Greece
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• Art and Craft in Archaic Sparta
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• The Art of Classical Greece (ca. 480–323 B.C.)
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• Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition
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• Art of the Roman Provinces, 1–500 A.D.
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• Athenian Vase Painting: Black- and Red-Figure Techniques
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• Athletics in Ancient Greece
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• Augustan Rule (27 B.C.–14 A.D.)
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• The Augustan Villa at Boscotrecase
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• Barbarians and Romans
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• Boscoreale: Frescoes from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor
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• The Byzantine City of Amorium
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• The Cesnola Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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• The Chiton, Peplos, and Himation in Modern Dress
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• Classical Art and Modern Dress
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• Classical Cyprus (ca. 480–ca. 310 B.C.)
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• Classicism in Modern Dress
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• Colossal Temples of the Roman Near East
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• Contemporary Deconstructions of Classical Dress
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• Contexts for the Display of Statues in Classical Antiquity
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• Cyprus—Island of Copper
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• Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece
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• Early Cycladic Art and Culture
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• Eastern Religions in the Roman World
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• Etruscan Art
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• Etruscan Language and Inscriptions
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• The Five Wares of South Italian Vase Painting
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• The Flavian Dynasty (69–96)
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• Funerary Vases in Southern Italy and Sicily
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• Geometric and Archaic Cyprus
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• Geometric Art in Ancient Greece
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• Greek Art in the Archaic Period
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• Greek Gods and Religious Practices
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• Greek Hydriai (Water Jars) and their Artistic Decoration
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• The Greek Key and Divine Attributes in Modern Dress
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• Greek Terracotta Figurines with Articulated Limbs
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• Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus
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• Hellenistic Jewelry
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• The Idea and Invention of the Villa
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• Intellectual Pursuits of the Hellenistic Age
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• The Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 B.C.–68 A.D.)
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• The Kithara in Ancient Greece
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• The Labors of Herakles
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• List of Rulers of the Ancient Greek World
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• List of Rulers of the Roman Empire
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• Luxury Arts of Rome
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• Medicine in Classical Antiquity
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• Minoan Crete
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• Music in Ancient Greece
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• Mycenaean Civilization
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• Mystery Cults in the Greek and Roman World
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• The Nude in Western Art and its Beginnings in Antiquity
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• Nudity and Classical Themes in Byzantine Art
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• Painted Funerary Monuments from Hellenistic Alexandria
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• Polychromy of Roman Marble Sculpture
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• The Praenestine Cistae
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• Prehistoric Cypriot Art and Culture
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• Retrospective Styles in Greek and Roman Sculpture
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• The Rise of Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander the Great
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• The Roman Banquet
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• Roman Cameo Glass
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• Roman Copies of Greek Statues
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• Roman Egypt
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• The Roman Empire (27 B.C.–393 A.D.)
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• Roman Games: Playing with Animals
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• Roman Glass
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• Roman Gold-Band Glass
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• Roman Housing
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• Roman Inscriptions
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• Roman Luxury Glass
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• Roman Mold-Blown Glass
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• Roman Mosaic and Network Glass
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• Roman Painting
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• Roman Portrait Sculpture: Republican through Constantinian
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• Roman Portrait Sculpture: The Stylistic Cycle
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• The Roman Republic
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• Roman Sarcophagi
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• Roman Stuccowork
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• Sardis
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• Scenes of Everyday Life in Ancient Greece
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• The Severan Dynasty (193–235)
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• Southern Italian Vase Painting
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• The Symposium in Ancient Greece
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• Tanagra Figurines
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• The Technique of Bronze Statuary in Ancient Greece
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• Theater and Amphitheater in the Roman World
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• Theater in Ancient Greece
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• Theseus, Hero of Athens
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• Time of Day on Painted Athenian Vases
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• Trade between Arabia and the Empires of Rome and Asia
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• Trade between the Romans and the Empires of Asia
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• Trade Routes between Europe and Asia during Antiquity
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• Warfare in Ancient Greece
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• Women in Classical Greece
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• The Year One

 

 

 

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