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Art and Experience in Classical Greece. Greek artists of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. attained a manner of representation that conveys a vitality of life as well as a sense of permanence, clarity, and harmony.
- Terracotta Amphora
Obverse, young man singing and playing the kithara Reverse,...
- Youth Tying a Fillet Around His Head
Copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 430 B.C. by Polykleitos...
- Architecture in Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek architects strove for the precision and...
- Marble Grave Stele With a Family Group
Roman Portraits: Sculptures in Stone and Bronze in the...
- Athenian Vase Painting
Between the beginning of the sixth and the end of the fourth...
- Terracotta Calyx-Krater
Obverse, scene from a phlyax play. Reverse, three youths The...
- Terracotta Pyxis
The Judgement of Paris During the middle of the fifth...
- Marble Grave Stele of a Little Girl
From Paros (Museum Worsleyanum 1794, pl. 35). 1785, found on...
- Terracotta Column-Krater
The Art of Classical Greece (ca. 480-323 B.C.) Chronology...
- Marble Relief With a Dancing Maenad
Copy of a Greek relief of ca. 425–400 B.C. attributed to...
- Terracotta Amphora
- The Architecture of Classical Greece
- Greek Temple Architecture
- Proportion and Perspective
- Ancient Greek Sculpture
- Ancient Greek Pottery
The most noteworthy result of Pericles’ public-works campaign was the magnificent Parthenon, a temple in honor of the city’s patron goddess Athena. The architects Iktinos and Kallikrates and the sculptor Phidias began work on the temple in the middle of the 5th century B.C. The Parthenon was built atop the Acropolis, a natural pedestal made of rock...
With its rectangular stone platform, front and back porches (the pronaos and the opisthodomos) and rows of columns, the Parthenon was a commanding example of Greek temple architecture. Typically, the people of ancient Greece did not worship inside their temples as we do today. Instead, the interior room (the naos or the cella) was relatively small,...
The architects of classical Greece came up with many sophisticated techniques to make their buildings look perfectly even. They crafted horizontal planes with a very slight upward U-shape and columns that were fatter in the middle than at the ends. Without these innovations, the buildings would appear to sag; with them, they looked flawless and maj...
Not many classical statues or sculptures survive today. Stone statues broke easily, and metal ones were often melted for re-use. However, we know that Greek sculptors such as Phidias and Polykleitos in the 5th century and Praxiteles, Skopas and Lysippos in the 4th century had figured out how to apply the rules of anatomy and perspective to the huma...
Classical Greek pottery was perhaps the most utilitarian of the era’s art forms. People offered small terra cotta figurines as gifts to gods and goddesses, buried them with the dead and gave them to their children as toys. They also used clay pots, jars and vases for almost everything. These were painted with religious or mythological scenes that, ...
- Missy Sullivan
- 10 min
Dec 6, 2023 · Many art historical surveys of classical Greek art focus on Athens almost exclusively. Yet, Athens was only one among a number of Greek cities creating art and architecture in the period.
Apr 22, 2020 · In this collection, we examine the major aspects of the culture and thinking of the ancient Greeks, from temple architecture to how to live a good life. We also consider aspects of their religion - another outdoor activity - their diet, medicine and music.
- Mark Cartwright
- Publishing Director
Feb 4, 2010 · The classical period was an era of war and conflict—first between the Greeks and the Persians, then between the Athenians and the Spartans—but it was also an era of unprecedented political and...
The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world.
