The beginning of the Classical style in Greek sculpture is the beginning of naturalism in art, an important turning point in ...

There is an art to rivalry. Mastering its rules has, since ancient times, shaped cultural history over millennia.

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In a darkened college classroom, students are introduced to a projected image of a famous work of Greek art brimming with intense drama. The students scrutinize the ancient wall painting discovered in ...

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...

“It was very important to me that this object meets both the high standards of quality that the CMA holds dear and that it has a very long and well-documented modern history,’’ Pevnick said. The ...

We haven't seen these works the way they were meant to be seen. A painted replica of an archer (originally made around 490 BC) at the Parthenon, as envisioned by researchers Vinzenz Brinkmann and ...

A horse is a horse unless it’s ancient Greek, of course. In that case, it’s a work of art emblazoned on pottery about 2,500 years ago — but still fresh enough to show a sense of humor. On one ancient ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of antiquities smuggling for trying to sell an ancient marble statue of “exceptional artwork” that once likely adorned a temple on Athens’ ...