It might not be widely known but the ancient Greeks placed great importance on the way they looked and therefore their physical beauty.

On the Greek island of Delos, inscriptions reveal that statues ... This is not how people admired these works of art when ...

With a local guide, we're tracking the evolution of Greek sculpture from the early Archaic Age to the Classical Era. That's roughly 700 to 400 BC.-This is all Archaic art, ...

Did the Ancient Greek have laptops? Of course not, but that isn’t stopping some people from looking at an ancient statue and thinking they see one. The marble sculpture, created around 100 BC ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art's curator of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman art believes that he made the purchase of a lifetime in 2004, ...

How Ancient Greek Art Inspired the Ballet Russes The Ballets Russes had a longtime dalliance with Ancient Greek traditions especially in the ballet’s most innocent, primitive, and erotic aspects.

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 ...

An ancient Greek art form, preserved by catastrophe. Clip: 1/25/2016 | 6m 2s. Fewer than 200 bronze sculptures from the Hellenistic era -- a period that began more than 2,000 years ago -- survive ...

The knowledge that the Greek and Roman sculpture was brightly painted isn't new. In one gallery, there's a watercolor of parts of the Acropolis when it was excavated in 1888 - it's clear that the ...

Ancient art is the centerpiece. The antiquities collection is what it is, and often it’s marvelous. The savvy reinstallation represents a step forward in the museum’s confidence.

There is abundant evidence of lamentation in ancient Greek art and literature. Death was not a final stop but rather part of a process by which the soul went to Hades.