The lives of the ancient Greeks were ones of hardship and endurance. The experiences of ancient Greek women were even tougher. If a newly born Greek girl was deemed worthy and not abandoned
Ares. Roman marble after a Greek original ca.420.B.C. Hermitage Museum. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
The Tribuna was the first nucleus of the Uffizi Gallery: it is a space conceived and realized to display to the public artworks considered the most precious of the Medici collection. Till then, the members of the Medici family had exhibited its paintings in the rooms of Palazzo Vecchio, where they lived until 1540.
We think it’s important to remember where we come from. That’s why I wanted to take a look at the origins of mentorship and to remind you to make sure that your mentor isn’t just a mentor. They need to be Athena in disguise.
Statue of Aphrodite Kallipygos, marble, 1st or 2nd century BC. Roman copy after a Greek Hellenistic original. National Archaeological Museum, #Naples.
Apollo Citharoedus Roman copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BC. - Chiaramonti Museum - Braccio Nuovo, Vatican.
Women in ancient Greece, outside of Sparta, had almost no rights and no political or legal power. Even so, some women broke through the social and cultural restrictions to make their mark on history...
Print of Original illustration of Elysium from Hades
EXPLORE - 16 FEB 2009 #449 Caryatid Columns Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago, IL Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is housed within the last remaining structure from the Chicago World's Fair. The Palace of Fine Arts, the Museum’s current building, was constructed in 1893 for the World’s Columbian Exposition, which opened the same year. The original, Greek-inspired structure includes three pavilions and Ionic order columns. For more information see: www.msichicago.org/
The distinction of the pediment adorning doorways is timeless architecture. Distinctive elements of classical architectural designs, for certain. A pediment (ped-uh-muhnt) is termed as a “Wid…
According to the News Agency TASS, a team of archaeologists has uncovered fragments of two ancient Greek musical instruments during an excavation in the Taman Peninsula, in southern Russia.
The British Museum in London has just announced an upcoming exhibition that's right down our alley: Defining beauty - the body in ancient Greek art. The
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21.4.2011: copy from the reign of Hadrian, 117-138 AD of an original made in the 4th cent. BC. From Castelporziano. Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.
4 original colour lithographs from The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones (1809-68). Plates nos. XV, XVII, XIX and XX. Size: 33 x 23 cms or 13 x 9 inches. Plate XV shows a collection of various forms of the Greek fret from vases and pavements. Plates XVII, XIX and XX show ornaments fromGreek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum and The Louvre. Details regarding these images are included. Condition: Near Fine. The plates, but for occasional marks on the white border - spots of foxing, small blemishes and a slight bleeding of ink on one plate that iis a fault of manufacture - are exceptionally fresh. The paper upon which they are printed is slightly tanned.
Ancient Greece produced some of the wildest and most memorable folklore known to humanity. Famous films like "Hercules" and "Troy" derive their storylines from some of these aged legends. Here are my picks for the 10 best stories from ancient Greek mythology.
The Barberini Hera. Roman copy of a 5th.century BC. Greek original from the school of Phidias. Vatican Museum. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
Demeter (Ancient Greek: Δημήτηρ) was the Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain, and bread, the prime sustenance of mankind. Her cult titles include Sito (σίτος: wheat) as the giver of food or corn/grain and Thesmophoros (θεσμός, thesmos: divine order, unwritten law) as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society. In systematized theology, Demeter is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea and sister of Zeus by whom she became the mother of Persephone. She taught mankind the art of sowing an
The myth of Demeter and Persephone was of central importance in Greek religion, being at the heart of the Eleusinian Mysteries which gave hope of rebirth to a better afterlife.
temples were painted, so that bright reds and blues contrasted with the white of the building stones
The ancient Greeks were a polytheistic people and worshiped a multitude of gods. The most important gods of the Greek pantheon were the Twelve Olympians, so-called due to the belief that they resided on the peak of Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece.
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that was based on the island of Crete, in the Aegean Sea. This civilization flourished from around 3000 BC to around 1100 BC. The Minoan civilization is considered to be the first high culture in the Aegean, and various achievements were reached by its people. This is reflected in the archaeological remains left in existence.
The best pictures of the Parthenon show the spectacular temple in all its decorated magnificence. The first picture shows the front elevation of the Parthenon with the marble sculptures in the pediment painted in bright colours. The Parthenon by Harry Green The second picture shows the partly ruined Parthenon at the time of the Ottoman […]
Greek art and sculptures has had a profound effect for art throughout the ages. Here are six ancient greek sculptures everyone should know.
The Olympics, as they exist today, are but a shadow of their former glory. Though there are more activities and participants in the modern games, they do little to entice and arouse the Greek concept of glory and pride that once made them renowned throughout the ancient world.
Bust of Nike, a 2nd century Roman sculpture after a 430s B.C. Ancient Greek original
