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Great Art is Both Romantic & Classical
The Romantic movement favors subjective, macabre, fantastic, and transcendental subject matter, while the Classical stance favors objectivity and rationality.
Hellenistic Greek Art
Hellenistic sculpture is less concerned with Classical Greek ideals of perfection and more concerned with displaying inner emotion and taking artistic risks.
Classical Greek Art
Classical Greek ideals are considered to be the foundation of Western civilization and to have influenced all aspects of modern western culture
Greek Red-Figure Vase Painting
Red-figure vase painting - popular from ca 530-300 BC - marks the apex of Archaic Greek vase painting
Greek Black-Figure Vase Painting
Black-figure vase painting was immensely popular and flourished from around 700 to 530 BC.
The Panaghia Church of Lindos
The ancient Greek Orthodox Church of the village of Lindos in Rhodes is adorned with colorful, striking, unforgettable frescoed wall paintings.