When one thinks of white, marble art and clear, cerulean waters of Tinos island, Greece comes to mind. The two are synonymous ...

Phidias, the bearded sculptor ... There is a magnificent pair of Greek eyes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, made of bronze, marble, quartz and obsidian. The bronze eyelashes ...

This triumvirate opens the show, Phidias represented by Ilissos ... The vivid naturalism of this athlete from the classic period of Greek art shows how much we miss, knowing only marble.

A lot of the art is about Greek heroes, gods and goddesses. Phidias, creator of ancient wonders One of the most famous sculptors who lived in Greece during the Classical period was Phidias.