Archaeologists in Greece have discovered an ancient sculptor's workshop which may provide a rare glimpse into what daily life was like during the Hellenistic period. Teams found the 3,000-year-old ...

Athens: Plásmata 3 'We’ve met before, haven’t we?' Pedion tou Areos Park has unveiled a wide-ranging exhibition backed by ...

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

The cultural frenzy had begun earlier that day in Athens, with brunch at the art-filled mansion of Greek collectors Dakis and Lietta Joannou. It was a lavish affair with a book bazaar, buffet ...

Credit: Juan de Lara The Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens housed a colossal statue made of gold and ivory, carved by the famous sculptor Phidias in 438 BC. Its view from the entrance of the ...

Sculptors such as Phidias, Praxiteles ... Another marked shift in the Hellenistic period of Greek art was the privatization ...

Does art belong ... t simply Greek, but belong to all of humanity. The case for reunification has to be made on this cosmopolitan basis. The world deserves to see the story that Phidias intended ...

Writing in the second century A.D. the Greek geographer Pausanias says that Phidias applied heat to the ... s pose and gestures in many works of art.) Visitors from all over the ancient world ...

On Jan1, the "Classical and Glory - Ancient Greek and Roman Sculpture Art Exhibition" kicked off its first stop in China at the Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan. The exhibition showcased a total of 134 ...

He praises the importance of ancient Greek culture throughout the centuries ... He emphasizes that the human element of Phidias' sculptural art places man at the center of our understanding ...

The motifs of Minoan art are the snake, goddess and bull ... Many of the buildings if the Acropolis were the creation of Ancient Greek sculptor Phidias. 8- Temple of Poseidon Poseiden Temple is one of ...