“Warrior A” of the Riace Warriors. Riace, Italy. Circa 450 BCE. Bronze.
Greek, Classical: Most narrowly, the “middle” period of ancient Greek civilization, beginning around 480 BCE and lasting until around 350 BCE. More broadly, the civilizations of ancient Greece, and the centuries during which they flourished. Most generally any art that emphasizes rational order, balance, harmony, and restraint, especially if it look to the art of ancient Greece. The Classical Age of Greece begins with the Persian War (490-479 B.C.) and ends with the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.). Besides war and conquest, in this period of Ancient Greece, the Greeks produced great literature, poetry, philosophy, drama, and art. Classical Greece includes the period known as the Age of Pericles.
Aphrodite of Melos (also called Venus de Milo). Circa 150 BCE. Marble.
Greek, Hellenistic: Literally meaning “Greek-like” or “based in Greek culture”. It is descriptive of the art produced in Greece and in regions under Greek rule or cultural influence form 323 BCE until the rise of the Roman Empire in the final decades of the 1st century BCE. Its art fallowed 3 broad trends; a continuing classicism, a new style characterized by dramatic emotion and turbulence, and closely observed realism.
Laocoön Group, Roman copy of Greek bronze early 1st century C.E. Marble, H. 8’, Vatican Museum, Rome.
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