Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

The Kritios Boy, a statue displayed at the Acropolis Museum is one of the most important works of ancient Greek art.

Ancient sculptures reveal their true colors 07:00. The Greek and Roman Galleries at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are a wonder of white marble, an astonishing acre of it – world ...

Visitors to Athens' Acropolis Museum view the ancient Temple of Parthenon in the distance. Credit: AP/Petros Giannakouris By Wendy Smith Special to Newsday July 27, 2018 ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing artifacts from the Classical period.

Vestiges of an ancient Greek art form, preserved by catastrophe Jan 25, 2016 9:09 PM EDT. By ...

How Ancient Greek Art Inspired the Ballet Russes The Ballets Russes had a longtime dalliance with Ancient Greek traditions especially in the ballet’s most innocent, primitive, and erotic aspects.

In a darkened college classroom, students are introduced to a projected image of a famous work of Greek art brimming with intense drama. The students scrutinize the ancient wall painting ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. ... A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China.

Sometimes, art precedes life. The word “landscape,” for instance, originally meant a painting, and only later also the land itself. In a similar way, “tragedy” originated onstage, as a ...