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.

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

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

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.

In Greek art and literature, Amazons were invariably depicted as brave and beautiful, but always armed and dangerous. By the time Homer wrote The Iliad (around 700 B.C.), every Greek man, woman ...

Greek vessels including the amphora, kylix and krater were functional but also could be elaborate works of art. By Ron Bechtol on Sun, May 4, 2025 at 9:15 am ...