Editing Ancient art (section)

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{{Main|Ancient Greek art}}
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Ancient Greek art includes much pottery and sculpture, as well as architecture. Greek sculpture is known for the [[contrapposto]] standing of the figures. The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into three periods: the Archaic, the Classical, and the Hellenistic. The history of Ancient Greek pottery is divided stylistically into periods: the Protogeometric, the Geometric, the Late Geometric or Archaic, the Black Figure, and the Red Figure. Ancient Greek art has survived most successfully in the forms of sculpture and architecture, as well as in such minor arts as coin design, pottery, and gem engraving.

The most prestigious form of Ancient Greek painting was [[panel painting]], now known only from literary descriptions; they perished rapidly after the 4th century AD when they were no longer actively protected. Today not much survives of Greek painting, except for late [[Fayum mummy portraits|mummy paintings]] and a few paintings on the walls of tombs, mostly in Macedonia and Italy. Painting on pottery, of which a great deal survives, gives some sense of the aesthetics of Greek painting. The techniques involved, however, were very different from those used in large-format painting. It was mainly in black and [[gold]] and was painted using different paints than the ones used on walls or wood, because it was a different surface.

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Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora MET DP245711.jpg|The ''[[Euphiletos Painter Panathenaic prize amphora]]''; 530 BC; painted terracotta; height: 62.2&nbsp;cm; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)

God of Cape Artemision 01.JPG|The ''[[Artemision Bronze]]''; 460-450 BC; bronze; height: 2.1 m; [[National Archaeological Museum, Athens|National Archaeological Museum]] ([[Athens]])

Parthenon (30276156187).jpg|The ''[[Parthenon]]'' on the [[Athenian Acropolis]], the most iconic [[Doric order|Doric]] Greek temple built of marble and limestone between {{Circa|460}}-406 BC, dedicated to the goddess Athena<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mattinson|first1=Lindsay|title=Understanding Architecture A Guide To Architectural Styles|date=2019|publisher=Amber Books|isbn=978-1-78274-748-2|page=21|language=en}}</ref>

Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman MET DT276.jpg|Mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman; mid-5th century BC; bronze; height: 40.41&nbsp;cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

Calyx-krater Louvre CA929.jpg|Calyx-[[krater]]; 400-375 BC; ceramic; height: 27.9&nbsp;cm, diameter: 28.6&nbsp;cm; from [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] (Greece); [[Louvre]]

Funerary stele of Thrasea and Euandria 02.jpg|''The [[Grave relief of Thraseas and Euandria]]''; 375-350 BC; [[Mount Pentelicus#Pentelic marble|Pentelic marble]]; height: 160&nbsp;cm, width: 91&nbsp;cm; [[Pergamon Museum]] ([[Berlin]])

Hermes and the infant Dionysus by Praxiteles.jpg|''[[Hermes and the Infant Dionysus]]''; by [[Praxiteles]]; 330-320 BC; marble; height: 2.15 m; [[Archaeological Museum of Olympia]] ([[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]], Greece)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fortenberry|first1=Diane|title=The Art Museum |date=2017|publisher=Phaidon|isbn=978-0-7148-7502-6|page=36|language=en}}</ref>

Alexander Sarcophagus, Istanbul Archaeological Museums 2024 (1).jpg|The ''[[Alexander Sarcophagus]]''; 320–310 BC; marble; length: 3.18 m; [[Istanbul Archaeology Museums]] ([[Turkey]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fortenberry|first1=Diane|title=The Art Museum |date=2017|publisher=Phaidon|isbn=978-0-7148-7502-6|page=38|language=en}}</ref>

Baltimore Painter - Volute Krater - Walters 4886 - Side A.jpg|Volute krater; 320-310 BC; ceramic; height: 1.1 m; [[Walters Art Museum]] ([[Baltimore]], US)

File:Terracotta statuette of a draped woman MET DP117152.jpg|Statuette of a draped woman; 2nd century BC; terracotta; height: 29.2&nbsp;cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

Front views of the Venus de Milo.jpg|''[[Venus de Milo]]''; 130–100 BC; marble; height: 203&nbsp;cm (80&nbsp;in); Louvre

Aphrodite Pan Eros NAMA 3335 Athens Greece.jpg|''[[Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros]]''; circa 100 BC; marble; height (without base): 1.32 m; National Archaeological Museum (Athens)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fortenberry|first1=Diane|title=THE ART MUSEUM |date=2017|publisher=Phaidon|isbn=978-0-7148-7502-6|page=41|language=en}}</ref>

Laocoön and his sons group.jpg|''[[Laocoön and His Sons]]''; early first century BC; marble; height: 2.4 m; [[Vatican Museums]] ([[Vatican City]])

MosaicEpiphany-of-Dionysus.jpg|Mosaic which represents the Epiphany of [[Dionysus]]; 2nd century AD; from the Villa of Dionysus ([[Dion, Greece]]); [[Archeological Museum of Dion]]

Examples of Historical Ornament, Greek by Boston Public Library.jpg|Illustrations of examples of ancient Greek ornaments and patterns, drawn in 1874

File:Antike Polychromie 1.jpg|Reconstructed [[polychrome|colour scheme]] of the [[entablature]] on a [[Doric temple]], which shows that Ancient Greek temples were coloured, and not just white marble
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