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  2. Ancient Greek art - Wikipedia

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    The most famous of all ancient Greek painters was Apelles of Kos, whom Pliny the Elder lauded as having "surpassed all the other painters who either preceded or succeeded him." [105] [106] Due to the perishable nature of the materials used and the major upheavals at the end of antiquity, not one of the famous works of Greek panel painting has ...

  3. List of Greek artists - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), Cretan Renaissance 1453-1660, Heptanese School 1660-1830 and the Modern period ...

  4. Greek art - Wikipedia

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    One of the most important forms of Byzantine art was, and still is, the Cretan school as the leading school of Greek post-Byzantine painting after Crete fell to the Ottomans in 1669. Like the Cretan school, it combined Byzantine traditions with an increasing Western European artistic influence, and also saw the first signiand the National ...

  5. Hellenistic art - Wikipedia

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    Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally taken to begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans, a process well underway by 146 BC, when the Greek mainland was taken, and essentially ending in 30 BC with the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt following the Battle of Actium.

  6. Apelles - Wikipedia

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    Apelles of Kos (/ ə ˈ p ɛ l iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἀπελλῆς; fl. 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder , to whom much of modern scholars' knowledge of this artist is owed ( Naturalis Historia 35.36.79–97 and passim ), rated him superior to preceding and subsequent artists.

  7. Category:Paintings of Greek myths - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greece portal; Religion portal Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. A ... Paintings of Greek deities (2 C) E.

  8. Pompeii: Stunning new paintings unearthed at ancient ... - AOL

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    The most impressive discovery is an expansive fresco that depicts the Greek legend Helen of Troy, painted on the high walls of a large banqueting hall that was thought to be owned by a high-status ...

  9. Wall Paintings of Thera - Wikipedia

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    The wall paintings of ancient Thera are famous frescoes discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera). They are regarded as part of Minoan art , although the culture of Thera was somewhat different from that of Crete , and the political relationship between the two islands at the ...