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Anaxandra (fl. 220s BC), ancient Greek painter Aristarete , mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History (XL.147-148) in A.D. 77 Arleta (born 1945), musician, writer, illustrator
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 ...
Greek art, especially sculpture, continued to enjoy an enormous reputation, and studying and copying it was a large part of the training of artists, until the downfall of Academic art in the late 19th century. During this period, the actual known corpus of Greek art, and to a lesser extent architecture, has greatly expanded.
This painting was made in honor of Gustavo Bentencita, a painter who died on May 16, 1876. The artist was mourning for those past 12 years. Currently, this painting belongs to the San Diego Art Museum 02: 1888–1890 – Sappho (oil on canvas, 39 cm × 31.6 cm) Representation of the Greek lyric poet born on the island of Lesbos.
Modern Greek art, after the establishment of the Greek Kingdom, began to be developed around the time of Romanticism. Greek artists absorbed many elements from their European colleagues, resulting in the culmination of the distinctive style of Greek Romantic art, inspired by revolutionary ideals as well as the country's geography and history.
Images of Helen start appearing in the 7th century BC. In classical Greece, her elopement — or abduction — was a popular motif. In medieval illustrations, this event was frequently portrayed as a seduction, whereas in Renaissance paintings it was usually depicted as a "rape" (i. e., a forced abduction) by Paris.
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 ...
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