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The piece itself still exhibits many traits of archaic art, despite coming from the early Classical period (480 - 460 BCE). The athlete in the statue was a participant of diskos throwing, a very popular event in Ancient Greece and even modern day Olympics.
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 ...
Multiple medalists in Olympic art competitions Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Alex Diggelmann Switzerland (SUI) 1936–1948 1: 1: 1: 3 Josef Petersen Denmark (DEN) 1924, 1932, 1948 0: 3: 0: 3 Jean Jacoby Luxembourg (LUX) 1924–1936 2: 0: 0: 2 Józef Klukowski Poland (POL) 1932–1936 1: 1: 0: 2 Werner March Germany (GER) 1928 ...
Olive wreaths were given out during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in honor of the ancient tradition, because the games were being held in Greece which was also used as the official emblem. [9] Program cover for the 1896 Olympics, with olive wreath imagery to connect to the ancient Olympics.
Roman fresco from the Tomb of Esquilino, c. 300-280 B.C. As with the other arts, the art of painting in Ancient Rome was indebted to its Greek antecedents. In archaic times, when Rome was still under Etruscan influence, they shared a linear style learned from the Ionian Greeks of the Archaic period, showing scenes from Greek mythology, daily life, funeral games, banquet scenes with musicians ...
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 ...
A papyrus list of Olympic victors, 3rd century A.D., British Library. The current list of ancient Olympic victors contains all of the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent disbandment in 393 by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
The Ancient Olympic Games virtual museum (requires registration) Ancient Olympics: General and detailed information; The Ancient Olympics: A special exhibit; The story of the Ancient Olympic Games Archived 1 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine; The origin of the Olympics; Olympia and Macedonia: Games, Gymnasia and Politics.