Ancient Greek Paintings

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In all the beauty, stories, and history of antiquity and Classical Greek art, what can be said about its value and significance today?  The Greek arts offer tons of insight into the culture and life of ancient Greek civilization. The Greeks utilized painting in a variety of ways that included its use in ceremonial buildings, homes, tombs, and public buildings.

SIGNIFICANCE OF GREEK PAINTINGS

The act of painting in ancient Greece was also important in maintaining aesthetics and keeping a sense of pride in the everyday environment.

AESTHETICS

The representation of beauty in heroic figures and deities has provided insight into the value of proportions and other elements of art found in painting.

BEAUTY AND INFLUENCE

Popular subjects in Greek painting include the figure of Medusa with a snake-infested head, Olympic athletes, Gods, centaurs, and dancing women.

SUBJECT MATTER

FAMOUS ANCIENT GREEK PAINTINGS

Painted Limestone Funerary Stele (4th – 3rd Century BC)

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Terracotta Loutrophoros (4th Century BC) Metope Painter

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Terracotta Pyxis (465 – 460 BC) Penthesilea Painter

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Nekyia (c. 480 BC) Polygnotus

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The Kachrylion Kylix c. 510 BC) Kachrylion

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The Euphronios Krater (c. 515 BC) Euphronios and Euxitheos

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Amphora (c. 540 BC) Exekias

#7

Christ Bearing the Cross (15th Century) Nicolaos Tzafouris

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Christ Healing the Blind (1570) El Greco

#9

Head of the Virgin (c. 1636 – 1690) Emmanuel Tzanès

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Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (c. 1600) El Greco

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The Akrotiri Boxer Fresco (c. 1700 BC)

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