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Classical greek

And
Roman era ART
S
CLASSICAL
GREEK
Classical Art encompasses the cultures of
ART Greece and Rome and endures as the
cornerstone of Western civilization.

S Including innovations in painting,


sculpture, decorative arts, and
architecture, Classical Art pursued ideals
of beauty, harmony, and proportion,
even as those ideals shifted and changed
over the centuries.

GREEK ART
FOCUSED ON
IDEALISM
Roman Art refers to visual arts
that were designed in ancient
ROMAN ERA Rome, during the time of the
Roman Empire. Roman Art
ART comprises of architecture,
sculpture, and mosaic works. ...
In the modern world, luxury
objects in the form of metal
works, gem engravings, ivory
carvings, and glass are
considered minor forms of
Roman Art.

ROMAN ARTS
FOCUCES ON
REALISM
CLASSICAL
One regarding major
difference involving the a GREEK ART
couple of cultures is their
CLASSICAL GREEK AND ROMAN

approach towards art.
The Ancient greek language
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

were more philosophical in


addition to idealistic, while
ERA ARTS

the Romans were more
realistic and somehow
extravagant in their approach
to sculpture.
CLASSICAL
ROMAN ART

ATRS
The Venus of Milo The Nike of Samothrace (or Winged The Resting Satyr or Leaning Satyr
The Aphrodite of Milo is a Hellenistic sculpture Victory) This statue is generally attributed to
discovered on the island of Milo (or Milos). This This magnificent statue represents the  Ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles. It
beautiful marble statue is an exquisite example of goddess of Victory as if she was soaring to depicts a satyr resting his right elbow
the workmanship of this period, though nothing is new heights. Exhibited at the  on a tree trunk. As there are many
known of its creator. Famous for the mystery of Louvre Museum in Paris, it is one of the five copies of this sculpture, it can be
her missing arms, the statue is an incredible most popular works at the museum. The deduced that it was one of Praxiteles’s
embodiment of the beauty of the female form. two-meter-high statue is also the subject of a most famous works, with one shining
petition from the people of the island of  example displayed at the 
Samothrace for repatriation. Capitoline Museums in Rome.
roman

The wedding Ahenobarbus relief The Orator

c. 100 BC, an Etrusco- Sacrifice scene during a c. 100 BC, an Etrusco-


Roman bronze statue census: Right part of a Roman bronze statue
depicting Aule Metele plaque from the Altar of depicting Aule Metele
Domitius Ahenobarbus (Latin: Aulus Metellus),
(Latin: Aulus Metellus), an Etruscan man
an Etruscan man wearing known as the “Census
wearing a Roman toga
a Roman toga while frieze”. Marble, Roman
while engaged in
engaged in rhetoric; the artwork of the late 2nd rhetoric; the statue
statue features an century BC. From the features an inscription
inscription in the Campo Marzio, Rome. in the Etruscan alphabet
Etruscan alphabet

arts

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