Aegean art is art that was created in the lands surrounding, and the islands within, the Aegean Sea during the Bronze Age, that is, until the 11th century BC, before Ancient Greek art. Because it is m
Minoan pottery "Marine Style" flask with octopus, c. 1500-1450 BC
Group of three Cycladic figurines, early Spedos type, Keros-Syros culture (EC II)
Gold cups from Grave IV and V (Grave Circle A), Mycenae
Ancient Greek art is the visual and applied arts, as well as the architecture, produced by the Hellenes or Greek peoples from the start of the Iron Age to the Hellenistic period, ending with Roman con
Aegean art
…art that was created in the lands surrounding, and the islands within, the Aegean Sea during the Bronze Age, that is, until the 11th century BC, before Ancient Greek art. Because it is mostly found in the territory of modern Greece, it is sometimes called Greek Bronze Age art, though it includes not just the art of the…
Heracles and Athena, black-figure side of a belly amphora by the Andokides Painter, c. 520/510 BC
The Hellenistic Pergamon Altar: l to r Nereus, Doris, a Giant, Oceanus
Hades abducting Persephone, 4th-century BC wall painting in the small Macedonian royal tomb at Vergina
Detail of a black-figure vase, c. 540 BC. White, which has not worn well, and a different red-purple are also used.