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Tue 14 Jan, 2003 05:26 pm
An open discussion please share your thoughts about this period in the history of Western art with us, thank you.
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Ancient Art of the Aegean: Crete and the Cycladic Islands[/URL]
Links to Greek and Roman Art
Not so curious because that's where much of what Hearst purchased for the castle, the Santa Barbara Museum as a very respectible collection:
http://www.sbmuseart.org/collection/antiquities/index.html
The first link didn't work for me.
I think, the theme is rather wide choosen - art and architecture and two different epoches in lots of different countries and places.
Nevertheless:
for Greek, I think these to be another good starting point:
Greek Art and Architecture
An Overview of Classical Greek History from Homer to Alexander
for Rome
Roman Art and Architecture
Timeline Ancient Rome
You are so right Walter it is vast but connected. The Romans basically copied all that was Greek and added some emblishments but we have time and my personal opinion is that we, well most of us of western culture and an exploration like this could take us on many adventures.
Joanne:
You don't EVEN want to know what I think that looks like!!
Your box is packed, ready for the mail. JayBea made sure it got ready to go after leaving it up to me last time
Anon
When I visited the Parthenon, the caryatids at one of the temples
were undergoing a facelift. I should imagine one of the greatest
threats to art/architecture of this era is environmental damage/erosion from pollution etc....
Checking in, I am interested in all this. Ah, but I have to leave now....
I don't want this thread to fade away, I am very interested, but swamped at work.
Ok, busts.
I never particularly liked busts before, yawn, until I went to one of the two museums, which I mix up, on the top of the capitoline hill in Rome. There is a room of busts of roman figures....I was about to charge through it when I really looked. Great character studies, each and every one.
greek antiquity
Walter, not enough? I'm surprised; I thought all Germans were "leg men."
Only those with skirts that have a lengthy slit up the side.
I'm wearing "Men's Relaxed Ringspun 5-pocket Denim Jeans".
I'm happy you gave up cross-dressing, Walter -- especially the skirts with the split up the side.
The larger marble works are, of course, impressive but the smaller pieces like this figurine of Aphrodite and Eros from the Hermitage Museum should be considered also:
Actually, the split wasn't such erotic at all, and it really wasn't an extrem cross-dressing, as you may see here on an old photo of me:
Not bad, Walter, a bit retro, but in good taste.
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