This city known primarily for its monumental historic sites harbors a surprisingly dynamic contemporary art scene where ...

The olive tree in ancient Athens was safeguarded by strict laws, highlighting its role as a sentinel of Athenian prosperity ...

A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China. The collection is from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. Many ancient statues were scented ...

Women’s vital roles in ancient Greek theater challenge the long-standing myth of an exclusively male-dominated performance ...

Greek art, whether in sculpture, pottery, or architecture, embodies the ideals of balance, proportion, and aesthetic perfection that continue to influence artists and thinkers to this day.

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age ...

The ancient temple was built in the mid-5th century B.C. and dedicated to the goddess Athena. iStock Many of the surviving sculptures were removed from the Parthenon in the early 1800s by agents ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Department of Greek and Roman Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art took a serious hit late last month when New York authorities ordered the seizure of an ancient Roman bronze ...

The Ancient Art of Calligraphy Is Having a Revival Calligraphy, which means “beautiful writing” in Ancient Greek, is seeing a surge of interest from younger people who say it offers a ...

But ancient Romans, with their vast empire, gave Europe its first taste of a common culture and left an enduring legacy of great art. It certainly was a humble beginning.