Greek Reporter

When Society’s Outsiders Became the Inspiration for Ancient Greek Art

The Hellenistic shift towards portraying the marginalized allowed artists to capture a more complete picture of the human ...
Phys.org

X-rays uncover surprising techniques in the creation of art on ancient Greek pottery

Under beams of X-rays, the colors of art become the colors of chemistry. The mysterious blacks, reds and whites of ancient Greek pottery can be read in elements—iron, potassium, calcium and zinc—and ...
NPR

Why A Thumb-Sized Stone Is Important To Ancient Greek Art History

A miniature masterpiece carved on an ancient seal stone is changing ideas about art history. Jack Davis helped discover the Pylos Combat Agate in Greece and tells Scott Simon why it's so important.
Los Angeles Times

Art and Culture in Pompeii: The Ghosts of Greece

Perhaps no other ancient city captures our imagination quite like Pompeii. The storyline is familiar: a thriving city on the Bay of Naples- a mecca of high culture and a playground of the rich- ...
The Atlantic

Some Aspects of Modern Greek Art: The Blending of Contrasting Traditions

OF ALL, Europeans only the Greeks, and the Balkan peoples under their civilizing influences preserved the art forms, subjects, and principles of medieval Byzantium. Only if we fully appreciate this ...