1. The arts of ancient Greece have exercised and enormous influenced on the culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture.
2. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from.
3. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated sseveral centries of exchange between Greek Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan.
4. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of greek art inspired generations of European artists.
5. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.
6. in reality, there was a sharp transition from one period to another.
7. Forms of art developed at different speeds in different parts of the greek world, and as in any age some artist worked in more innovative styles than others.
8. Strong local traditions, conservative in character, and the requirements of local cults, enable historians to locate the origins even of displaced works of art.
9. Architecture was extinct in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period until the 7th century BC, when urban life and prosperity recovered to a point where public building could be undertaken.
10. But since most greek building in the Archaic and Early Classical periods were made of wood or mud-brick, nothing remains of them except a few ground-plans, and there are almost no written sources on early architecture or descriptions of building.
2. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from.
3. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated sseveral centries of exchange between Greek Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan.
4. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of greek art inspired generations of European artists.
5. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.
6. in reality, there was a sharp transition from one period to another.
7. Forms of art developed at different speeds in different parts of the greek world, and as in any age some artist worked in more innovative styles than others.
8. Strong local traditions, conservative in character, and the requirements of local cults, enable historians to locate the origins even of displaced works of art.
9. Architecture was extinct in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period until the 7th century BC, when urban life and prosperity recovered to a point where public building could be undertaken.
10. But since most greek building in the Archaic and Early Classical periods were made of wood or mud-brick, nothing remains of them except a few ground-plans, and there are almost no written sources on early architecture or descriptions of building.