Yannoulis Chalepas was a Greek sculptor whose mental illness shaped his raw yet brilliant masterpieces like the "Sleeping ...

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

But contemporary art, she added, is relatively new to the Greek scene. “We have been living under the shadow of the Acropolis for a long time” she said.

Griffins, the unique mythological creatures with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion, were often mentioned in ancient Greek plays ...

Dramatic artistic finds in Greek soil are not uncommon, since the area is so rich in cultural history. Last April, a team of archaeologists from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki uncovered a ...

The Orientalizing period in Greece refers to a roughly 100-year period in which Greek art was greatly influenced by eastern, and specifically Near Eastern and Egyptian, ideas, myths, and decorative ...

Critics are upset that the Greek government made a deal with Stern for the art to slowly come back to the country rather than claiming it all at once. Shutterstock According to an agreement ...

Garrick’s passion for Greek art and culture has been well-documented through the years, to the point that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in 2018 named him the city’s honorary “Cultural and ...

Art education graduate Shaylyn Sprague presents her pottery exhibit titled Interwoven at the "A Present Past, A Passed Present" gallery at the MSU Union on Sep. 15, 2024.

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 ...