The document provides an overview of classical period art from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Egyptian art focused primarily on religious themes and depicting the afterlife to make the deceased's journey pleasant. Greek art had an enormous influence on cultures worldwide, particularly in sculpture and architecture. Key Greek artworks included sculptures like the Aphrodite of Knidos and temples at Delphi. Roman art incorporated styles from conquered territories and is best known for sculptures, architecture like aqueducts and theaters, and realistic paintings including landscapes and portraits.

1. Classical Period Art
• Egyptian Art
• Greek Art
• Roman Art

2. Egyptian civilization was one of the early
civilizations that have greatly contributed in the
development of art, religion, science, and
technology of the world. Egyptian art is
primarily religious in nature.
EGYPTIAN ART

3. The purpose of
Egyptian paintings is to
make the deceased
afterlife place
pleasant.
With this in mind,
themes include
journey to the
underworld
introducing
the deceased to the
gods of the
underworld by their
protective deities.

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5. Greek Art
The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the
culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of
sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was
largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's
conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central
Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with
ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the
humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired
generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical
tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.

6. Greek Art
Black-figure olpe
(wine vessel) by
the Amasis
Painter, depicting
Herakles and
Athena, c. 540 BC,
Louvre
7th-century BC
plate with sphinx
from Rhodes,
Louvre

7. The Aphrodite of Knidos was one of
the most famous works of the
ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles of
Athens (4th century BC). It and its
copies are often referred to as the
Venus Pudica ("modest Venus")
type, on account of her covering
her naked vulva with her right
hand.
Bronze Sculpture, thought to be either
Poseidon or Zeus, c. 460 BC, National
Archaeological Museum, Athens. This
masterpiece of classical sculpture was
found by fishermen in their nets off
the coast of Cape Artemisium in 1928.
The figure is more than 2 m in height.

8. ANCIENT THEATRE AT DELPHI
Built further up the hill from the Temple of Apollo
giving spectators a view of the entire sanctuary and
the valley below. It was originally built in the 4th
century BC but was remodeled on several occasions
since. Its 35 rows can seat 5,000 spectators.
TEMPLE OF APOLLO
The ruins of the temple visible today date from
the 4th century BC. The temple survived until AD
390, when the Christian emperor Theodosius I
silenced the oracle by destroying the temple and
most of the statues and works of art in the name
of Christianity.

9. PITSA PANELS
the only surviving panel paintings from
Archaic Greece, c. 530 BC.

10. Wall painting: Symposium scene in the
Tomb of the Diver at Paestum, c. 480 BC

11. TETRADRACHM OF ATHENS
(5th century BC)
Obverse: a portrait of Athena, patron
goddess of the city, in helmet
Reverse: the owl of Athens, with an olive
sprig and the inscription "ΑΘΕ", short for
ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΝ, "of the Athenians"
SYRACUSAN TETRADRACHM
(c. 415–405 BC)
Obverse: head of the nymph Arethusa,
surrounded by four swimming dolphins
and a rudder
Reverse: a racing quadriga, its charioteer
crowned by the goddess Victory in flight.

12. ROMAN ART
Roman art refers to the visual arts made in
Ancient Rome and in the territories of the
Roman Empire. Roman art includes
architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic
work. Sculpture was perhaps considered as
the highest form of art, but figure painting
was also very highly regarded.

13. The main innovation of
Roman painting
compared to Greek art
was the development of
landscapes, in particular
incorporating techniques
of perspective.

14. Roman still life
subjects are
often placed in
illusionistic
niches or
shelves and
depict a variety
of everyday
objects
including fruit,
live and dead
animals,
seafood, and
shells
Glass bowl of fruit and vases. Roman wall painting in Pompeii (around 70 AD)

15. MUMMY PORTRAITS
Remarkably realistic, though variable in
artistic quality, and may indicate the similar
art which was widespread elsewhere but did
not survive. A few portraits painted on glass
and medals from the later empire have
survived, as have coin portraits, some of
which are considered very

16. Gold glass, or gold sandwich glass, was a technique for
fixing a layer of gold leaf with a design between two
fused layers of glass, developed in Hellenistic glass
and revived in the 3rd century.

17. Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana) is
a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy,
that commemorates Roman emperor
Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.
The Arch of Constantine (c315) is a triumphal
arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum
and the Palatine Hill.

18. The most commonly
used coin
denominations and
their relative sizes
during Roman
times.

19. Aqueduct of Segovia
Roman Theatre in Mérida