1. Greek Art
The recent public knows this piece as copies of the original done during the Hellenistic Period of Ancient Greece. ... This element of Idealism, stemming from the Archaic period led into the later Hellenistic period and its initiative of Realism, or the form of a human true to their natural appearance including age and imperfections. ... During this Hellenistic period ! ... The Hellenistic period also fell in a time when the woman figure was being discovered and revealed in art. ... This is according to Ancient Greek mythology, also stating that her mother, Aphrodite was the goddess o...
Stories of his escapades were numerous in ancient mythology, and many of his offspring were a result of his love affairs with both goddesses and mortal women. ... Their drapery is carved and painted with the delicacy and meticulousness common to the details of sculpture of this period. ...
