It developed from primitive and functional/utilitarian beginnings to sophisticated decorative forms.
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The term 'classical art' is generally used about art from ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.
Architecture, religion, theatre, art, pottery, endless warfare.
ancient Greece and Rome
neoclassicism
Anicent Egyptians (:
Anicent Egyptians (:
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Greek potter was used to hold olive oil and wine. It was sold to other cultures who admired the art on the pottery as well as what was inside. The figures painted on the pottery tells us much about life in ancient Greece.
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The largest would be the temples, such as the Parthenon; and the statues contained in them, such as the one of Zeus at Olympia. The smallest were jewellery and decorations on pottery.
Grecians would usually make sculptures out of stone or marble, and pottery out of orange clay. Then they would paint the clay with black paint.
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