Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AD centred on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known as the Greco-Roman world.It is the period in which both Greek and Roman societies flourished and …

Pollitt, Jerome J. Art and Experience in Classical Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. Additional Essays by Seán Hemingway. Hemingway, Seán. “Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition.” (April 2007) Hemingway, Seán.

Western theatre, history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre-Classical antiquity to the present. For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures. For detailed information on the arts of theatrical performance and stagecraft, see theatre, directing, acting, and theatrical production.

European antiquity. Classical antiquity, a period of history from roughly the 7th or 8th century B.C.E. to the 5th century C.E. centered on the Mediterranean Sea; Classical architecture, architecture derived from Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity; Classical mythology, the body of myths from the ancient Greeks and Romans; Classical tradition, the …

May 04, 2022 · Transitioning from the dark ages of art and culture, European artists, philosophers, and humanists renewed their interest in Classical antiquity. Like Greco-Roman Classicism, the Italian Renaissance period is hailed for its achievements in literature, architecture, painting, philosophy, technology, sculpture, and science.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Essays Architecture in Renaissance Italy. Recto: Temple Types: in Antis and Prostyle (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, nos. 2, 3); Verso: Temple Types: Peripteral (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 5). ... He was also the first since antiquity to use the classical orders Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian in a ...

Apr 16, 2020 · The art movement of this time period is mostly expressed through sculpture, which was more skillfully rendered in detail, anatomy, expression, and movement than the sculptures of the artist’s classical forbears. The Hellenists strove to spread the culture of classical Greece to the nations they conquered and to show the superiority of their ...

Renaissance, (French: “Rebirth”) period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents, the substitution of the Copernican for the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, the …

The Loeb Classical Library is the only series of books which, through original text and English translation, gives access to our entire Greek and Latin heritage. Convenient and well-printed pocket volumes feature up-to-date text and accurate and literate English translations on each facing page. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and …

Jan 04, 2020 · The concept of an afterlife is not a novel one; many western religions, as well as south Asian and African ones, believe in some form of life after death. Its origins span from the ancient world and classical antiquity until today. Most often, the world of the afterlife is associated with Greek mythology, where it is called the underworld, or ...