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Long ago on
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the north shore of the
Mediterranean Sea there lived a people
who made vases, statues, and buildcan
ings that
still
still
be seen, and that are
thought to be
among
the finest
were the
ever made. These people
Greeks.
The Golden Age
of Greek art was
between 450 and 400
went
B. C.
As time
by
on, the Greeks were conquered
other peoples. These borrowed
Greek
ideas,
and
until finally the
spread
all
especially
many
Greek
art,
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Greek ideas of beauty
..
ft
over Europe. Even today
ancient Greek art
is
loved, admired,
and copied everywhere.

the
of the loveliest things
Some
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this
Greeks created are pictured in
book.
way
gives
The
of
life
text tells
something of the
and
that the art reflects,
some of the
theories
niques that helped Greek
and
tech-
artists perfect
their work.
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THE
ART
OFANCIENT
GREECE
by
SHIRLEY
GLUBOK
Pueblo
Designed by Oscar Kraug^^
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Atheneum
New
1963
York
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THE AUTHOR GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE KIND ASSISTANCE OF

george E. mylonas, Chairman of the Department of Art and Archaeology,
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
thomas t. hoopes, Curator, City Art Museum of St. Louis
margaret R. scherer, Former Research Associate,
:
The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
m. paine, Staff Lecturer, Junior Museum,

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Roberta
ALFRED
H.
TAMARIN
BLAIR and JANIE AXEL
TO MY PROFESSOR
DR.
GEORGE
FOR
E.
MYLONAS
HIS INSPIRATION
Copyright
1963 by Shirley Glubok
All rights reserved
Library of Congress catalog card number 63-16039

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Title page illustration:
Jockey
Museum, Athens
Photograph by Alison Frantz
National
G.
reece
seas. It
is
a beautiful land surrounded by sparkling blue
has rugged mountains and valleys.
The sun is warm

7 ..
and the light is clear. There are many small islands, which
are also part of Greece.
Greek
art
began around 2500 B.C.
The years from about 450 B.C.

called
until
"The Golden Age of Greek
about 400 B.C. are
Art."
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at
ncient Greek vases are the most beautiful
pottery in the world. Their shapes are wonderfully
rounded. Their
balance
perfect.
is
magnificent.
tures
with
And
stories of the
vases
The
had
their decorations are
lives
of the people and
Greek gods and heroes.

different shapes for different
slender one with the fisherman, and
the one with the hunter
They were
handles
is
wine or
oil.
oil jugs.
The
an amphora.
Below
is
and
his
dog are
Fletcher Fund, 1956
lekythoi.
large jar with the
It
was used
two
for storing
a skyphos, a drinking cup.
Lekythos
Their
pottery was painted with pic-
about the daily
The
uses.
The
lines are graceful.
Skyphos
of Art
Courtesy
Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston
Amphora
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lekythos
Courtesy
Museum
Purchase 1947, Pulitzer Bequest
ne of the most popular
times
all
is
the story of the
the Greeks
Homer's
in
stories
of
war between
and the Trojans.
It
is
told
Iliad.
This vase painting shows Achilles,

the bravest Greek hero in the Iliad.
is
He
dressed as a warrior, ready for battle.
He
wears body armor and carries a
spear.
When
Achilles
was
baby
mother dipped him into a magic
The magic water
k>
from harm, except

his
his
river.
protected his body

for his heel,
which
mother was holding. Later Achilles
was killed in the Trojan War. An arrow

struck
Vatican
Museum
Photograph, Alinari
him on
the heel.
he story in
this
seus tied to the
Sirens
bird
vase painting
is
from Homer's
mast of his ship so he could
Odyssey. It
sail safely
shows Odys-
past the land of the
and still hear their songs. The Sirens were beautiful
creatures, part
and part woman. They sang such sweet songs that
sailors
went
searching for them blindly and crashed on the rocks. Odysseus put
wax
into the ears of his sailors so they could not hear the Sirens' music.
This vase was painted black; but the figures were

cept for a few
This
is
little lines.
The
left
unpainted, ex-
figures kept the natural color of the clay.
called a red-figured vase.
Courtesy British
Museum
Hm
^H
0,
grow well
warm
sunshine of Greece. In an-
live trees
cient times olive oil
portant in the
It
lives
was used for food.
in lamps.
on
And
in the
was very imof the people.

It
was burned
athletes
rubbed
it
their bodies.
This
is
an amphora, probably
used for storing olive
oil.
It
is
decorated with a picture of an

olive harvest.
The background
left
Courtesy British
of this jar was
in the natural color of the clay.
The
figures
This
is
were painted black.
Museum
called a black-figured vase.
T,
his vase
painting
music and poetry.
is
a school scene. It shows
how boys
of ancient Greece were taught
One student is playing the lyre with his teacher. The lyre is an ancient
musical instrument.
Another student stands before

of papyrus with Greek writing.
boy's servant,
his
reading teacher.
The boy is
who brought him
reciting a
Division of Antiquities,
State
Museum, West
Berlin
holding a long
roll
man with a cane is
the
teacher
poem. The
is
to school.
Greek boys started school when they were

ing, arithmetic, music, athletics,
The
and
six years old.
stories of the
They learned
Greek heroes.
reading, writ-
IB
of Art
Purchase 1947, Pulitzer Bequest
t;he vase above shows men weighing grain. A man

put
it
on one of the pans of a
scale.
is
bending over
to
Two other men hold the scale steady.
At the right is a vase painting showing a scene from a play. The ancient
Greeks loved the theatre. Their plays are famous. They were put on in
daylight, in big, open-air theatres.
some were funny.
Some
All of the actors were
This painting has
all
of the plays were serious and
men. They wore masks.
the fun of a comedy.
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Vatican
Mus :um
Photograoh,
Alir iri
AdHPI
National
Museum, AtheS
Phc .ograph
by Nellvs
1 1/.
T.he Greeks believed
in
many
gods.
gods were thought to take part in the

ruled the heavens and the earth.
head of Zeus, on the
derful
ever found.
The head
scholars think
it
may
is
left, is
He
Some
lives
of
them
lived
on Mount Olympus. The
of the people. Zeus was king of the gods.
threw thunderbolts,
to
make
strong and powerful.
The
statue
was found
be Poseidon, brother of Zeus and ruler of the
brother, the god Dionysus.
artist
was
Most marble
the only statue
Praxiteles.
Polykleitos,
means
is
wrote a book
rule. It
told
how
statues
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in the sea.
He is carrying his infant
ancient Greek
well
known
make
lost or
artist.
artist,
called The Canon,
to
Some
sea.
from ancient times have been
we have today by a well-known
Another
The won-
part of one of the finest original Greek bronze statues
Below is a marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of the gods.
broken. This
lightning.
He
The
named
which
a perfect statue.
Olympia Museum
Photograph, Alinari
5%
w.
e
"V
from
know about many
Roman
copies.
lost
Greek
statues
This marble statue of
Aphrodite, goddess of love,
is
known
as the
"Venus de Milo."
Aphrodite stands with her body
twisted
and one shoulder
raised.
slightly
The curved
pose makes her look graceful. She seems ready

to
move.
The
statue
was made
in
two
parts.
They were
joined together where the drapery begins.
arms were
lost
The Greeks
and have never been found.

tried to
like perfect people.
make
They
Louvre, Paris
Photograph, Alinari
their statues look
tried to
beautiful as beautiful can be.
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The
make them
as
polio
was the god of
light.
He was
also the
god of music, medicine and archery.

This marble Apollo was
dred and
fifty
when Greek
The
years before
art
statue
was
"Venus de Milo,"
stiff.
was part of a decoration on The
Temple of Zeus
is
made about two hun-
at
Olympia.
A group
of figures
in fierce battle. Apollo stands calmly in the
center of the group,
making the
Apollo always looks young.
right side win.
He was
the most
handsome of the Greek gods. Even today people

call
a very
handsome man "an Apollo."
Olympia Museum, Greece

Photograph, Alinari
T,
his
magnificent marble temple was built for Athena
Parthenos, the patron goddess of the city of Athens.
It
called the Parthenon. It stands
flat-
topped
hill
on the Acropolis, a
is
overlooking Athens.
The Parthenon
is
said to be the
most beautiful building
ever built. Every line of the temple looks straight. But

really, every line has a slight
notice.
The
was hard
is
difficult to
stones were fitted together so carefully that
to find the cracks
The Parthenon was

Art. It
curve that
was begun
it
between them.
built in the
in 447 B.C.
and
Golden Age of Greek

finished fifteen years
later.
Pheidias, one of the greatest artists of ancient Greece,
designed the sculpture for the Parthenon.
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Photograph by G. E. Kidder Smith
From
the Parthenon
Courtesy British
T.he triangular space made by the peak of a roof and the slope of
pediment.
The
chariot
is
is
called a
and the moon.
the head of a horse of the
moon.
night. Its eyes look tired
all
sides
corners of the east pediment of the Parthenon had marble carvings of the
horses of the sun
This
its
Museum
and
It
its
seems worn out from pulling the
mouth
droops. It
is
moon
sinking below the
horizon after racing through the sky until dawn.
On
the right
is
a marble statue of the goddess Athena.
Athena wanted her

than most
human
to look
beautiful than
any
noses. It starts at her forehead.
the flat headband. This
18
more
Athena
is
gentle
The
sculptor
real person.
Her hair seems
and thoughtful.
who made
this
Her nose starts higher

soft
and curly against
Museum
Civico, Bologna,
Photograph by Clarence Kennedy
mu
the leader of Athens
when
Parthenon was
the
built.
The Golden Age"

is
also called
"The Age of Pericles."
Vatican
Museum
Photograph, Alinari
E
I
very four years the people of Athens held a parade to honor Athena Parthenos, and
to bring a
new robe
to
her statue on the Acropolis.
the outside face of the walls of the

a broad
is
is
shown on a
or temple proper, of the Parthenon.
frieze
on
The frieze is
band of sculpture above the height of the columns.
The figures are the gods

frieze,
cella,
The parade
Poseidon, Apollo, and the goddess Artemis, in the Parthenon
waiting for the parade to arrive on the Acropolis.
made up
of about six hundred
The
procession, or parade,
lifelike figures.
Acropolis
Museum, Athens
Courtesy
Museum
of
Fine Arts,
Boston
A,
_t
the
left is
a gold armlet decorated with
a figure of a Triton holding a small Eros, or
Cupid.
A Triton
is
a strange creature of Greek
mythology, half man and half fish.
Above
is
is
an unusual golden earring.
two inches high.
goddess
It
shows Nike, the winged
of Victory,
driving
through the sky. The earring
her
is
of Art
chariot
beautifully
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It
Rogers Fund, 1956
Courtesy The Chase Manhattan Bank
made.
It
is
full
horses prance.
Money Museum
of action. Nike bends forward holding the tiny reins.
The
earring was probably
made
to
The
be worn as an ornament
by the statue of a goddess.
Even Greek money was
beautiful.
The
fine pictures
on the coins show
where they were made. The most important coins in the ancient world
were known
as
"The Owls of Athens."
At the right is a gold ornament for a necklace. The little figure is half goat
and half man. His name
is
Pan.
He was a gay god who loved music and fun.

of Art
Rogers Fund, 1922
23
arriors
art.
This
Greek
were favorite subjects of Greek
a small bronze statue of an ancient
is
Greek men were proud of
foot soldier.
their bravery in battle.
be citizens of their
own
They were
also
proud
make
to
cities
and
fully
armed with a helmet,
to help
their
laws.
It 55k
The warrior
is
breastplate
and greaves. The greaves
protect hislegs.Hecarries aroundshield.
Some
parts of his
that he can
body are without armor
move swiftly in
battle.
so
He is ready to
throw a weapon, probably a spear.

His helmet covers his whole head, but there
an opening
for his eyes
piece comes
down from
and mouth. The nose

the forehead.
Division of Antiquities
State
Museum, West
is
Berlin
71
his
wonderful helmet
in the shape of a
is
ram's head. Even the cheek pieces, which
fit
over
the sides of the face, are shaped like rams' heads.
The main
part was
hammered out
of a single
sheet of bronze, except for the horns
and
ears.
They were put on separately. The eyes are ivory.
The
made
crest
is
shaped
like
a horse's
tail.
It is
of silver.
The original bronze of the helmet was found in

good condition. The nosepiece, horns and eyes
had
to
be replaced. The crest was broken and
had
to
be remade.
The
design of the helmet
richly decorated.
is
beautiful. It
is
The helmet must have been
for special occasions,
such as parades.
Helmet After Restoration

Courtesy City Art
Museum
of St. Louis
25
M.
yths are stories of gods
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who
did strange and wonderful things. Greek myths
are
still
read and loved today.
of the great heroes of Greek myths was Herakles,
who is better known as Hercules.

is
heroes,
One
_->.
and
remarkable for the way that
are carved.
At the
Heavy
right,
is
hair
This marble head of Herakles
his thick hair
and beards were
and heavy beard
signs of strength.
a statue of Herakles as a young fighter.
He is
kneeling on one knee, looking straight ahead at his target and

taking aim, ready to shoot an arrow.
The
statue
is
beautifully
balanced by the straight body and the outstretched arms and

leg.
Herakles wears a helmet
made
very brave things he did was to

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of Art
Photograph by Alfred H. Tamarin
Fletcher Fund, 1927
kill
of a lion's head.
One
of the
a lion with his bare hands.
Glyptothek Munich
Photograph, Bruckmann
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of Art
Rogers Fund, 1921
Courtesy Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
Courtesy
Museum
Tlhe bronze figure
more than 2,700 years
ago. It
figure of a horse standing
curves and shapes show
and
legs.
Yet
it
was made
at the top
its
is
still.
ears,
a strong
Powerful
mane,
tail
does not look like a real
horse. It only gives the feeling of a horse.
The amusing
lion
and the man on horse-
back were made two hundred years
They
are in motion.
They
animals and a real person.
later.
look like real
T.
his strange
griffin.
A griffin
and
had a
bird's head. This
mouth
He
ears,
is
bird-like creature
lion's
one looks
open and
stretches his
his
is
body and a
fierce.
tongue
is
His
out.
neck and perks up
his
ready for action.
This was a decoration on a cauldron.
A cauldron
water.
The
is
a large metal pot for boiling
griffin
was a
decoration in Greek
favorite
form of
art.

Fletcher Fund, 1959
of Art
moTv.
T.he statuette on the

clay
is
The
called terra
object
left
was moulded out of clay and baked. Baked
cotta.
is little,
yet there
is
riding the chariot
drawn by four
are simple. There
is
The
more
is
figure of the
detail.
The back
The
is
subject
is
the
is
flat
The
below, has
was made
moulded only on one
of the figure
two brave warriors

figures
detail.
man on horseback,
it
in the
lively horses.
no decoration or
This shows that
also of clay. It
power
much
later. It
side.
and smooth.
young hero, Bellerophon,
riding the winged horse, Pegasus.
He is fighting the
Chimaera, a
fire-breathing monster,
part dragon, part lion
and part
iN'ational
goat.
Museum, Athens
Courtesy British
Museum
31
Courtesy
Courtesy City Art
Museum
Tlhe
little
head and the
terra cotta figure with the flat
are like out-spread wings. She
is
from Mycenae,
The ape
too. It
is
Her arms
in southern Greece.
She was made three thousand years ago. The striped
a toy.
of St. Louis
pinched-in nose looks like a bird. Her eyes are two large dots.
from Mycenae,
Museum
only three and a half inches
bull,
tall
below,
and looks
is
like
riding the merry donkey,
above, also looks like a plaything.
Courtesy City Art
32
Museum
of
St. Louis
Courtesy
Museum
he small terra cotta statue
on the
doll.
right
may have been
The body
bell. It is gaily
is
shaped
like
painted with birds
and decorated with other

interesting shapes. It has a long
neck and round, staring
The body was made
way
as a vase.
The
in the
legs,
and head were attached
Above
is
eyes.
same
neck
later.
a gentle figure of a
mother goose, taking care of

her three goslings.
Courtesy
Museum
'
A,
.rtists
showed
ferent sports. This
athletes in
a bronze statue of
is
who may have
a professional boxer,
just lost a match.
cles sag.
Rome
many dif-
He is
tired.
This statue was
conquered Greece.
His mus-
made
It
is
after
very
lifelike.
The
discus thrower
on the
right
is
marble copy of an ancient bronze

statue
is lost.
by Myron. The
The
athlete
throw the round
is
original statue
about ready
to
His body
in
discus.
perfect balance, as
if
into action.
--
a
Terme Museum, Rome
Photograph. Anderson
is
ready to swing
>
m^mmmgi
Mi
l'
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Terme Museum. Rome

Photograph, Alinari
lhariot racing
in
ancient
was a very popular sport

This proud bronze
Greece.
charioteer once stood near the
Apollo at Delphi.
Temple of
He was in a chariot, hold-
ing the reins of four bronze horses.
The
charioteer's face
is
very handsome.
His eyes are inlaid with colored paste. His
headband
is
decorated with
His racing dress
made
as
column.
Delphi
Museum
Photographs, Alinari
though
it
is
silver.
called a chiton. It
is
were a beautiful Greek
p
J_
ictures of athletes often decorate

1(
pottery.
On
the right
drinking cup, a
kylix. It
is
Greek
a painting on a
shows a tired athlete
holding out his kylix for some wine. His
jug and
strigil
oil
are hanging on the wall.
Athletes rubbed their bodies with
oil
exercising. Afterwards the strigil
was used
to scrape off dust
The
first
before
and mud.
Olympic Games took place
in
Greece in 776 B.C. They were named
after
where they were
held.
the city of Olympia,
Collection of Virginia
Museum
of Fine Arts,
Purchase 1962, The Williams Fund Income
Richmond
37
s0
I n ancient Greece statues were made in

honor of wise men, who were called philosophers. Philosophy
is
a Greek word that means
"love of learning."
This philosopher,
the wrinkled skin
old man. His
made
of bronze, has
and flabby muscles of an
body
is
face shows kindness
stooped with age. His
and understanding.
The most famous Greek

were Socrates, Plato and
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philosophers
Aristotle.

Rogers Fund, 1910
of Art
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his
statue of a
made up
young boy
is
of two different original
Greek bronzes. The head and body

were made in two different periods.
The
early
Romans
where
it
has
shows a boy looking at the
sole
from Greece
been ever
It
took the statue
to Italy,
since.
of his foot, perhaps to remove a

thorn.
Capitoline
Museum, Rome
Photograph, Anderson
39
tt
T,
his
is
unusual figure
a clay drinking cup.
leaning against a cone-shaped cup.
of an
The Amazon on horseback
The cup is painted with the picture
Amazon and a Greek in battle. The Amazons were women warriors.
They were brave
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is
fighters
and
excellent
horsewomen.
Courtesy
Museum
V.
ases
made
shaped
like
heads were
in terra cotta moulds.
They
were made in two parts and then

attached together with a fluid clay
called
slip.
Colored
slip
was used
for
vase paintings.
The
ancient Greeks used kilns,
or ovens, for baking the clay that

are like the ones that potters use
today.
The
kilns
were very large
and made out of firebrick. They

were heated by a wood
fire.
Different kinds of clay were heated

to different
to
temperatures in order
bake them. All pottery making
today
is
based on old Greek
methods.
Courtesy City Art
Museum
of St. Louis
41
Louvre, Paris
42
Photograph, Giraudon
"
reek ships travelled to far-off lands to trade.
The Greek
artists
The unusual two-headed
these lands.
left
were interested in the people of

vase on the
shows their interest in the people of Africa.
Below
is
a drinking cup
man's head.
It
Most vases
made
in the
form of a
has graceful handles.
for
everyday use were not painted.
Courtesy
Museum
43
Hi"
-,
A
relief.
little girl
A relief is
with pigeons
is
the subject of this marble
a raised picture against a background.
The girl has a beautiful face. She is like one of the Greek
goddesses. She shows great love for the pigeons. She gently
hugs one of them, and holds the other with care.
The young
girl
playing a
flute, at
sculpture from the side of an object

visi
Throne." She seems
to
the right,
known
is
as the
a relief
"Ludo-
One
be listening to the music.
of her legs hangs free to swing to the rhythm of her song.
Her body
sinks into the soft cushion.
pears comfortable, even though
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Fletcher Fund, 1927
of Art
it is
The cushion
made
ap-
of stone.
Terme Museum,
Photograph, Alina
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Archaeological
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of Istanbul
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his
is
part of a splendid relief which decorated
marble
sides of a sarcophagus, a
coffin. It
Alexander Sarcophagus," because
the
is
known
relief
four
all
as
"The
shows
the
adventures of Alexander the Great. Alexander was a king
who
He was
ruled the Greeks.
the Conqueror."
into Asia
He was
and took them
also
very young
known
when he
as
"Alexander
led his armies
as far as India.
Alexander's victory over the Persians
is
shown on one
side
of the sarcophagus. This side shows Alexander at peace with
The Greeks and
the Persians.
together.
The
figures are closely
are carved in high
The
action
is
relief,
which
worn
off.
excellent condition.
The
color
grouped together. They

gives
them great
vigor.
lively.
Most sculpture was painted

paint has
Persians are hunting lions
makes the
in ancient times, but the
The Alexander Sarcophagus
Much
of the paint
is still
on the
is
in
figures.
figures exciting.
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his relief
shows a charming figure out of Greek mythology.
servant of the goddess Persephone.
The beauty of Greek art and

in buildings, sculpture
and
The nymph
is
putting
architecture spread
coins even today.
all
away
It
is
is
nymph, a
bridal linens.
over the world.
Greek beauty
It
is
copied
called "classic."
Their wonderful art brought pleasure to the ancient Greeks, and now, more
than two thousand years
later, still brings
pleasure to us.
Taranto Museum, Italy

Photograph, Leonard von Matt
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seum of Art.
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with children there, as well
talks
as at school, that
need
for simple
first
convinced her of the
books about art that would in-
troduce young readers to various aspects of

their art heritage, without giving
them more
than they wanted to know. Her
first
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The Art of Ancient Egypt and The Art of Lands

are designed, as
the Bible,
art
an exciting world
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this one, to
for children
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make
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see
in
help
when
they encounter great art of all kinds.
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THE

the north shore of the

Mediterranean Sea there lived a people

who made vases, statues, and buildcan

be seen, and that are

The Golden Age

of Greek art was

between 450 and 400

other peoples. These borrowed

until finally the

Greek ideas of beauty

over Europe. Even today

ancient Greek art

and copied everywhere.

of the loveliest things

that the art reflects,

niques that helped Greek

and ACHILLES playing

photograph, Sphinx. The

Designed by Oscar Kraug^^

THE AUTHOR GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE KIND ASSISTANCE OF

The Metropolitan Museum

m. paine, Staff Lecturer, Junior Museum,

BLAIR and JANIE AXEL

1963 by Shirley Glubok

All rights reserved

Library of Congress catalog card number 63-16039

Manufactured in the United States of America

Title page illustration:

a beautiful land surrounded by sparkling blue

has rugged mountains and valleys.

The sun is warm

began around 2500 B.C.

The years from about 450 B.C.

"The Golden Age of Greek

about 400 B.C. are

ncient Greek vases are the most beautiful

pottery in the world. Their shapes are wonderfully

their decorations are

of the people and

Greek gods and heroes.

slender one with the fisherman, and

the one with the hunter

Fletcher Fund, 1956

large jar with the

a skyphos, a drinking cup.

The Metropolitan Museum

pottery was painted with pic-

about the daily

lines are graceful.

of Fine Arts, Boston

of Fine Arts, Boston

Purchase 1947, Pulitzer Bequest

ne of the most popular

the story of the

and the Trojans.

This vase painting shows Achilles,

dressed as a warrior, ready for battle.

wears body armor and carries a

mother dipped him into a magic

The magic water

from harm, except

protected his body

mother was holding. Later Achilles