Ancient Greek religious practice, essentially conservative in nature, was based on time-honored observances, many rooted in the Bronze Age (3000–1050 B.C.), or even earlier.
nude girl Greek, Laconian 2nd half of the 6th century BCE Terracotta column-krater
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Age," are a beautiful marble Cycladic seated harp player and a Mycenaean chariot krater
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1912. „Department of Classical Art: Recent Accessions.“ Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 7(5): p. 95, fig. 2.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1917. Handbook of the Classical Collection
Hydria Attributed to the Circle of the Darius Painter ca. 340–320 BCE Calyx-krater
–A.D. 1 Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Attributed to Polygnotos
–A.D. 1 Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Attributed to Polygnotos
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Age," are a beautiful marble Cycladic seated harp player and a Mycenaean chariot krater
“Following a period of sporadic incursions and large movements of people, demographic and economic changes in the eighth century B.C. lead to overseas colonization, spreading Greek language and culture across the Mediterranean and Black seas. Communities throughout the Greek world evolve into city-states, laying the foundations for democracy. Literature, science, and the arts flourish for several centuries, and new genres of artistic and intellectual expression evolve.”
CLOSE Bronze man and centaur More Terracotta krater
Herakles, the Greek hero of superhuman strength, was the son of the Greek god Zeus and Alkmene.
hydria: kalpis (water jar) Nausicaä Painter ca. 460–450 BCE Terracotta calyx-krater
–A.D. 1 Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Attributed to
Gallery 155 Gorgoneion (Gorgon’s face) Ergotimos and Kleitias signed a large volute-krater
