"Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 7th century AD."
The study of the visual arts and design of ancient Greece and Rome, including sculpture, painting, and monument design.
Ancient Greece: Study of the artistic and architectural contributions of Ancient Greece, including the characteristic styles and forms of Greek art.
Ancient Rome: Relates to the work produced during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire periods, and the stylistic similarities and differences with Greek art.
Classical Styles: A study of the visual criteria and formal conventions shared by Ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture.
Mythology: Discussion of the myths, legends, and stories that informed the artistic representation in Classical art.
Sculpture: Study of the various sculptural practices of the Greek and Roman periods, including bronze and stone sculpture, statues, and motifs.
Architecture: Overview of Classical architecture, including the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders and their stylistic characteristics.
Painting: Focuses on Classical paintings, frescoes, and mosaics, which often depicted mythology scenes, decorative motives, or historical illustrations.
Aesthetics: Explanation of key concepts related to Classical art, like harmony, beauty, balance, proportionality, and idealization.
Iconography: Interpretation of the symbolic meaning of images, motifs, and icons used in Classical painting and sculpture.
Classical Orders: Detailed description of the specific characteristics of the three Greek architectural orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
Art Materials and Techniques: Investigation of the materials and methods used to create Classical art, such as clay modeling, bronze casting, and marble carving.
Comparative Art History: A comparative analysis of Classical art and architecture alongside the artistic production of other cultures and historical periods.
"Comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known as the Greco-Roman world."
"It wielded huge influence throughout much of Europe, North Africa, and West Asia."
"It is taken to begin with the earliest-recorded Epic Greek poetry of Homer (8th–7th-century BC)."
"It continues through the emergence of Christianity (1st–4th century AD) and ends with the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th-century AD)."
"It is followed by a transition period called late antiquity (250–750)."
"Classical antiquity may also refer to an idealized vision among later people of what was, in Edgar Allan Poe's words, 'the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome'."
"The culture of the ancient Greeks, together with some influences from the ancient Near East, was the basis of European art, philosophy, society, and education, until the Roman imperial period."
"The Romans preserved, imitated, and spread this culture over Europe until they were able to compete with it, and the classical world began to speak Latin along with Greek."
"This Greco-Roman cultural foundation has been immensely influential on the language, politics, law, educational systems, philosophy, science, warfare, poetry, historiography, ethics, rhetoric, art, and architecture of the modern world."
"Surviving fragments of classical culture led to a revival beginning in the 14th century which later came to be known as the Renaissance."
"Various neo-classical revivals occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries."