Digital Exhibits: Ancient Art 203 Main Menu Ancient Art Table of Contents Sample Exhibit - Herakles in Greek Art Depictions of Herakles in Greek Art Angyal- The Culture of Pre-Columbian Times This exhibit displays the important symbols culture during ancient Pre-Columbia. Aversa- Ancient Faces The collection includes portraits of many Ancient faces made of marble, limestone, bronze and black basalt. Brookes - Sculptures Of The Gods A look at Sculptures of Gods during the classical and hellenistic period of Greek history. This will tell you the stories of the Gods being shown and the growth of realism during this period. CERMINARA-Ancient Greek Figurines Exploration of different Terracotta figurines from ancient Greece Cooke -- Black Figure Art from Ancient Greece This page will highlight some works that were made using black figure, which is named for the color of the figures depicted in the art. Costa- Death and Afterlife Foley - Statues and figures of Greek Mythology My theme is Greek Mythology in the forms of statues and figures Fowler How the human body is depicted through Ancient Art Harris - Greek Athletes The Olympian games began in Greek times. These pieces will depict Greek Athletes doing the games Joseph - Hellenistic Art The Hellanistic art style focuses on realistic, natural human forms. Straying away from the rigid unnatural forms of ancient sculpture styles before it. Lamon- Mythical Creatures in Greek and Cycladic Art This exhibit will take a look at how Mediterranean civilizations depicted a few mythical beasts throughout different periods. McDonough - Medusa in Ancient Greek Art A look at one of Greek mythology's most feared creatures Meehan - Ancient Spartan Art Popular Art and Customs of Sparta and Laconia Nelson - Ancient Egyptian Statues This digital exhibit displays a collection of statues from Ancient Egypt Ramos- Marble Figurines Females figurines are an important part of ancient Greeks art history . Raquet- The Acropolis Reunited Putting the Parthenon back together SHORT - Representations of the Minotaur and His Story SmithKali - Depictions of the Human Body Starrs--Art of the Trojan War A sampling of pottery inspired by the mythical Trojan War. Wible - Aphrodite My theme is the representation of Aphrodite through different types of art.

Leszczynski - Late Minoan Creature Covered Gems

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A collection of  Lentoid gems engraved by Minoan craftsman.     This collection spans the Late Minoan I-II period to the Late Minoan II-IIIA period or the years 1600 BCE - 1300BCE.     Some served a useful purpose as seals.  Lentoid is used to describe them simply becuase of their Lens-like shape.  Material used by the Minoan craftsmen in this collection are Jasper, Agate Carnelian or Marble.  These objects were all borrowed from The Met and are all classified as gems.  Minoan craftsmen engraved their lentoid Gems with everything animals, plants, human figurines, mythical creatures, action scenes and anything else their creative mind could come up with.  In this collection our gems are adorned with animals and one mythical creature.  

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