By convention, finely painted vessels of all shapes are called "vases", and there are over 100,000 significantly complete surviving pieces, giving (with the inscriptions that … See more

The Greeks decided very early on that the human form was the most important subject for artistic endeavour. Seeing their gods as having human form, there was little distinction between the sacred and the secular in art—the human body was both secular and … See more

Architecture (meaning buildings executed to an aesthetically considered design) ceased in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period … See more

The Greeks seem to have valued painting above even sculpture, and by the Hellenistic period the informed appreciation and even the practice of painting were components in a gentlemanly education. The ekphrasis was a literary form … See more

Fine metalwork was an important art in ancient Greece, but later production is very poorly represented by survivals, most of which come from … See more

Terracotta figurines
Clay is a material frequently used for the making of votive statuettes or idols, even before the Minoan … See more

Coins were (probably) invented in Lydia in the 7th century BC, but they were first extensively used by the Greeks, and the Greeks set the canon of coin design which has been followed ever since. Coin design today still recognisably follows patterns descended from … See more