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Roman Copies of Greek Statues

October 1, 2002

By Department of Greek and Roman Art

Although many Roman sculptures are purely Roman in their conception, others are carefully measured, exact copies of Greek statues, or variants of Greek prototypes adapted to the taste of the Roman patron.
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Ancient Greek Dress

October 1, 2003

By Department of Greek and Roman Art

Greek vase painting and traces of paint on ancient sculptures indicate that fabrics were brightly colored and generally decorated with elaborate designs.
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Retrospective Styles in Greek and Roman Sculpture

July 1, 2007

By Colette Hemingway

From at least the fifth century B.C. on, Greek artists deliberately represented certain works of art in the style of previous generations in order to differentiate them from other works in contemporary style.
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Ancient Greek Colonization and Trade and their Influence on Greek Art

July 1, 2007

By Colette Hemingway and Séan Hemingway

The ancient Greeks were active seafarers seeking opportunities for trade and founding new independent cities at coastal sites across the Mediterranean Sea.
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Friends of Greek and Roman Art: Philodoroi

The Philodoroi is designed to bring collectors, devotees, and others who are passionate about classical and ancient art into closer contact with the collection.
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Mystery Cults in the Greek and Roman World

October 1, 2013

By Kiki Karoglou

A pendant to the official cults of the Greeks and Romans, mystery cults served more personal, individualistic attitudes toward death and the afterlife.
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Medusa in Ancient Greek Art

March 1, 2017

By Madeleine Glennon

Medusa is a deadly and cryptic other, but she is also ubiquitous, with an undeniable energy that inspired artists to repeat her semblance and story in diverse ways across literature, lore, and art through ancient Greece, Rome, and beyond.
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Greek and Roman Art

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Friday Focus: Lectures in Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art

January 1, 2001
J. Lesley Fitton, Keeper, Department of Greece and Rome, The British Museum, delivers a lecture on "Color: The Fourth Dimension of Classical Sculpture."
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in Color

August 12, 2022

By Dorothy H. Abramitis, Elena Basso, Federico Carò, Séan Hemingway, Sarah Lepinski, and Marco Leona

A collaboration reveals new research on an archaic Greek sphinx finial at The Met.
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Marble statue of Eirene (the personification of peace)

Roman copy of Greek original by Kephisodotos

Date: ca. 14–68 CE
Accession Number: 06.311

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Groundbreaking Exhibition at The Met Explores Use of Color in Ancient Greek and Roman Sculpture

Exhibition Dates: July 5, 2022–March 26, 2023

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Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos")

Restored by Pacetti, Vincenzo

Date: 27 BCE–68 CE
Accession Number: 1990.247

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Terracotta female head

Date: 2nd century CE
Accession Number: 74.51.1513

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Marble head of a Greek general

Date: 1st–2nd century CE
Accession Number: 24.97.32

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Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays

Date: 1st–2nd century CE
Accession Number: 17.190.2076

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Marble statue of an old woman

Date: 14–68 CE
Accession Number: 09.39

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Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)

Copy of work attributed to Polykleitos

Date: ca. 69–96 CE
Accession Number: 25.78.56

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Bronze statue of an aristocratic boy

Date: 27 BCE–14 CE
Accession Number: 14.130.1