The Art of Ancient Greece

The high-point in the flowering of art and culture in Ancient Greece was the 5th century BC, the era of classical Greek art. A gallery which has come to be called the Olympian Gallery is dedicated to the art of this period. The most famous works of that era are represented by plaster casts. The Persian wars (500-449 BC) serve as a dividing line between the Classical and the Archaic.

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