How did ancient Greek and Roman art differ?

Roman art imitated Greek art in many ways because the Romans learned about painting and sculpting from the Greeks, during the time when Rome conquered Greece. Roman copies of Greek art are sometimes mistaken for being Greek in origin. read more

Ancient Greek art began in 8th centuries BC and together with Roman one surpassed even the existence of the (western) Roman empire itself. It’s a very long time span, with a lot of different styles involved and intervining one with the other as ancient Greek notoriously never had a centralized form of government for most part of their own existence. read more

Greek art and Roman art are both commonly referred to as "classical art." The three primary areas of classical art are painting, architecture and sculpture. Although you will see many similarities between Greek and Roman art, the differences are both interesting and significant for identification. read more