What impact did ancient Greek art have on modern art?

Roman art was mainly, with some additions and variations, a continuation of Greek art. Some people consider Roman culture to essentially be Greek culture. It follows that it might be said that Greek art was the beginning of the western tradition. read more

Boardman, an authority on the ancient world, is Lincoln Professor of Archeology and Art at Oxford. His subject, Boardman says, is "the reception of art without understanding," that is, the uses made of Greek classical art in other contemporaneous cultures, including those of the Near East and Persia, Egypt and North Africa, Central Asia and China. read more