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This is a list of women artists who were born in Greece or whose artworks are closely ... (1st century BC), ancient Greek artist; F. Thalia Flora-Karavia (1871 ...
It includes artists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Ancient Greek women artists" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
According to Shelley Haley, Pomeroy's work "legitimized the study of Greek and Roman women in ancient times". [21] However, classics has been characterised as a "notoriously conservative" field, [21] and initially women's history was slow to be adopted: from 1970 to 1985, only a few articles on ancient women were published in major journals. [22]
The wall paintings of ancient Thera are famous frescoes discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera). They are regarded as part of Minoan art , although the culture of Thera was somewhat different from that of Crete , and the political relationship between the two islands at the ...
Iaia of Cyzicus (Greek: Ιαία της Κυζίκου), sometimes (incorrectly) called Lala or Lalla, or rendered as Laia or Maia, [1] was a Greek painter born in Cyzicus, Roman Empire, and relatively exceptional for being a woman artist and painting women's portraits. [2] She was alive during the time of Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC).
The Aphrodite of Knidos (or Cnidus) was an Ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess Aphrodite created by Praxiteles of Athens around the 4th century BC. It was one of the first life-sized representations of the nude female form in Greek history, displaying an alternative idea to male heroic nudity.
Paintings of the Three Graces (5 P) Pages in category "Paintings of Greek goddesses" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Timarete (Greek: Τιμαρέτη) (or Thamyris, Tamaris, Thamar; 5th century BC), was an ancient Greek painter. [1] She was the daughter of the painter Micon the Younger of Athens. [1] According to Pliny the Elder, she "scorned the duties of women and practised her father's art."