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- History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
1: ...pture''' is varied and is illustrative of how sculpture has changed extensively over the ages.
3: == Sculpture in ancient times==
4: [[Sculpture]] as an art form goes back to Prehistoric time...
6: ...[[Clay]] was used for pottery and terra cotta sculpture. Stone was generally rare and had to be impor...
8: ...es, and long beards on the men. Votive stone sculptures of this type from 2700 BC were discovered at ... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...s of what are now [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Libya]], [[Romania]], [[Spain]],...
15: ...ies", [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] "Description of Greece", [[Diodorus]] "Bibliothiki" and [[J...
20: ...the Mycenaean script forgotten, but the Greeks adapted the [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] [[alphabet]] to Gr...
24: ...Spain]]. Greek colonies were also founded in [[Egypt]] and [[Libya]]. Modern [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracus...
28: ...en in short order the other Greek city-states, adopted the formal practice of [[pederasty]], in an eff... - Aeschylus (5184 bytes)
9: The inscription on his gravestone was written by himself befor...
24: *''[[Seven Against Thebes]]'' ([[467 BC]]) (''Hepta epi Thebas'')
26: **''[[Agamemnon (play)|Agamemnon]]''
32: ...iscovered in the wrappings of a [[mummy]] in [[Egypt]]. The play, ''[[Achilles (play)|Achilles]]'', wa...
42: ...[http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/6/author_id/5/ ''Agamemnon''] - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
3: ...rom Aulis he attempted to offer a sacrifice, as [[Agamemnon]] had done before the [[Trojan]] expedition, but ...
14: territory and capturing [[Lechaeum]] and [[Piraeum]]. The loss,
27: ...ed [[satrap]]s, and in [[361 BC]] he went to [[Egypt]] at the head of a [[mercenary]] force to aid [[T... - Artemis (11271 bytes)
1: ...[Image:artemis2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Artemis sculpture.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com...
76: === [[Agamemnon]] and [[Iphigenia]] ===
78: ...d the wind. An [[oracle]] named [[Calchis]] told Agamemnon that the only way to appease Artemis was to sacri...
82: ... in [[Asia Minor]] and turned into stone as she wept, or committed suicide. Her tears formed the rive... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
8: ...es of the [[ancient Near East]], such as the [[scepter]].
19: ...rs who were exposed were made to dedicate a [[sculpture|statue]] to Zeus, often at the sanctuary of Ol...
30: In addition to the Panhellenic titles and conceptions listed above, local cults maintained their ow...
42: ...], and the Spartans even had a shrine to ''Zeus [[Agamemnon]]''.
59: ...ther deities, such as the [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian]] [[Ammon]] and the [[Etruscan mythology|Etrus...
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