Paris, Prince of Troy, determines which goddess - Juno, Minerva, or Aphrodite - is the most beautiful. Each goddess offered Paris an immense gift in exchange for choosing her. Juno offered power, Minerva offered all human knowledge, and Venus offered…
Marble portrait head of the boy-god Antinoos, beloved of the emperor Hadrian. One of about a hundred iterations of the Antinoos still extant, depicts him as the god Dionysus.
Peasants harvesting wheat
Peasants lounging on their break
A path through the wheat reveals a wheat field
A farm in the background
A town in the background as well
A bay further in the background
Rolling hills
This krater, or funerary vase, was built as a grave monument ca. 750-735 B.C.E. The krater uses traditional Geometric patterns like meanders and checkerboard designs, in addition to two rows of illustrated scenes. The bottom row shows chariots and…
18th century portrait artist Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this self portrait in 1790. Vigée Le Brun aimed to show her prestige as the portraitist of the king of France by painting herself in an elegant black dress.