Hellenistic

A period and style beginning with the death of Alexander the Great and the division of his empire, marked by increased emotion and new subject matter.

Dates

323–31 B.C.E.

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Hellenistic

A period and style beginning with the death of Alexander the Great and the division of his empire, marked by increased emotion and new subject matter.

Dates

323–31 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Southern Europe > Greece, Albania, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, Central Europe > Croatia, Eastern Europe > Bulgaria, Ro ...
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Basics Works of Art Artists Curated Guides

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Greek sanctuaries as artistic hubs

Classical orders of architecture explained

Contrapposto explained

Making Greek vases

Works of Art

Portraits of Alexander the Great

Roman copy c. 1–50 C.E.

Roman copy c. 20 B.C.E.–20 C.E.

Roman copy c. 2nd century C.E.

c. 325 B.C.E.

305–281 B.C.E.

The Dying Gaul, reconsidered

Greek original c. 230–220 B.C.E.; Roman copy 1st or 2nd century C.E.

Statue of a Victorious Youth
Getty Conversations

c. 300–100 B.C.E.

Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, Laocoön and his Sons

early 1st century C.E.

Nike (Winged Victory) of Samothrace

c. 190 B.C.E.

The Antikythera Shipwreck

c. 340–50 B.C.E.

Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii

Greek original c. 315 B.C.E.; Roman copy c. 100 B.C.E.

Nemrut Dağ (tomb of King Antiochus I Theos)

1st century B.C.E.

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Copy after Epigonus, Dying Gaul (Roman), 1st or 2nd century C.E. (copy of Third Century B.C.E. Hellenistic bronze commemorating Pergamon's victory over the Gauls likely from the Sanctuary of Athena at Pergamon), marble, 93 cm high (Musei Capitolini, Rome; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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