Periods, Cultures, Styles > Hellenistic

Hellenistic

Refers to the ancient Greek period, culture, and art of ancient Greece that lasted from about 330 B.C.E. to 31 B.C.E.

Dates

323–31 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Southern Europe > Greece, Albania, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, Central Europe > Croatia, Eastern Europe > Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Western Europe > France
Africa > North Africa > Egypt, Libya
Asia > West Asia > Cyprus, Georgia, Turkey

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Basics to get you started

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.

305–281 B.C.E.

The Dying Gaul, reconsidered

Greek original c. 220 B.C.E.; Roman copy 1st century B.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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Artists

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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