Every Movement · Greece c. 800 BCE to 31 BCE

Ancient Greek

The body as the measure of everything. Proportion, contrapposto, the idealised human figure that Europe keeps coming back to.

Venus de Milo, Attributed to Alexandros of Antioch
Attributed to Alexandros of Antioch · Venus de Milo · c. 150 to 125 BCE · Louvre, Paris
When
c. 800 BCE to 31 BCE
Where
Athens, the islands
Who
Phidias, Praxiteles, Exekias
Source
Wikipedia ↗ · Museum file on Commons ↗
Grew out of
← Ancient Egyptian
Led to
Roman →Early Renaissance →Neoclassicism →