Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exterior, head, shoulders, with right arm extended and palm of hand turned up of youth to left; bit of hair and hand of youth holding spear; rim fragment with part of circumscribed palmette; part of head, left ear, neck, shoulder, and part of upper arm of youth with spear and part of circumscribed palmette; rim fragment with part of circumscribed palmette; part of frontal torso, genitals, and thighs of youth with left hand on hip

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art