Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Splanchnopt Painter

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior, youth with himation; Exterior, handle decoration,draped figure, probably male, wearing a himation, woman wearing a chiton and himation, grasping drapery in her right hand, feet; head of youth facing right, with left arm extended and right arm grasping himation, sandal in field; tablet in field, part of head of youth facing left; head of youth to left; back of woman's head, hand holding fillet; drapery, handle palmette, feet of youth with stick; handle palmette, drapery; hand holding fillet, fillet and drapery, back of youth's head and part of shoulder; two hands; handle

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