Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior, on left, youth with himation, on right, youth with himation leaning on stick, behind him a rock; Obverse, lower body and legs of three draped males; the males on the left and right, are frontal; the male in the center, is in profile to right; Reverse, lower body and legs of a draped male to right, leaning on a stick; lower body and legs of a draped male to left; lower body and legs of a draped male to left, leaning on a stick; in between the obverse and reverse, circumscribed palmettes with tendrils

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