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Profile Of Greek:
Art historians generally define
Ancient Greek art as the art produced in the Greek-speaking world from about 1000
BC to about 100 BC. They generally exclude the art of the Mycenaean and Minoan civilisations,
whcivilisations and later Greek art. At the other end of the time-scale, art historians
generally hold that Ancient Greek art as a distinct culture ended with the establishment
of Roman rule over the Greek-speaking world in about 100 BC. After this date they
argue, Greco-Roman art, though often impressive in scale, was largely derivative
of earlier Greek models, and declined steadily in quality until the advent of Christianity
brought the classical tradition to an end in the 5th century AD. (For the later
periods, see Roman art and Byzantine art). There is also a question relating to
the word "art" in Ancient Greece. The Ancient Greek word tekhne, which is commonly
translated as "art," more accurately means "skill" or "craftsmanship" (the English
word "technique" derives from it). Greek painters and sculptors were craftsmen who
learned their trade as apprentices, often being apprenticed to their fathers, and
who were then hired by wealthy patrons. Although some became well-known and much
admired, they were not in the same social position as poets or dramatists. It was
not until the Hellenistic period (after about 320 BC) that "the artist" as a social
category began to be recognised. .ich flourished from about 1500 to about 1200 BC.
Despite the fact that these were Greek-speaking cultures, there is little or no
continuity between the art of these.
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