Our knowledge of ancient Greek painting, especially wall and panel painting, is limited by the small number of examples that have survived. Most of what we know about Greek painting comes from ancient literary sources, surviving Roman copies, and a number of Greek vases and mosaics that probably reflect some of the attributes of Greek wall paintings.
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| Classical Painting |
Some of the most complete surviving examples of early Greek panel painting are scenes of banqueting and dining painted by an unknown artist for a tomb at Paestum, Italy. The figures in the Paestum frescoes show skillful drawing and a developed understanding of human anatomy. The artist has drawn eyes in profile, instead of usual frontal view and included elements of landscape.
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| Paestum Wall PaintingFew paintings on walls survive from ancient Greece. This scene of men drinking and lounging at a banquet was painted on a tomb at Paestum, Italy, between about 490 and 470 BC. The painting has since been removed from the tomb and is now housed in Paestum's Archaeological Museum. |
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Minoan Wall Painting
"La Parisienne" on a fragment of wall-painting from the palace at Knossos. Late Minoan IIIA, c.1400 or later.
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