TOLEDO, Ohio - We don't know his name, but wow, the guy could paint. The Berlin Painter, a master of ancient Greek vase painting, has thrilled scholars and art lovers since the early 20 th century, ...

One of the greatest artists of ancient Athens — that’s fifth century B.C., mind you — will have dozens of his finest vases displayed this summer at the Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art. I know. Wow. The ...

PRINCETON, NJ — Too many Greek vase jokes are lost in translation. For example, this duel between Achilles and Hector looks serious. But tragicomic ironies abound in ancient epic. The Trojan war ...

Athenian Potters and Painters: Greek Vases from Virginia Collections opens at The College of William & Mary's Muscarelle Museum of Art on August 18, 2012. The exhibit features vases on loan from ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the exhibitors at this year’s Tefaf art and antiques fair in Maastricht were invited to propose displays ...

An ancient vase discovered on Mykonos redrew the history of the Trojan War, which has captivated the imaginations of people ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --A Minnesota art museum will return an ancient Greek vase to its rightful owners after an investigation determined it belongs to the people of Italy. The artifact in question is a ...

In the Days of ancient Greece, huge amounts of pottery were produced to serve all the basic needs of daily life. In "How to Read Greek Vases" (Yale University Press, 2011), Joan Mertens, curator of ...

“If it’s full of Theory and jargon, put it in the bin”, said the books editor. The trouble with Jeffrey Hurwit’s Artists and Signatures in Ancient Greece is that there is not enough theory, or rather ...

Ancient Greek vases have been found in tombs, sanctuaries, and other kinds of deposits in Greece, Italy, Asia Minor, the Levant, Spain, and other lands surrounding and beyond the Mediterranean Sea (1) ...