Classical Greek Sculptures
There is rare surviving furniture from ancient Greece, yet this classical style has informed design for centuries. Interiors of houses in antiquity were minimal, with much of a room’s color coming from frescoes on the walls and mosaics on the floors. Classical Greek furniture was sparing but finely crafted and influenced by Egyptian furniture design through Mediterranean trade.
Furnishings of the period were usually made from local wood like cypress, cedar, oak and willow from ancient Greece’s plentiful forests, although some pieces were carved from marble, such as a 300–200 B.C. throne with lion legs and a curved back now at the Getty Villa. Comfort and clean lines characterized designs during the Classical era, the symmetry and thoughtful proportions reflecting the architecture of Greek temples.
Some pieces of ancient Greek furniture were simple, rectangular platforms like the klinē, a multipurpose ancestor of today’s couches or daybeds that held cushions stuffed with wool, dry grass or down. These structures were used for both sleeping and dining, which wealthy Greeks did while reclining. At night, oil lamps illuminated rooms that frequently surrounded a garden courtyard.
Most of what scholars have learned about Greek furniture design owes to its representations in art like vases and stelae. The portable diphros stool, with its backless design and four turned legs, was one of the more common types of seating in daily Greek life — it appears as such for the gods on the Parthenon frieze. Stools without backs have been found in early Roman tombs, while benches were also common Greek seating furniture created for use in theaters. In houses of the Hellenistic period, benches seemingly functioned as tables, too.
Some designs evolved through adaptations by the Romans, including the klismos chair. After prominent archaeological excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the klismos chair — with its four saber legs and the elegant curves that define its back — was a source of inspiration for aesthetics in eras ranging from 18th-century neoclassicism to 20th-century Art Deco.
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Bronze
1890s French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Marble
1950s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Composition
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
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2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
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20th Century Greek Classical Greek Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Stone, Sandstone
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
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2010s American Classical Greek Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Classical Greek Sculptures
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Bronze
Late 19th Century American Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
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2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
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19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
1960s Belgian Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Plaster
1920s French Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble, Metal
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Marble
1890s Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Marble
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Sculptures
Cast Stone
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
2010s British Classical Greek Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble
20th Century English Classical Greek Sculptures
Metal, Bronze
1940s Unknown Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Stone
2010s British Classical Greek Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Sculptures
Brass
2010s British Classical Greek Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Statuary Marble