Classical Greek Sculptures
CLASSICAL GREEK STYLE
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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Style: Classical Greek
Period: 1960s
Classical Statue of Asklepios made out of patinated Plaster, around 1960
Located in Berlin, DE
Crafted around 1960, the Classical Statue of Asklepios emerges as a timeless embodiment of healing and wisdom. Fashioned from patinated plaster, it exudes an aura of ancient reverenc...
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1960s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
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Stone Mythological Figural Sculpture
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Vintage Peach Stone Abstract Sculpture depicting a Greek Mythological Figure. Greece, circa 1960. Signed by an unknown artist on a contemporary black stone base.
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1960s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
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Stone
Big Plaster Sculpture of Medusa Head, Belgium 1960
Located in Brussels, BE
From an sculptor studio, fine plaster sculpture of Medusa.
Belgium, circa 1960.
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Plaster
Midcentury Mythological Winged Sculpture on Stone Base
Located in Houston, TX
Midcentury mythological winged sculpture on stone base.
Unusual midcentury silver plated mythological winged creature with jeweled eyes mounted on a s...
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1960s Unknown Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
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Stone, Metal
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Classical Greek sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
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