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Hellenistic Art, as you may have guessed, is art from the Hellenistic period, which happens to be from 323 BC until 31 BC – the year in which the battle of Actium occured. Sculptures, architecture, mosaics, paintings, cermaics, metallic art, and glass work made during this era hailed from a variety of places, as the Hellenistic world covered a large area, including modern-day Greece, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Bulgaria, Iran, Syria, among others. (For a better look at the Hellenistic World, click here to view a map.)
Hellenistic Art is both extremely rich in style and subject matter as this era’s focus remained on history and culture. For the first time, there were libraries and museums available, allowing artists to study, replicate, and adapt former styles of art. During this period, Greek gods took on new forms, artists took on new subjects, such as children, the elderly, and non-Caucasian races; and art was commissioned to decorate wealthy patrons’ homes like never before. The innovations of this era created a lasting (everlasting, if you will) impression on art for ages to come.