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Week VI: Hellenistic Art

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.

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Tiles in Süleymaniye Mosque Istanbul, Turkey (1550-1558) Sultan Süleyman

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To whom it may concern:

Because last week was such a hectic week for me, I will continue posting according to last week's theme -- Mosques and Mosque Architecture.

In addition, I am looking for submissions for "Followers' Favorites" week.

Please contact me with the name of your favorite work of art, a link to it online, OR as an attachment in an email. I will be accepting any kind of art -- painting, drawing, photography, performance, architecture, sketch, sculpture, et cœtera -- by any artist -- famous, unknown, you, your friend, your dog -- so long as it is readily available for me to post. Your favorite work of art will be featured in "Followers' Favorites" week with its name, year of creation, and its artist, as per usual, as well as your blog name and a link to your blog (a promotion of sorts, I suppose).

Please consider participating!

And lastly, I want to thank everyone who helped get figure studies. get on the #art feed, the #vintage feed, and on the TUMBLR RADAR! Bust of a Veiled Woman by Antonio Corradini made it on the feeds and the radar with 5,283 notes ( as of right now). Thank you all so much!

Thank you for your support and interest in art.

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Corridor of Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran (1603-1618) Shaykh Bahai (Photograph by brum d)

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Dome of the Registan Mosque in Uzbekistan (1417-1420) Ulug Beg Madrasah (Photograph by Ivan S. Abrams)

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Minaret of the Quba Mosque (Rebuilt 1986) Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (Photograph by alsay)

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Tiles in the Blue Mosque in Yerevan, Armenia (1764-1768) Husayn Ali Khan (Photograph by FredR)