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ADVANCED SEARCH
Greek
history
VIDEOS BY ERA
MAP AND TIMELINE
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
ITEM RELATION GAME
ANTIQUITY
Neolithic period (6800-3200 BC)
Early Bronze Age (3200-2000 BC)
The Early Bronze Age in the Cyclades (3200-2000 BC)
Geometric period (1000-700 BC)
Archaic period (700-480 BC)
Classical period (480-323 BC)
Hellenistic period (323-31 BC)
Roman period (27 BC – 476 AD)
BYZANTIUM
Early Christian period
The survival of the Greco-Roman tradition
Daily life
Dress
The realm of religion
Jewelry
The Middle Byzantine period
Religious matters
Byzantine ceramics
Constantinople
Emperors of Byzantium
Late Byzantine period
Byzantium and the West after the 4th Crusade
Manifestations of artistic flourishing of the arts during the Palaeologan period
Post-Byzantine art
The continuation of Byzantine icon painting and tradition
Western influences and Ottoman elements
Worship and Pilgrimages after the Fall of Constantinople
Saints and cults
Old and new shrines
Continuity and Change in Religious Art after the Fall of Constantinople - Intro
Continuity and Change in Religious Art after the Fall of Constantinople – A. Crete
Continuity and Change in Religious Art after the Fall of Constantinople – B. The Ionian Islands
Continuity and Change in Religious Art after the Fall of Constantinople – C. Ottoman rule
NEOHELLENIC ART
Goldsmithery on the islands
Houses in Rhodes
Aegean stone sculpture
Constantinople
Woodcarving in the Northern Greek Area
An Ottoman Konak on Hydra: The House of Georgios Voulgaris
The Lives of the Greeks during the Turkish Occupation
The rediscovery of the ancient world by European travellers
Patronage and Communal Authorities during the Ottoman Period - Ecclesiastical treasures from Eastern Thrace
Ecclesiastical treasures from Cappadocia to Pontus
The Influence of Venetian Rule on Crete
Wind-blown Skyros, Cycladum et Sporadum extrima
Art flowering in Epirus
Greek Women’s Costumes: Basic Styles and Influences
MODERN HISTORY
The Enlightenment and the founding of the Filiki Etairia
Philhellenism and the Beginning of the Struggle for Independence
Figures and Events of the Greek Revolution
The First Period of the Greek State: Kapodistrias and the Reign of Otto
Efforts to Restore the Greek State: The Reign of King George I
The Reforms of Venizelos, the First Greek Decade of War and the Asia Minor Catastrophe
Greek Interwar Years A. From the Republic to Militarism 1922-1928
Greek Interwar Years B. Last Eleftherios Venizelos government. Restoration of the Monarchy 1928-1935
Interwar Years C. The dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas and the start of World War II 1936 – 1940.
German occupation-Resistance-Liberation-Dekemvriana (1941-1945)
Civil War (1946-1949)
From the End of the Civil War to the Regime Change (Metapolitefsi) and the First Andreas Papandreou Government (1950-1981)
ATHENS THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELERS
“The Temple of Jupiter Olympus” (H. Cook 1853)
“Bazaar of Athens” (E. Dodwell 1830)
“Acropolis” (H. W. Williams 1820)
“The bride” (L. Dupré 1825)
“The Temple of Jupiter Olympus” (J. Stuart – N. Revett, 1814)
“The square of the Syntagma” (D. Hogarth, c. 1890)
MODERN HISTORY
Interwar Years C. The dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas and the start of World War II 1936 – 1940.
SEE THE ITEMS IN THE VIDEO
ITEMS IN THE VIDEO
THE HOUSE OF P.&J. LEIGH FERMOR
A new generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for the house of Patrick & Joan Leigh Fermor
CONSERVATION
Advice and conservation treatment are provided on commission to museums and private collectors.
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COLLECTIONS
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GREEK HISTORY
