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[[File:Knossos fresco in throne palace.JPG|thumb|Knossos fresco in throne palace.]]
'''Greek painting''' (2800 B.C. - 31 B.C.)
'''Greek painting''' (2800 B.C. - 31 B.C.)
The earliest Greek paintings that we have are from the Minoan culture on the island of [[Crete]]. The main topics are paintings on pottery, murals, and panels (fresco decoration in Knossos palaces).
The earliest Greek paintings that we have are from the Minoan culture on the island of [[Crete]]. The main topics are paintings on pottery, murals, and panels (fresco decoration in Knossos palaces).
Minoan art (2800 B.C. onwards), is extraordinary for its sense of movement and its emphasis on the living world.'' <ref> ''Painting before 1300.'' op cit.</ref> Marine motifs were frequently on the Minoans artworks.
[[Minoan Civilization|Minoan]] art (2800 B.C. onwards), is extraordinary for its sense of movement and its emphasis on the living world.'' <ref> ''Painting before 1300.'' op cit.</ref> Marine motifs were frequently on the Minoans artworks.
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In the Mycenean period, around 1500 BC, Greek potters began to make [[pottery]] with designs on it with geometric patterns or paintings of men fighting, or imaginary wild animals.
In the [[Mycenae|Mycenean]] period, around 1500 BC, Greek potters began to make [[pottery]] with designs on it with geometric patterns or paintings of men fighting, or imaginary wild animals.
[[File:Greece Delphi Oracle.jpg|thumb|Delphi Oracle.]]
Few examples of [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] painting (c. 600-100 B.C.) have survived, originally painted on wood which has rotted away or buildings which have been destroyed; the few paintings that survive were painted on the walls of tombs, underground. Its style was very influential however on the Roman style of [[paintings]], which spread throughout the [[Roman Empire]] into the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]] and Europe.
Few examples of [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] painting (c. 600-100 B.C.) have survived, originally painted on wood which has rotted away or buildings which have been destroyed; the few paintings that survive were painted on the walls of tombs, underground. Its style was very influential however on the Roman style of [[paintings]], which spread throughout the [[Roman Empire]] into the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]] and Europe.