Limestone head of a beardless man

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the head, the hair is divided into large transversal locks that form a kind of arch on the back. The details are indicated by small triangles. The facial features are delicate. The lips, with traces of red paint, show a smile. The nose is slightly hooked, the eyes wide open. The line formed by the eyebrows is long and thin. The ears are carefully articulated. A row of locks rises above the forehead. On the head, the hair is divided into large transversal locks that form a kind of arch on the back. The details are indicated by small triangles.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art