ART HISTORY
Jan 22, 2021
4 minutes
EDITED BY SANDRA VISSER
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WESTERN art refers to styles of painting, sculpture and buildings that were first created in Europe. This art tradition owes much to the Ancient Greeks, whose works were seen as the ideal model of what art should be. The ancient Romans so admired Greek art that they copied much of it. The ideas of Ancient Greece continue to have an influence on Western culture today.
In the Middle Ages, art was mostly based on Bible stories and was meant to send moral
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