Greek Vase Painting In Ancient Greece And Mesopotamia

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Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome may have some things in common and some things not in common, but they both were two strong empires. These two were most commonly known because they accomplished a lot in many years they have been around. They were both influenced by each other but also had different ideas on how they lived, did art, etc. The Greeks had borrowed many of their ideas from the artists and architects from Egypt and Mesopotamia, when this happened they eventually developed their own artistic identity. They were focused mainly on paintings, sculptures, and their architecture. Greek Vase Painting was one of the techniques Greek ceramists used to shape and decorate fine vases required great skill, acquired over many years as apprentices

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