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Greco-Persian art

Greco-Persian art

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Greco-Persian art, also Graeco-Persian art or Anatolian-Persian is an artistic synthesis between Ancient Greek art and Achaemenid Persian art, which can mainly be seen in the archaeological finds of ancient Anatolia in present-day Turkey.[1] It is part of the evidence of "the presence of Persians in the region".[1] It has been defined as "a peculiar blend of Hellenistic and Achaemenid, or pseudo-Achaemenid, styles" in the Anatolian peninsula under Achaemenid rule.[2]

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The Gökçeler relief is an example of this type of art, showing a figure of uncertain ethnic origin, with gifts of "western Anatolian and Greek in origin", however, the clothing he wears are "clearly of Persian influence".[1][3]

The Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon is sometimes presented as an example of Greco-Persian art, although it can also be qualified more precisely as Greco-Anatolian art, since such examples are unknown in the wider Achaemenid Empire.[4]

In Greco-Persian art, the representation of gods is usually the result of an artistic syncretism, combining Greek and Achaemenid characteristics, such as "Zeus-Oromasdes" or "Herakles-Artagnes".[2]

The term "Greco-Persian" applied to the art of Anatolian elite under the rule of Achaemenid Persian, remains a subject of debate, and has been described as too vague or imprecise, hiding the local complexities of the art of the region.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Çevirici-Coşkun 2018, p. 128.
  2. [2]
    Versluys, Miguel John. Visual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World: Nemrud Dağ and Commagene under Antiochos I. Cambridge University Press. p. 201-202. ISBN 978-1-108-21088-1.
  3. [3]
    Dusinberre, Elspeth R. M. (University of Colorado Boulder) (2013). "Dealing with the Dead". Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia. Cambridge University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-139-08755-1.
  4. [4]
    "Greco-Persian Cultural Relations". iranicaonline.org.
  5. [5]
    André-Salvini, Béatrice (2005). Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia. University of California Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780520247314.

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