Highlights: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean World
The Cincinnati Art Museum’s collection of ancient Mediterranean Art is stewarded by the department of South Asian Art, Islamic Art, and Antiquities. The ancient Mediterranean collection features notable examples of sculpture and ceramic vessels from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Spanning almost five thousand years, the collection emphasizes the shared and shifting symbolic meaning of art and interwoven aesthetic conventions. The sea served as a point of interaction, building connections between political entities and social groups while also stimulating diverse cultural expressions. Together, the art of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans from 4500 BCE to 300 CE celebrates a history of interconnectivity and exchange across the Mediterranean.
