The people of ancient Greece believed in the powers of a variety of gods.  This sculpture shows Aphrodite, the goddess of love.

In their Olympic Games, ancient Grreks celebrated the physical abilities of people. This vessel shows a young althete.

Greek gods were a lot like people. It was important to please them. This oil or wine vessel shows Poseidon, the god of the sea, driving a chariot.

The ancient Greeks believed that Zeius created the world.  Here he see him with an eagle in one hand and a thunderbolt in the other. 

This vessel shows Athena, the goddess of wisdom, driving her chariot.  If you zoom in, you can see that the horses are controlled both by the reins she holds and by the man standing in front of them with his hand on one horse's neck.  

Confucius (551-479 BCE), the Buddha, (563-483 BCE), and Lao Tse (c. 570-498 BCE) were great thinkers whose ideas greatly influenced Chiniese history and art.

In Taoist art, people do not conquer or control nature but live in harmony within it.

Can you find the two men and the building in this painting? You may need to zoom in to find them.

If you zoom in very close to this painting you can also see two men and a building in this painting. 

Chinese art often celebrates some things in nature, like this swan with her baby riding on her back.

Or this branch with seed pods.