We recently added over 4000 images in a variety of areas including art and architecture, politics, and technology; these images emphasize Greece and the Balkans, particularly Bulgaria and Albania.

BALKANS: Prehistoric potters created delightful ceramic figures, while the goldsmiths of ancient Thrace and Macedonia specialized in exquisitely crafted gold objects. The Balkans was an important center for icons and frescoes during the Medieval period, and modern images from Albania tell a powerful political story.

Balkan Survey: Ancient gold to Modern Albania.     168 images

        (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/prt2282)

Prehistoric Balkans                                                      315

         (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/prt2279)

Ancient Balkans                                                           662

          (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/prt1008)

Medieval Balkans                                                         726

          (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/Prt2130)

Modern Balkans: Bulgaria Macedonia and Albania     605

          (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/prt2281)

GREECE: Many images have been added to the Greek portfolios, including mosaics from ancient Pella, funerary gold wreaths and coins, and the amazing Antikythera Mechanism, an early computer found in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea. Images from the Athenian Acropolis include back views of the caryatids that are being cleaned with lasers, and the numerous panels from the Parthenon frieze which have been installed in the new Acropolis museum.

The Athenian Acropolis                                          549

          (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/prt2284)

Greek Applied and Industrial Arts                           329

       (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/prt2170)

Greek Ceramics                                                        680

       (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/prt1010)

Greek Painting and Mosaics                                     82

     (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/PRT2283)

Greek Geometric & Archaic Sculpture                     468

    (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/PRT2224)

Greek Classical Sculpture                                         858

    (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/PRT218)

Greek Hellenistic Sculpture                                       606