BBC: Alastair Sooke - Treasures Of Ancient Greece (episode 2 excerpt)
"Treasures Of Ancient Greece - The Classical Revolution" Episode 02 Excerpt Script: "From GREECE's mountainous northern region known as MACEDONIA came a dynasty of warrior kings. [...] Here in 1977, archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery. Deep in a hillside near the small town of Vergina, they unearthed the royal burial site of MACEDON, including the tomb of PHILIP II, father of ALEXANDER THE GREAT. [...] Dominating the facade of PHILIP's tomb is this extraordinary survival - a rare original painting from Ancient GREECE. [...] We see a group of young men, some of them on horseback, out hunting wild beasts in a forested landscape. The first time, as far as we know, that landscape appeared with such prominence in GREEK art, almost as a subject in its own right. [...] This is a painting that's glamorous and elegant, recording a favourite pastime of the MACEDONIAN elite and it might even feature ALEXANDER himself - the youth on horseback in the middle, wearing a wreath, charging in for the kill. [...] A tantalising work of art, a glimpse of the many riches of GREEK painting which have been lost. Inside the complex of royal tombs excavators found a series of dazzling treasures. [...] This diadem that's just so delicate. This carefully composed flurry of tendrils and spirals, leaves and petals and flowers. [...] This is a new kind of GREEK art, different from anything we have seen. [...] This set of ivory figures was found inside PHILIP's tomb. Just look at that face - he's wily, wrinkled, supremely self-assured, a nugget of concentrated charisma. It is probably a portrait of PHILIP himself. And if it is, it represents a sea change in GREEK art [...]."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75x2noc3fIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75x2noc3fIU
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