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"There was not simply one ‘orientalizing’ period, there were several."
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Orientalizing period
The Orientalizing period or Orientalizing revolution is an art historical period that began during the later part of the 8th century BC, when art of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East heavily influenced nearby Mediterranean cultures, most notably Archaic Greece. The main sources were Egypt, Phoenicia, Syria, and Assyria. With the spread of Phoenician civilization by Carthage and G
"There was not simply one ‘orientalizing’ period, there were several."
"In view of this state of affairs it could not be called out of the way to ask what there was in Archaic Greece which did not come from the orient."
"Angesichts dieser Sachlage wäre es durchaus nicht als abwegig zu bezeichnen, daß man fragte, was im archaischen Hellas eigentlich nicht aus dem Orient herstammte."