Thousands Flock to Beijing Museum for Ancient Greek Exhibition

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Thousands Flock to Beijing Museum for Ancient Greek Exhibition

Ancient Greek culture traveled to distant Beijing, China, with its incomparable beauty as well as its values through the exhibition entitled “The Countless Aspects of Beauty.” Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

Thousands of ******** citizens flocked to the National Museum of China to admire the ancient Greek artifacts that arrived in China for the first time.

Ancient Greek culture traveled to distant Beijing with its incomparable beauty and values through an exhibition entitled “The Countless Aspects of Beauty.”

Ancient Greek artifact exhibition overview and significance

The exhibition contains 279 pieces. It highlights the aesthetic expression of humanity in diverse social and cultural environments. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

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organized the exhibition which consists of 279 works. The exhibits give visitors the opportunity to further get to know ancient Greek culture.

“Showing the Body” starts from the Neolithic ******* and reaches historical times. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

Displaying such a quantity of artifacts seals the strong cultural relations that the two countries have achieved in recent years. The exhibition highlights the aesthetic expression of humanity in diverse social and cultural environments. It starts from the Neolithic ******* and goes into Late Antiquity.

Thematic structure of the exhibition

“The Beautiful and the Desirable” attempts to approach the aesthetic preferences of ancient societies. These preferences are revealed through archaeological finds such as clothing, headdress, jewelry, and beautification. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

Ancient works, combined with modern digital media, offer the ******** audience a journey through time into ancient Greek civilization. With the theme of the beautiful, it focuses on human creation. At the same time, it simultaneously explores the spiritual basis of technical and aesthetic choices throughout time.

The exhibition narrative is divided into four parts. In “Eternal Aesthetics,” they present everyday objects, recording the different expressions of aesthetics throughout human history.

“The Beautiful and the Desirable” attempts to approach the aesthetic preferences of ancient societies. Additionally, these preferences are revealed through archaeological finds concerning clothing, headdresses, jewelry, and beautification. They also reveal themselves in ancient Greek myths about beauty.

In “Eternal Aesthetics,” they present everyday objects, recording the different expressions of aesthetics throughout human history. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

Meanwhile, the third part is entitled “Showing the Body.” It refers to the expression of beauty in the visual representation of the human body. The collection starts from the Neolithic ******* and extends into historical times.

A platform for cultural dialogue

The Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, together with Sun Yeli, Minister of Culture and Tourism of China, inaugurated the exhibition “The Countless Aspects of Beauty” yesterday at the National Museum of Beijing. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture.

Lastly, in the “Endless Search,” the visitor is invited to reflect on the importance of beauty and its value to humanity.

The Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, together with Sun Yeli, Minister of Culture and Tourism of China, inaugurated the exhibition “The Countless Aspects of Beauty” at the National Museum of Beijing in China.

Lina Mendoni pointed out in her speech:

“This unique exhibition traces the ancient Greek search and pursuit of beauty from the Neolithic ******* to late antiquity. The exhibition encourages cross-cultural dialogue. It also provides a unique platform for East and West to explore a timeless theme. It inspires connections that transcend place and time.”

She also noted that the exhibition “provides an opportunity to reflect on the countless facets of beauty that shape our understanding of art, culture, and humanity.”

Lina Mendoni pointed out in her speech that this unique exhibition traces the ancient Greek search and pursuit of beauty from the Neolithic ******* to late antiquity. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

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