Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Pre-Columbian art at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia
Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Pre-Columbian art at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. Founded in 1933, this American museum offers a diverse display of ancient art, nestled within its total collection of 30,000 objects. The Chrysler's collection of Mesoamerican ceramics and sculptures represent several major pre-Columbian cultures. Citizens and heroes of ancient Greece and Rome endure through works of art created in bronze, stone, and ceramics. Ancient Egypt is represented by displays of jewelry, ceramics, funerary art, and sculpture while the museum's Asian collection include objects from Japan, India, and China, with ceramics representing every major Chinese dynasty. Image: Basalt Head from Egypt's Greco-Roman period 200-400 CE courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art.