Here is a Roman statue located in the British Museum:
Townley Venus, British Museum. 2nd or 3rd century AD. Image Heritage Image Partnership Ltd via Alamy.
It depicts the goddess Venus, perhaps originally holding a mirror. Something you will notice about it is that it looks great.
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Below is a Greek sculpture from half a millennium earlier.
Antikythera Ephebe, National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Fourth century BC. Image Niko Kitsakis via Wikimedia Commons.
One of the treasures recovered from the first-century BC Antikythera shipwreck, this statue is composed of bronze with inlaid stone eyes. It has been variously interpreted as representing Paris, Perseus, or a youthful Heracles. Whatever interpretation is correct, it is a stunning work of art.
Here is a detail from a wall painting in Rome. This has undergone two thousand years of wear and tear, but it is still beautiful to us.
Detail from the Villa of Livia. First century BC. Image Gleb Simonov via Wikimedia Commons.
There is a general pattern to these observations. Ancient Greek and Roman art tends to look really good today.
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