Editing Greeks (section)

===Arts===
{{Further|Greek art|Music of Greece|Ancient Greek architecture|Ancient Greek theatre|Modern Greek theatre|Cinema of Greece|Modern Greek architecture|Modern Greek literature}}
{{See also|Greco-Buddhist art}}

[[File:Maria Callas 1958.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Renowned Greek soprano [[Maria Callas]]]]
Greek art has a long and varied history. Greeks have contributed to the visual, literary and performing arts.<ref name=Osborne>{{harvnb|Osborne|1998|pp=1–3}}.</ref> In the West, [[Art in ancient Greece|classical Greek art]] was influential in shaping the [[Roman art|Roman]] and later the modern [[Western art history|Western artistic heritage]]. Following the [[Renaissance]] in [[Europe]], the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists.<ref name=Osborne/> Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece played an important role in the art of the Western world.<ref>{{harvnb|Pollitt|1972|pp=xii–xv}}.</ref> In the East, [[Alexander the Great]]'s conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, [[Central Asia]]n and [[Culture of India|Indian]] cultures, resulting in [[Indo-Greek art|Indo-Greek]] and [[Greco-Buddhist art]], whose influence reached as far as [[Japan]].<ref>{{harvnb|Puri|1987|pp=28–29}}.</ref>

[[Byzantine art|Byzantine Greek art]], which grew from the Hellenistic [[Fayum portrait|classical art]] and adapted the pagan motifs in the service of Christianity, provided a stimulus to the art of many nations.<ref name="Mango-Art">{{harvnb|Mango|1986|pp=ix–xiv, 183}}.</ref> Its influences can be traced from [[Venice]] in the West to [[Kazakhstan]] in the East.<ref name="Mango-Art"/><ref>{{cite news|title=The Byzantine empire, The lasting glory of its art|newspaper=The Economist|date=4 October 2007|access-date=10 May 2016|url=http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9900058|archive-date=21 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221223452/http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9900058|url-status=live}}</ref> In turn, Greek art was influenced by eastern civilizations (i.e. [[Art of ancient Egypt|Egypt]], [[Persian art|Persia]], etc.) during various periods of its history.<ref>{{harvnb|Stansbury-O'Donnell|2015}}; {{harvnb|Tarbell|1907}}.</ref>

Notable modern Greek artists include: 
*the painters [[Dominikos Theotokopoulos]] (El Greco), [[Nikolaos Gyzis]], [[Konstantinos Volanakis]], [[Périclès Pantazis]], and [[Constantine Andreou]]; sculptors such as [[Yannoulis Chalepas]]; 
*composers such as [[Mikis Theodorakis]], [[Spyridon Samaras]], [[Iannis Xenakis]], [[Yanni]] and [[Vangelis]]; 
*singers such as [[Maria Callas]], [[Giorgos Dalaras]], [[Nana Mouskouri]], [[Vicky Leandros]] and [[Demis Roussos]]; 
*poets such as [[Dionysios Solomos]], [[Angelos Sikelianos]], [[Andreas Embirikos]], [[Constantine P. Cavafy]] and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]s [[Giorgos Seferis]] and [[Odysseas Elytis]]; 
*the novelists [[Alexandros Papadiamantis]], [[Emmanuel Rhoides]], [[Ion Dragoumis]], [[Nikos Kazantzakis]], [[Penelope Delta]], [[Stratis Myrivilis]], [[Vassilis Vassilikos]] and [[Petros Markaris]], 
*playwrights include the [[Cretan Renaissance]] poets [[Georgios Chortatzis]] and [[Vitsentzos Kornaros|Vincenzos Cornaros]], and also [[Gregorios Xenopoulos]] and [[Iakovos Kambanellis]].

[[File:Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Eleftherios Venizelos]] was the leading political figure of 20th century Greece.]]
Notable cinema or theatre actors include [[Marika Kotopouli]], [[Melina Mercouri]], [[Ellie Lambeti]], [[Academy Award]] winner [[Katina Paxinou]], [[Alexis Minotis]], [[Dimitris Horn]], [[Thanasis Veggos]], [[Manos Katrakis]] and [[Irene Papas]]. [[Alekos Sakellarios]], [[Karolos Koun]], [[Vasilis Georgiadis]], [[Costa-Gavras|Kostas Gavras]], [[Michael Cacoyannis]], [[Giannis Dalianidis]], [[Nikos Koundouros]] and [[Theo Angelopoulos]] are among the most important directors.

Among the most significant modern-era architects are [[Stamatios Kleanthis]], [[Lysandros Kaftanzoglou]], [[Anastasios Metaxas]], [[Panagis Kalkos]], [[Anastasios Orlandos]], the naturalized Greek [[Ernst Ziller]], [[Dimitris Pikionis]] and urban planners [[Stamatis Voulgaris]] and [[George Candilis]].