The course focuses on the development of ancient Greek painting from the 7th to the 2nd century BC. The art of mural painting, but also of portable paintings, is studied in the cultural framework of the individual eras, taking into account the archaeological contexts of the surviving works and the testimonies of ancient writers. The techniques, the colors, the stylistic idiom, the iconography and the achievements of the painters are aspects of the art of Greek monumental painting that will be examined in detail.