Wikipedia Assignment # 1

This article is on ancient Greek art. In the introduction it discusses the wide influence Greek art had on other civilizations. It gives a brief history of ancient Greece and indicates the four artistic periods. The article is divided into eight different sections; survivals, pottery, metal vessels, figurines, monumental sculpture, architecture, coin design, and painting.

1)The main article has 5,426 words.

2) The search term is Ancient Greek art. The title is Art in Ancient Greece.

3) I don't see a Disambiguation link.

4) The comments on the discussion page is interesting. There is a dialogue going on between the writers of the article as to what should be included and what should be omitted. Adam Carr seems to be the most involved in the early writing process. There was also some discussion about the need for references.

5) The first time this article was modified was March 20, 2004 and the last time was September 11, 2008. There have been over 1000 changes made to this article.

6) There are three external links.

7) There is one reference.

8) There are six titles under Further Reading.

I thought this article was interesting and gave a good overview of the important points of the art of ancient Greece. The pictures provided were helpful in illustrating the style changes that occurred throughout Greek history. I'm not an expert in this area so I don't know if everything was correct. I would recommend this to anyone who wanted a brief to-the-point article that could launch them to a more in depth study of ancient Greek art.