From the beginning, Picasso showed a joint ambition - he wanted both to recall the medium's classical past and to renew the form.

Some artists use the classical past to make expressionistic statements.

In the 1970's many feminist artists saw the classical past as a vehicle for their ideas.

Greek motifs at the end of each bench make a connection with the classical past.

It has been described as "the only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a classical past."

But Alberti did not just look backward to the classical past.

It represented a great classical past and the sense of a communal identity.

It is steeped in arcana and the classical past.

The show's title is well chosen, because Rothko often looked for inspiration in the classical past.

Of all the major medieval cities in Italy, only Venice lacked a classical past.