2026Classical Mythology In Art In Portugal - First Day Cover

If there is one defining feature of the so-called Western world, it lies in the way we have, for over a thousand years, held Greco Roman culture up as a model to be replicated, followed and rediscovered. The idea of the Renaissance arose from this desire almost a necessity to return to models regarded as correct and perfect. Much of our art and literature has been built upon this search for a lost reality, regarded as indispensable.