Greek Sculpture
Greek Sculpture
£32.99
GBPAncient Greek sculpture seems to have a timeless quality – provoking reactions that may range from awe to alienation. Yet it was a particular product of its age: and to know how and why it was once created is to embark upon an understanding of its 'Classic' status. In this richly illustrated and carefully written survey, encompassing works from c.700 BC to the end of antiquity, Nigel Spivey expounds not only the social function of Greek sculpture but also its aesthetic and technical achievement. Fresh approaches are reconciled with traditional modes of study as the connoisseurship of this art is sympathetically unravelled, while source material and historical narratives are woven into detailed explanations, putting the art into its proper context. Greek Sculpture is the ideal textbook for students of classics, classical civilisation, art history and archaeology – and an accessible account for all interested readers.
- Source material is woven into explanations and historical narratives are summarised to help put the art in context
- The scholarship of former scholars of Greek sculpture is explored, so that new approaches are reconciled with traditional modes of study
- Takes the story from c.750 BC to modern times to present a view of 'Classical' art which encompasses both ancient and modern
Product details
January 2013Paperback
9780521756983
350 pages
245 × 190 × 16 mm
0.78kg
176 b/w illus. 8 colour illus.
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: the study of Greek sculpture
- 2. 'The Greek revolution'
- 3. Daedalus and the wings of Technê
- 4. Anathêmata: gifts for the Gods
- 5. Heroes apparent
- 6. Temple stories
- 7. In search of Pheidias
- 8. Revealing Aphrodite
- 9. Royal patronage
- 10. Portraits and personifications
- 11. Graecia Capta
- 12. Afterlife.
