Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture
Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture
$51.00
USDThe aim of this book is to identify and assess the distinctive styles of five important ancient Greek sculptors. By using the most recent archaeological evidence and reevaluating both the ancient literary sources and earlier scholarly literature, the international group of authors whose essays appear here expands our understanding of the role of personal styles in ancient art.
- Professor Pollitt is a best-selling Press author
- First Yale Classical Study ever to go into paperback
- Very successful in hardback
Reviews & endorsements
"Pollitt's fascinating introduction summarizes scholarship from early sixteenth century to twentieth century. Harrison summarizes beautifully her thirty years of research..." Classical World
"This book should become a standard reference work and an especially useful resource for introuducing students to the `Furtw^D"^a ngler method'" Mark B. Garrison, Religious Studies Review
Product details
February 1999Paperback
9780521657389
250 pages
246 × 189 × 13 mm
0.45kg
131 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction: masters and masterworks in the study of classical sculpture J. J. Pollitt
- 1. Pheidias Evelyn B. Harrison
- 2. Polykleitos Adolf H. Borbein
- 3. Praxiteles Aileen Ajootian
- 4. Lysippos Charles M. Edwards
- 5. Damophon Petros Themelis.
