Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art
Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art
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What was the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art? What were its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact? This book introduces students to these questions and guides them towards the answers. Andrew Stewart examines Greek architecture, painting, and sculpture of the fifth and fourth centuries BC in relation to the great political, social, cultural, and intellectual issues of the period.
- 173 color and black-and-white photographs, over half of them new and many unpublished
- A special chapter on the city, the household, and the individual in classical Greek art
- Includes timeline, biographical sketches, and other reference data
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9780521618359
376 pages
254 × 178 × 17 mm
0.79kg
Table of Contents
- 1. Archaic into classical: the Greek revolution
- 2. The first generation
- 3. The classical moment
- 4. Interlude: city, household, and individual in classical Greece
- 5. The great convulsion
- 6. The fourth century: an age of the individual?
- 7. The shadow of Macedon.
