Author: Jerome Jordan Pollitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521276726
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This 1986 book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period.
Art in the Hellenistic Age
Author: Jerome Jordan Pollitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521276726
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This 1986 book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521276726
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This 1986 book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period.
An Introduction to Greek Art
Author: Susan Woodford
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801494802
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801494802
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Art and Experience in Classical Greece
Author: Jerome Jordan Pollitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521096621
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"delightful, readable, and scholarly. The volume is profusely and well illustrated, each art example is clearly labelled and dated, and superb supplementary references for illustrations and supplementary suggestions for further reading are added to complete the study." Choice
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521096621
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"delightful, readable, and scholarly. The volume is profusely and well illustrated, each art example is clearly labelled and dated, and superb supplementary references for illustrations and supplementary suggestions for further reading are added to complete the study." Choice
The Art of Ancient Greece
Author: J. J. Pollitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521273664
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book, a companion volume to Professor Pollitt's The Art of Rome: Sources and Documents (published by the Press in 1983), presents a comprehensive collection in translation of ancient literary evidence relating to Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and the decorative arts. Its purpose is to make this important evidence available to students who are not specialists in the Classical languages or Classical archaeology. The author's translations of a wide selection of Greek and Latin texts are accompanied by an introduction, explanatory commentary, and a full bibliography. An earlier version of this book was published twenty-five years ago by Prentice-Hall. In this new publication Professor Pollitt has added a considerable number of new passages, revised some of his earlier translations and presented the texts in a different order which allows the reader to follow more easily the development of sculpture and painting as perceived by the ancient writers. The new and substantial bibliography, organised by topics as they appear in the book, emphasises works that deal directly with the literary sources or that supplement our knowledge of the personalities and monuments described in the sources. This collection will be welcomed by students and teachers of Greek art who have long been in need of an authoritative and reliable sourcebook for their subject.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521273664
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book, a companion volume to Professor Pollitt's The Art of Rome: Sources and Documents (published by the Press in 1983), presents a comprehensive collection in translation of ancient literary evidence relating to Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and the decorative arts. Its purpose is to make this important evidence available to students who are not specialists in the Classical languages or Classical archaeology. The author's translations of a wide selection of Greek and Latin texts are accompanied by an introduction, explanatory commentary, and a full bibliography. An earlier version of this book was published twenty-five years ago by Prentice-Hall. In this new publication Professor Pollitt has added a considerable number of new passages, revised some of his earlier translations and presented the texts in a different order which allows the reader to follow more easily the development of sculpture and painting as perceived by the ancient writers. The new and substantial bibliography, organised by topics as they appear in the book, emphasises works that deal directly with the literary sources or that supplement our knowledge of the personalities and monuments described in the sources. This collection will be welcomed by students and teachers of Greek art who have long been in need of an authoritative and reliable sourcebook for their subject.
A Shorter History of Greek Art
Author: Martin Robertson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521280846
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This 1981 book examines Greek art with the same qualities as the two volume set with fewer objects.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521280846
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This 1981 book examines Greek art with the same qualities as the two volume set with fewer objects.
Faces of Power
Author: Andrew Stewart
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520068513
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
During his reign and following his death, the physiognomy of Alexander the Great was one of the most famous in history, adorning numerous works of art. This study demonstrates how the various portraits transmit not so much a likeness of Alexander as a set of cliches that symbolized the ruler
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520068513
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
During his reign and following his death, the physiognomy of Alexander the Great was one of the most famous in history, adorning numerous works of art. This study demonstrates how the various portraits transmit not so much a likeness of Alexander as a set of cliches that symbolized the ruler
Classical Bronzes
Author: Carol C. Mattusch
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150173878X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
One of the world's leading authorities on ancient bronze sculpture, Carol C. Mattusch urges us to discard the terms "Greek original" and "Roman copy" and to adopt instead terms that distinguish unique works from those produced in series and those produced as variations on a theme. She discusses the dating of bronzes based on criteria of technique and style, and considers technical innovations in the art of portraiture. Most controversially, she offers evidence that Greek artists cast bronzes in series based on a single model. Mattusch points out that examples of series castings can be found among the statuettes and vessel attachments from the Geometric and Orientalizing periods. From the Classical period onward, statues also appear to have been cast in series. Certain styles and types of images that achieved widespread popularity during the Hellenistic and Roman periods were produced in large quantities and in several different places. This book will raise important new questions in the field of Classical bronze sculpture. How long might a single model remain in use and how far might casts from it be transported for production? What is the significance of an artist's signature on a work in a series and what influence was wielded by the potential buyer? And, given these issues, what should the criteria be for distinguishing Greek works from Roman ones? Classical Bronzes is generously illustrated, including an eight-page color insert.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150173878X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
One of the world's leading authorities on ancient bronze sculpture, Carol C. Mattusch urges us to discard the terms "Greek original" and "Roman copy" and to adopt instead terms that distinguish unique works from those produced in series and those produced as variations on a theme. She discusses the dating of bronzes based on criteria of technique and style, and considers technical innovations in the art of portraiture. Most controversially, she offers evidence that Greek artists cast bronzes in series based on a single model. Mattusch points out that examples of series castings can be found among the statuettes and vessel attachments from the Geometric and Orientalizing periods. From the Classical period onward, statues also appear to have been cast in series. Certain styles and types of images that achieved widespread popularity during the Hellenistic and Roman periods were produced in large quantities and in several different places. This book will raise important new questions in the field of Classical bronze sculpture. How long might a single model remain in use and how far might casts from it be transported for production? What is the significance of an artist's signature on a work in a series and what influence was wielded by the potential buyer? And, given these issues, what should the criteria be for distinguishing Greek works from Roman ones? Classical Bronzes is generously illustrated, including an eight-page color insert.
A History of Greek Sculpture
Author: Rufus Byam Richardson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Heavily illustrated with small b/w photos of ancient Greek sculpture, including works by, & extensive information about, Myron, Pheidias, Polykleitos, Skopas, Lysippos & Praxiteles. Includes explanation of the Parthenon frieze.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Heavily illustrated with small b/w photos of ancient Greek sculpture, including works by, & extensive information about, Myron, Pheidias, Polykleitos, Skopas, Lysippos & Praxiteles. Includes explanation of the Parthenon frieze.
Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture
Author: Όλγα Παλαγιά
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521657389
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This 1996 book Identifies and evaluates the distinctive styles of five important ancient Greek sculptors.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521657389
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This 1996 book Identifies and evaluates the distinctive styles of five important ancient Greek sculptors.
Zeus
Author: A. B. Cook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110802131X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
This monumental work traces the development and growth of the worship of Zeus as the god of lightning and thunder.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110802131X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
This monumental work traces the development and growth of the worship of Zeus as the god of lightning and thunder.