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The four centuries between the composition of the Homeric epics and the conquests of Alexander the Great witnessed an immensely creative period in Greek art one full of experimentation and innovation But time has taken its toll damaged statues have lost their colour and wall paintings have been totally destroyed And yet sympathetic study of surviving sculpture and of drawing on vases can give extraordinary insight into and appreciation of these once brilliant works This book designed originally for students introduces the reader to Greek sculpture and vase painting in the critical period from the eighth to the fourth centuries BC The works discussed are generously illustrated and lucidly analysed to give a vivid picture of the splendor of Greek art The updated second edition includes a new chapter examining art in Greek society a timeline to help relate artistic development to historical events an explanation of how dates BC are arrived at a brief overview of Greek temple plans and a further reading list of recent booksThis clear approachable and rigorous introduction makes the beauty of Greek art more readily accessible and comprehensible balancing description with interpretation and illustration and is an invaluable tool to help develop insight appreciation and comprehension
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The four centuries between the composition of the Homeric epics and the conquests of Alexander the Great witnessed an immensely creative period in Greek art one full of experimentation and innovation But time has taken its toll damaged statues have lost their colour and wall paintings have been totally destroyed And yet sympathetic study of surviving sculpture and of drawing on vases can give extraordinary insight into and appreciation of these once brilliant works This book designed originally for students introduces the reader to Greek sculpture and vase painting in the critical period from the eighth to the fourth centuries BC The works discussed are generously illustrated and lucidly analysed to give a vivid picture of the splendor of Greek art The updated second edition includes a new chapter examining art in Greek society a timeline to help relate artistic development to historical events an explanation of how dates BC are arrived at a brief overview of Greek temple plans and a further reading list of recent booksThis clear approachable and rigorous introduction makes the beauty of Greek art more readily accessible and comprehensible balancing description with interpretation and illustration and is an invaluable tool to help develop insight appreciation and comprehension
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By Seán Hemingway This volume the latest installment in The Mets widely acclaimed How to Read series introduces eight centuries of Greek sculpture from the early rectilinear designs of the Geometric period ca 900700 B C through the groundbreaking creativity of the Archaic and Classical periods to the monumental achievements of the Hellenistic Age 32331 B C The generous selection of objects and materialsranging from the sacred to the everyday and from bronze and marble to gold ivory and terracottaacts as primer on Greek art but also on life in ancient Greece The informative text features a comprehensive introduction and insightful discussions of forty objects including depictions of Zeus Athena and Eros architectural elements funerary reliefs perfume vases and jewelry An essential volume on one of the most remarkable achievements of Western art this book reveals how Greek artists captured the fundamental aspects of the human condition more than two millennia ago Seán Hemingway is the John A and Carole O Moran Curator in Charge of the Department of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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From its foundation in 1888 The Art Museum Princeton University has amassed an impressive collection of ancient Greek sculpture which along with the museums other collections of ancient art has long played an integral role in the training of art historians and archaeologists This book is a comprehensive catalog of The Art Museums ancient Greek sculpture Here a team of scholars headed by Brunilde Ridgway thoroughly documents each of the forty pieces that constitute this broad and diverse collection The collection includes gravestones votive reliefs and portraits of poets playwrights and philosophers as well as representations of gods and goddesses satyrs centaurs nymphs and sphinxes The resulting catalog will be a valuable tool to anyone wishing to learn about the world of ancient Greece The catalog covers both original works of Greek stone sculpture as well as Roman sculptures that copy or owe their inspiration to earlier Greek works Photographs of each piece are accompanied by information on dating provenance material dimensions and condition and by a detailed description and an analysis placing the piece in its artistic and historical contexts
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From its foundation in 1888 The Art Museum Princeton University has amassed an impressive collection of ancient Greek sculpture which along with the museums other collections of ancient art has long played an integral role in the training of art historians and archaeologists This book is a comprehensive catalog of The Art Museums ancient Greek sculpture Here a team of scholars headed by Brunilde Ridgway thoroughly documents each of the forty pieces that constitute this broad and diverse collection The collection includes gravestones votive reliefs and portraits of poets playwrights and philosophers as well as representations of gods and goddesses satyrs centaurs nymphs and sphinxes The resulting catalog will be a valuable tool to anyone wishing to learn about the world of ancient Greece The catalog covers both original works of Greek stone sculpture as well as Roman sculptures that copy or owe their inspiration to earlier Greek works Photographs of each piece are accompanied by information on dating provenance material dimensions and condition and by a detailed description and an analysis placing the piece in its artistic and historical contexts
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In 1999 the Metropolitan Museums renowned collection of ancient Greek sculpture was reinstalled in dramatic new galleries This book features specially commissioned photographs of these monumental marble sculptures in their new setting which is beautifully enhanced by natural lightAn informative essay serves as an introduction to the Greek sculpture collection and complements these exquisite photographs which feature details as well as overall views of sculptural groups The images are in black and white sepia and color An illustrated checklist provides informative descriptions of the sculptures from the authors personal perspective
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Looks at the development of sculptures reliefs and friezes in fifth century BC Greece and assesses this periods importance in art history
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This is the last in the series of Sir John Boardmans acclaimed handbooks on Greek sculpture a sequel to similar volumes on the Archaic and Classical periods Here the story continues through the fourth century BC to the days of Alexander the Great The innovations of the period are discussed such as the female nude and portraiture along with many important monuments including the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and several of the great names such as Praxiteles and Lysippus who were lionized by later generations The volume also presents Greek sculpture made in the colonies of Italy and Sicily from the Archaic period onwards as well as that made for eastern nonGreek rulers A final section considers the role of Greek sculpture in moulding western taste to the present day
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In 1999 the Metropolitan Museums renowned collection of ancient Greek sculpture was reinstalled in dramatic new galleries This book features specially commissioned photographs of these monumental marble sculptures in their new setting which is beautifully enhanced by natural lightAn informative essay serves as an introduction to the Greek sculpture collection and complements these exquisite photographs which feature details as well as overall views of sculptural groups The images are in black and white sepia and color An illustrated checklist provides informative descriptions of the sculptures from the authors personal perspective
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Shows and discusses Greek sculpture produced between the eighth and fourth centuries BC looks at the development of Greek art and describes various types of vases and their decoration
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Classical influence has shaped our daily lives and continues to do so even to this dayGreek and Roman Art and Archaeology and Their Influence An Introduction offers a brief survey of ancient Greece focusing on Athens and ancient Italy focusing on Rome and then shows the influence of these classical cultures on later Western civilization including America in the 1930s but also including France Germany and Italy in the 1930s as well It is designed specifically for students in the university class and is also meant to be accessible to a general public who might be interested to learn a bit more about Greeks Romans and their influence on later Western cultureGreek and Roman Art and Archaeology and Their Influence An Introduction coversthe influence of the classical period on art cinema and the historical novelvarious pioneers of classical influence in these genresindividuals as diverse as the Roman emperor Hadrian Andrea Palladio Sir Arthur Evans Cecil B De Mille Jean Cocteau Benito Mussolini and Lew Wallace among many others
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In this wideranging study Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epochmaking sculpture of classical Greece Working at the intersection of art history archaeology literature and aesthetics he reveals a people fascinated with the power of sculpture to provoke wonder in beholdersnbsp Wonder not accuracy realism naturalism or truth was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors Neer traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato Then through meticulous accounts of major sculpture from around the Greek world he shows how the demand for wonderinducing statues gave rise to some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek art Rewriting the history of Greek sculpture in Greek terms and restoring wonder to a sometimes dusty subject The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the art of sculpture or the history of the ancient world
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In this wideranging study Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epochmaking sculpture of classical Greece Working at the intersection of art history archaeology literature and aesthetics he reveals a people fascinated with the power of sculpture to provoke wonder in beholdersnbsp Wonder not accuracy realism naturalism or truth was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors Neer traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato Then through meticulous accounts of major sculpture from around the Greek world he shows how the demand for wonderinducing statues gave rise to some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek art Rewriting the history of Greek sculpture in Greek terms and restoring wonder to a sometimes dusty subject The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the art of sculpture or the history of the ancient world
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Greek sculpture was among the first art to communicate human emotions and to offer a more realistic portrait of the individual By working in new materials and posing the body naturally Greek sculptors established the foundation of a whole new art form Classic Greek Masterpieces of Sculpture features more than 60 of these magnificent and influential works that range in form historical period and subject Organized chronologically these works hail from the collections of top museums including The Metropolitan Museum of Art the British Museum the Pergamon Museum and the Louvre Alongside dynamic photographs of each sculpture is an essay that describes the work and offers commentary on its significance in Greek art Thoughtprovoking realistic and influential these sculptures altered the way people viewed art
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Greek Sculpture presents a chronological overview of the plastic and glyptic art forms in the ancient Greek world from the emergence of lifesized marble statuary at the end of the seventh century BC to the appropriation of Greek sculptural traditions by Rome in the first two centuries AD Compares the evolution of Greek sculpture over the centuries to works of contemporaneous Mediterranean civilizations Emphasizes looking closely at the stylistic features of Greek sculpture illustrating these observations where possible with original works rather than copies Places the remarkable progress of stylistic changes that took place in Greek sculpture within a broader social and historical context Facilitates an understanding of why Greek monuments look the way they do and what ideas they were capable of expressing Focuses on the most recent interpretations of Greek sculptural works while considering the fragile and fragmentary evidence uncovered
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In this wideranging study Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epochmaking sculpture of classical Greece Working at the intersection of art history archaeology literature and aesthetics he reveals a people fascinated with the power of sculpture to provoke wonder in beholdersnbsp Wonder not accuracy realism naturalism or truth was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors Neer traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato Then through meticulous accounts of major sculpture from around the Greek world he shows how the demand for wonderinducing statues gave rise to some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek art Rewriting the history of Greek sculpture in Greek terms and restoring wonder to a sometimes dusty subject The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the art of sculpture or the history of the ancient world
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Many pieces of Greek sculpture are very familiar to us the Discobolus the Venus de Milo and the Parthenon frieze for instance but our appreciation of them as works of art enshrined in museums is far removed from the ways in which the ancient Greeks saw and perceived them To comprehend why Greek sculpture looks as it does we have to recreate the conditions of its production and consider those who commissioned used and viewed it as much as the sculptors whom we traditionally associate with its creationIn a stimulating new approach to the subject Understanding Greek Sculpture reexamines the contexts in which Classical statuary was made and displayed In its original intended setting Greek sculpture not only looked quite different massed together or elevated on pediments and friezes and brightly painted but it also served social religious and political purposes that might surprise usDrawing on literary historical and archaeological evidence Nigel Spivey explains the techniques of the manufacture of Greek sculpture and traces its production from the eighth century BC to the Hellenistic period In an eloquent text illustrated throughout with diverse examples he explores the effects on sculpture of the demands of votive religion the culture of heroes and the faith in deities in human form He also looks at the causes of the Greek Revolution when sculptors discovered how to portray the human body naturalistically
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