| Description |
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
"The ancient Greeks are widely considered the founders of Western civilization. To them we attribute such fundamental concepts as democracy, philosophy, theater, and athletics. This richly illustrated book traces their lasting contributions in the visual arts and places them in historical and cultural context. From the Minoans and Mycenaeans of the second millennium B.C. to the Athenians of the Golden Age of Perikles; from those who dwelled in small city-states to the inhabitants of the vast empires of Alexander the Great and his successors, who spread Greek culture far afield before they fell to the Romans, Greeks produced remarkable monuments of architecture, sculpture, and painting: majestic temples dedicated to the gods; life-like statues of bronze and marble; and painted pots renowned for their elegance. These were far more than works of art, however. They reflected - and projected - essential cultural values, whether they were intended for religious sanctuaries for aristocratic drinking parties, civic squares or tombs."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
What is Greek art? -- Between myth and reality : Minoans and Mycenaeans, 2600-1100 B.C. -- From Geometric to Orientalizing, 1100-610 B.C. -- Archaic art, 610-480 B.C. -- The Early Classical period, 480-450 B.C. -- The Classical period, 450-323 B.C. -- Art in the Hellenistic age, 323-31 B.C. |
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What is Greek Art? -- Between Myth and Reality: Minoans and Mycenaeans. Minoan Crete ; The Palace of Knossos ; The Variety of Materials and Forms ; War and Trade: The Mycenaean World ; Mycenae: The Mighty Fortress ; Mycenae, Rich in Gold -- From Geometric to Orientalizing. Conceptualizing the World ; Ordering the Universe ; Aristocratic Values ; The Orientalizing Period -- Archaic Art. The Greek Polis ; The Athenian Akropolis before the Persian Destruction ; Kouroi ; Korai ; The Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi ; Magna Graecia: Greek Colonies in the West. Paestum ; Selinus ; Athenian Vase-Painting -- The Early Classical Period. Changes in Art and Society in the Early Classical Period ; Persian Wars ; The Doric Temple in the Early Classical Period ; Pediments of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia ; Explorations of the Human Body in Early Classical Sculpture ; Western Greeks in the Early Classical Period ; Greek Painting: The Tomb of the Diver at Paestum ; The Greek Ideal of Beauty -- The Classical Period. Athens in the Age of Perikles ; The Akropolis of Athens ; The Parthenon Pediments ; The Parthenon Frieze and Metopes ; The Doric Temple in the Classical Period ; Lost Masterpieces ; Greek Theater ; The Evolution of Classical Sculpture ; The Kerameikos Cemetery in Athens ; The Maussolleion at Halikarnassos ; Skopas and Praxiteles ; Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros ; Urban Planning: Priene ; New Architectural Forms ; Greek Culture in the East -- Art in the Hellenistic Age. Alexander the Great and the Birth of the Hellenistic Age ; Lysippos ; Hellenistic Kingships ; Urban Planning as a Magnificent Setting ; The Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon ; Urban Planning in the Service of Well-Being ; The Great Temples of Asia Minor ; Hellenism and the East: Nemrud Dagh ; Hellenistic Portraiture: In Search of the Individual ; New Genres of Art ; The Female Nude ; Genre Scenes on Late Hellenistic Art ; Odysseus at Sperlonga ; The Laokoön. |
| Bibliography |
Includes indexes. |
| Subject |
Art, Ancient -- Greece.
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Art, Greek.
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Art, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst00815925
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Art, Greek. (OCoLC)fst00816343
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Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
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Griekse oudheid.
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Bouwkunst.
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Beeldende kunsten.
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| Added Author |
Lapatin, Kenneth D. S.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Belozerskaya, Marina, 1966- Ancient Greece. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004 (OCoLC)607360890 |
| ISBN |
0892366958 (pbk.) |
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9780892366958 (pbk.) |
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