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ISBN 13 : 9780894681073
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Download or read book The Human Figure in Early Greek Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Anthony Snodgrass
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521629812
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Homer and the Artists written by Anthony Snodgrass and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about Homer, myth and art. The Iliad and Odyssey so dominate our view of ancient Greece that our natural reaction on viewing certain works of early Greek art is to identify them as 'scenes from Homer'. However, Anthony Snodgrass argues that, so far from 'illustrating' the Homeric poems, these works very rarely show signs of acquaintance with the Iliad or Odyssey, seldom even choosing their subject-matter from them. When the subjects do overlap, the artists occasionally give positive signs of preferring a non-Homeric version of the episode. He then attempts to explain why this should be so: despite Homer's unique standing in antiquity, the artists inhabited an independent world, where their own inspirations and concerns dominated their production. It is only the traditional dominance of the literary study of antiquity which has hidden this from us.
Author : Ian Dennis Jenkins
Publisher : British museum Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Defining Beauty written by Ian Dennis Jenkins and published by British museum Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek sculpture is full of breathing vitality and yet, at the same time, it reaches beyond mere imitation of nature to give form to thought in works of timeless beauty. For over 2000 years the Greeks experimented with representing the human body in works that range from prehistoric abstract simplicity to the full-blown realism of the age of Alexander the Great. The ancient Greeks invented the modern idea of the human body in art as an object of sensory delight and as a bearer of meaning. Their vision has had a profound influence on the way the western world sees itself. Drawing on the British Museum's outstanding collection of Greek sculpture - including extraordinary pieces from the Parthenon and the celebrated representation of a discus thrower - and through a number of themed sections, this richly illustrated book explores the Greek portrayal of human character in sculpture, along with sexual and social identity. In athletics, the male body was displayed as if it was a living sculpture, and victors were commemorated by actual statues. In art, not only were mortal men and women represented in human form but also the gods and other beings of myth and the supernatural world. In a series of lively introductory chapters, written by a selection of academics, historians and artists, it is revealed how the Greeks themselves viewed the sculpture (which was vividly enhanced with colour), and how it was regarded and treated in later pagan antiquity. The revival of the Greek body in the modern era is also discussed, including the shock of the new effect of the arrival of the Parthenon sculptures in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Author : Ian Dennis Jenkins
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781606060025
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Greek Body written by Ian Dennis Jenkins and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other ancient civilization, the Greeks placed the human body at the center of their culture. To them, the sculpted human figure was both an object of sensory delight and an expression of an intelligent mind. In the modern popular imagination, mention of the ancient Greeks is likely to conjure up an image of idealized and naked youth, and it is true that the ideal nude, both male and female, is a striking feature of Greek sculpture. However, in later Greek art, sculptors and their patrons became increasingly interested in human diversity, experimenting with the representation of ethnicity, age, social standing, and character. The marble, bronze, and terra-cotta sculptures presented in this volume--outstanding highlights drawn from over six centuries of artistic production--demonstrate the diversity of Greek figural forms, from the idealized beauty of the Classical era to the individualized portraits of the Hellenistic period. Large, stunning details testify to the artists' skills in portraying cold, hard materials as warm, human flesh.
Author : Tyler Jo Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119266815
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Greek Art written by Tyler Jo Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, authoritative account of the development Greek Art through the 1st millennium BC. An invaluable resource for scholars dealing with the art, material culture and history of the post-classical world Includes voices from such diverse fields as art history, classical studies, and archaeology and offers a diversity of views to the topic Features an innovative group of chapters dealing with the reception of Greek art from the Middle Ages to the present Includes chapters on Chronology and Topography, as well as Workshops and Technology Includes four major sections: Forms, Times and Places; Contacts and Colonies; Images and Meanings; Greek Art: Ancient to Antique
Author : Beth Cohen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004493743
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Not the Classical Ideal written by Beth Cohen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vision of reality in which a pre-eminent human type was defined in opposition to non-ideal 'Others' characterized ancient Greece. In democratic Athens the social structure privileged male citizens, and women, resident aliens, and slaves were marginalized. The Persian Wars polarized the opposition of Greeks and Barbarians. This anthology provides the first investigation of the delineation of otherness across a broad spectrum of the imagery of Greek art. An international cast of authors, with methodologies ranging from traditional to avant-garde, examines manifestations of the Other in Late Archaic and Classical Greek representations that particularly interest them. The 17 chapters develop a nuanced picture of the visual criteria that denoted otherness in regard to gender, class, and ethnicity and also reveal the social and political functions of this remarkable Greek imagery. Also available in paperback (ISBN 9789004117129)
Author : Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444350153
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book A History of Greek Art written by Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Uniquely intersperses chapters devoted to major periods of Greek art from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, with chapters containing discussions of important contextual themes across all of the periods Contextual chapters illustrate how a range of factors, such as the urban environment, gender, markets, and cross-cultural contact, influenced the development of art Chronological chapters survey the appearance and development of key artistic genres and explore how artifacts and architecture of the time reflect these styles Offers a variety of engaging and informative pedagogical features to help students navigate the subject, such as timelines, theme-based textboxes, key terms defined in margins, and further readings. Information is presented clearly and contextualized so that it is accessible to students regardless of their prior level of knowledge A book companion website is available at www.wiley.gom/go/greekart with the following resources: PowerPoint slides, glossary, and timeline
Author : Robert Manuel Cook
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Greek Art written by Robert Manuel Cook and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1991 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of classical and Hellenistic Greece created an aesthetic canon which remained a constant in Western art. In this book the author examines the origins of this tradition - the art of the Greek world between the geometric period of the early Iron Age and the conquest of Greece by the Romans in the first century BC. He also looks at all the art forms: vase painting, picture painting, sculpture, metalwork, architecture and interior decoration, tracing the development of each from the beginning. Close analysis of selected works, and detailed descriptions of the methods and materials used, give the reader an insight into the characteristics of each succeeding style, while a chapter on the historical background puts the development of Greek art into the context of the rest of the ancient world.
Author : Richard Neer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226570657
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture written by Richard Neer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging study, Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epoch-making 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 beholders. 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 wonder-inducing 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.
Author : Michael J. Bennett
Publisher : Hudson Hills
ISBN 13 : 9780940717718
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Magna Graecia written by Michael J. Bennett and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent book presents 82 masterpieces of Greek vase painting and sculpture in terrocotta, stone, and bronze from the eight great museum collections of the South of Italy and Sicily. 170 colour illustrations
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392171
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2007 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Department of Greek and Roman art -- Floor plan of the galleries of the Department of Greek and Roman art -- Art of the Neolithic and the Aegean bronze age : ca. 6000- B.C. -- Art of geometric and archaic Greece : ca. 1050-480 B.C. -- Art of classical Greece : ca. 480-323 B.C. -- Art of the Hellenistic Age : ca. 323-31 B.C. -- Art of Cyprus : ca. 3900 B.C.-ca. A.D. 100 -- Art of Etruria : ca. 900-100 B.C. -- Art of the Roman Empire : ca. 31 B.C.-A.D. 330 -- Notes on the works of art : Art of the Neolithic and the Aegean bronze age -- Art of geometric and archaic Greece -- Art of classical Greece -- Art of the Hellenistic age -- Art of Cyprus -- Art of Etruria -- Art of the Roman Empire -- Concordance -- Index of works of art
Author : Verity Platt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316943275
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (169 download)
Download or read book The Frame in Classical Art written by Verity Platt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The frames of classical art are often seen as marginal to the images that they surround. Traditional art history has tended to view framing devices as supplementary 'ornaments'. Likewise, classical archaeologists have often treated them as tools for taxonomic analysis. This book not only argues for the integral role of framing within Graeco-Roman art, but also explores the relationship between the frames of classical antiquity and those of more modern art and aesthetics. Contributors combine close formal analysis with more theoretical approaches: chapters examine framing devices across multiple media (including vase and fresco painting, relief and free-standing sculpture, mosaics, manuscripts and inscriptions), structuring analysis around the themes of 'framing pictorial space', 'framing bodies', 'framing the sacred' and 'framing texts'. The result is a new cultural history of framing - one that probes the sophisticated and playful ways in which frames could support, delimit, shape and even interrogate the images contained within.
Author : Olga Palagia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521738378
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (383 download)
Download or read book Greek Sculpture written by Olga Palagia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the sixth and fifth centuries BC, Greek sculpture developed into a fine art. With the human figure as its main subject, artists worked to represent it in increasingly natural terms. This book explores the material aspects of Greek sculpture at a pivotal phase in its evolution. Considering typologies and function, an international team of experts traces the development of technical characteristics of marble and bronze sculpture, the choice of particular marbles in different areas, and the types of monuments that were created on the Greek mainland, the islands and the west coast of Asia.
Author : Emanuel Loewy
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230387345
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)
Download or read book The Rendering of Nature in Early Greek Art written by Emanuel Loewy and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter iv differentiation Soon after the middle of the sixth century B.C., we meet something new in the drawing (in the stricter sense) of the Greeks. They begin to take a marked interest in the trunk of the human figure. They present it in aspects never seen till now, obliquely and in back view, making it bend or twist, and fitting it out amply with anatomical details. At the same date, and often applied to the same problems of drawing, there appears a more striking innovation--foreshortening (1). The new interest and the new method are related. It is easy to understand that we of to-day are relatively ignorant of the forms of the nude human trunk, but there were also good reasons for the same ignorance in the primitive art of the ancients. In every scene of which we are spectators our attention is called (1) Hartwig, Meisterschalen, pp. 154 sqq.; cf. p. 365; Delbriick, Beitrage, pp. 27 sqq. 76 first and foremost to the acting or speaking parts of the body, to the limbs or head respectively, and of the mere intermediary trunk itself there remains at best a vague memory-picture. Thus it is that in the earliest productions of art the drawing of the trunk oscillates between the front view and the profile; its forms are uncertain and ill understood. There was almost no occasion at all to exhibit the back of a body when figures were systematically juxtaposed (2). The intelligent interest in the trunk, then, is a sign of an increased observation of nature which is making energetic progress towards such images as were unknown to the unschooled imagination; and such an increased observation is required for foreshortening. (2) In the well-known archaic righting scheme (ex. the Euphorbos plate in the British Museum, A 268; Roscher, Lexikon der...
Author : Arthur Fairbanks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Greek Art written by Arthur Fairbanks and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Woodford
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801494802
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (948 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Greek Art written by Susan Woodford and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
