A History of Greek Art

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John Wiley & Sons, 27 jan 2015 - 448 pagina's

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
 

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INTRODUCTION AND ISSUES IN THE HISTORY OF GREEK ART 1
1
15
15
THE EARLY AND MIDDLE BRONZE AGES C 31001600 BCE 19
19
Chronology Regions Periods and Pottery Analysis
21
Early to Middle Helladic c 31001675 BCE
27
The Cyclades
39
The Eruption of Thera and Debates over Absolute Chronology
46
THE LATE BRONZE AGE IIIII C 16001075 BCE
48
THE FIFTH CENTURY C 480400 BCE
235
THE PRODUCTION OF GREEK ART AND ITS MARKETS
265
Sculpture
271
Artists and Workshops
279
Further Reading
285
THE FOURTH CENTURY TO C 330 BCE
286
THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
298
IDENTITY
319

THE LATE BRONZE AGE IIIII C 16001075 BCE
52
THE SUBMYCENAEAN PROTOGEOMETRIC AND GEOMETRIC PERIODS C 1075700 BCE
68
Sculpture
84
What is in a Name?
95
CIVIC DOMESTIC AND FUNERARY
97
THE SEVENTH CENTURY C 725700625600 BCE
130
SANCTUARIES AND ARCHITECTURE
152
THE SIXTH CENTURY C 625600480 BCE
179
NARRATIVE
209
THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD C 33030 BCE
341
Timeline
342
Cities and Architecture
348
Sculptural Styles and Dating
355
Representations and Portrayal
363
Painting
369
The Riace Warriors as Hellenistic Sculpture
378
EPILOGUE
380
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Mark Stansbury-O'Donnell is a Professor of Art History at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Pictorial Narrative in Ancient Greek Art (1999), Vase Painting, Gender, and Social Identity in Archaic Athens (2006), and Looking at Greek Art (2011).

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