Archaic and Classical Greek Art
Series: Oxford History of Art;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 17 September 1998
- ISBN 9780192842022
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages282 pages
- Size 240x168x18 mm
- Weight 522 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous colour plates and black and white halftones, 3 plans, 2 maps 0
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Short description:
Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting, and the minor arts, this book provides a brilliant and original introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. By looking closely at the social and cultural contexts in which the rich diversity of Greek arts were produced, Robin Osborne shows how artistic developments were both a product of, and contributed to, the intensely competitive life of the Greek city.
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This fascinating new account of what happened in Greece from c.800 to 323 bc shows how sculptors and painters responded to the challenges they faced in the extremely formidable and ambitious world of the Greek city-state. The numerous symbols and images employed by their eastern Mediterranean neighbours on the one hand, and the explorations of what it was to be human embodied in the narratives with which Greek poets worked on the other, helped produce the rich diversity of forms apparent in Greek art. The drawings and sculptures of this period referred so intimately to the human form as to lead both ancient and modern theorists to talk in terms of the 'mimetic' role of art. The importance of what occurred still affects the way we see today.
Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting and the minor arts, this book provides a clear introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. By looking closely at the context in which and for which sculptures and paintings were produced, Robin Osborne demonstrates how artistic developments were both a product of, and contributed to, the intensely competitive life of the Greek city.
'brilliantly illustrates the purpose of this new series by focusing on the social and political context of Greek art . . . a different approach suggesting new perspectives and original connections . . . eye-opening and thought-provoking'
Professor Fran
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: A history of art without artists
Chapter 2: From praying to playing: the art of the eighth century BC
Chapter 3: Reflections in an eastern mirror
Chapter 4: Myth as measure
Chapter 5: Life enlarged
Chapter 6: Marketing an image
Chapter 7: Enter politics
Chapter 8: Gay abandon
Chapter 9: Cult, politics, and imperialism
Chapter 10: The claims of the dead
Chapter 11. Individuals within and without the city
Chapter 12: The sensation of art
Chapter 13: Looking Backwards
List of Illustrations, Bibliographic essay, Timeline, Index
