History of Greek Art
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Antikythera shipwreck
antiquarianism
Archaic Period
architectural sculpture
architecture
Athenian pottery
Athens
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Bronze Age Greece
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decorative arts
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Epidauros
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Fifth-Century Classical
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Greek architecture
Greek art
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Hellenistic Period
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Lysippos
Mahdia shipwreck
mosaic
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Orientalizing Period
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Praxiteles
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Proto-Geometric and Geometric Periods
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sculptural workshop
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Skopas
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terracotta figurines
theatricism
Product details
- ISBN 9781444350159
- Weight: 1066g
- Dimensions: 211 x 274mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 2015
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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
Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell is a Professor of Art History at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. 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).
