Archaic and Classical Greet Art

Zusatztext Students of art will be intrigued and challenged by the methods employed and examples so cleverly chosen by one of our leading historians of Archaic and Classical Greece Informationen zum Autor Robin Osborne is a Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung An introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. Looking 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robin Osborne, Robin (Professor of Ancient History Osborne, Osborne Robin
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Trade
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.09.1998
• EAN: 9780192842022
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284202-2
• Abmessung: 168 mm x 240 mm x 16 mm
• Serie: Oxford History of Art
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Kunstgeschichte; Cultural Studies, Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History of Art, Non-graphic art forms, Painting & paintings, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Paintings and painting, Ancient Greek style, Non-graphic and electronic art forms