The Eye of Greece

Klappentext An exploration of the subjects and problems in the art of Archaic and Classical Athens. Zusammenfassung Athenian art of the sixth and fifth centuries BC offers the yardstick by which we judge the artistic achievement of the rest of the Greek world. These six essays! by prominent classical art-historians! British! German and American! explore some of the subjects and problems in the art of Archaic and Classical Athens which have exercised scholars in recent years. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; Foreword by John Boardman; Abbreviations; 1. Herakles, Theseus and Amazons John Boardman; 2. Notes on Makron Dietrich von Bothmer; 3. Two Pheidian heads: Nike and Amazon Evelyn Harrison; 4. Two groups of archaic Attic terracottas Richard Nicholls; 5. Satry-plays on vases in the time of Aeschylus Erika Simon; 6. The krater from Baksy Brian Shefton; The published writings of Martin Robertson; Plates.

Product details

• Authors: Donna Kurtz
• Assisted by: Kurtz Donna (Editor), Donna Kurtz (Editor), Kurtz Donna (Editor), Brian Sparkes (Editor), Sparkes Brian (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521128407
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12840-7
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, History of Art, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE