Nigel Spivey (University of Cambridge)

Greek Sculpture

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Produktbeschreibung

In this well-illustrated survey, Spivey explains the social function of Greek sculpture as well as its aesthetic achievement. The connoisseurship of this great art - from c.750 BC to the end of antiquity - is sympathetically unravelled as new approaches are reconciled with traditional modes of study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 786g
• ISBN-13: 9780521756983
• ISBN-10: 0521756987
• Artikelnr.: 36138260

Autorenporträt

Nigel Spivey teaches Classical archaeology at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a Fellow of Emmanuel College. He has held scholarships at the British School at Rome and the University of Pisa and has also worked at the Australian National University and the Getty Research Institute. He has written widely about Greek, Etruscan and Roman art and presented several historical television documentaries, including the major BBC/PBS series How Art Made the World (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction: the study of Greek sculpture; 2. 'The Greek revolution'; 3. Daedalus and the wings of Technê; 4. Anathêmata: gifts for the Gods; 5. Heroes apparent; 6. Temple stories; 7. In search of Pheidias; 8. Revealing Aphrodite; 9. Royal patronage; 10. Portraits and personifications; 11. Graecia Capta; 12. Afterlife.