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A Companion to Greek Art 2 Volume Set: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition

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by Tyler Jo Smith (Editor); Dimitris Plantzos (Editor)

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A comprehensive, authoritative account of the development Greek Art through the 1st millennium BC.

An invaluable resource for scholars dealing with the art, material culture and history of the post-classical world
Includes voices from such diverse fields as art history, classical studies, and archaeology and offers a diversity of views to the topic
Features an innovative group of chapters dealing with the reception of Greek art from the Middle Ages to the present
Includes chapters on Chronology and Topography, as well as Workshops and Technology
Includes four major sections: Forms, Times and Places; Contacts and Colonies; Images and Meanings; Greek Art: Ancient to Antique

From the rear cover

This well-illustrated two-volume set offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of the development of Greek art through the 1st millennium BC. While there is no shortage of introductory handbooks on Greek art, the current publication takes a fresh look at the many facets of the subject, from the basic forms, materials, and types, to colonization, iconography, and finally the reception of Greek art in post-classical periods.

A Companion to Greek Art is a collaborative effort joining scholars of various nationalities and specializations. The chapter authors are foremost experts in their field, and, being drawn from the ranks of university lecturers and professors, museum curators and field archaeologists, they offer unique perspectives to the collection. As a result, this is an unbiased and inclusive representation of the state of the discipline and the current ways it is being examined by scholars all over the world.

A Companion to Greek Art presents a nuanced portrait of the development of Greek art, through a narrative that is factually oriented and technically detailed, as well as thematic, contextual, and historiographical.

Details

Title A Companion to Greek Art 2 Volume Set: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Author Tyler Jo Smith (Editor); Dimitris Plantzos (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 888
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, OXFORD
Date 2012
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
ISBN 9781405186049 / 1405186046
Weight 4.5 lbs (2.04 kg)
Dimensions 9.9 x 7.1 x 2 in (25.15 x 18.03 x 5.08 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
Library of Congress subjects Art, Greek - History, ART / History / Ancient & Classical
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011046043
Dewey Decimal Code 709.38

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About the author

Tyler Jo Smith is Associate Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Virginia, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. She is the author of Komast Dancers in Archaic Greek Art (2010).

Dimitris Plantzos is Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Ioannina, Greece. He is the author of Hellenistic Engraved Gems (1999).