Author: Whitworth Art GalleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, European
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Inspiration of Classical Antiquity, from Mantegna to Picasso
Author: Whitworth Art GalleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, European
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
From Sophocles to Picasso
Author: Whitney Jennings OatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome
Author: John OniansPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300075335
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
An inquiry into the foundations of European culture. The account ranges from the Greek Dark Ages to the Christianisation of Rome, revealing how the experience of a constantly changing physical environment influenced the inhabitants of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Classical Art
Author: Caroline VoutPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691177031
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be seen as "classical" and as "art"? What does "classical art" mean across time and place? In this ambitious, richly illustrated book, art historian and classicist Caroline Vout provides an original history of how classical art has been continuously redefined over the millennia as it has found itself in new contexts and cultures. All of this raises the question of classical art's future. What we call classical art did not simply appear in ancient Rome, or in the Renaissance, or in the eighteenth-century Academy. Endlessly repackaged and revered or rebuked, Greek and Roman artifacts have gathered an amazing array of values, both positive and negative, in each new historical period, even as these objects themselves have reshaped their surroundings. Vout shows how this process began in antiquity, as Greeks of the Hellenistic period transformed the art of fifth-century Greece, and continued through the Roman empire, Constantinople, European court societies, the neoclassical English country house, and the nineteenth century, up to the modern museum. A unique exploration of how each period of Western culture has transformed Greek and Roman antiquities and in turn been transformed by them, this book revolutionizes our understanding of what classical art has meant and continues to mean.
Reinterpreting the Classical Tradition
Author: Perspective in the Visual Culture of Classical Antiquity
Author: Rocco SinisgalliPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107025907
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This book investigates theories of linear perspective in classical antiquity.
Masterpieces of Classical Art
Author: Dyfri WilliamsPublisher: British Museum Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The British Museum has one of the finest collection of antiquities from ancient Greece and Rome outside of those countries. This beautiful book investigates 180 of the most important works, including the most famous (such as the Parthenon sculptures) and also a selection of lesserknown but equally important pieces. The unique story of each work of art is illustrated with superb photographs, many specially taken for this publication. A preface includes a brief history of the British Museumâe(tm)s marvellous collections, and chapter introductions provide a concise background to each period of Classical art. A stunning overview of the artistic production of this creative period and a must-have introduction to Classical art.
The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity
Author: John BoardmanPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691252831
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
From one of the world’s leading authorities on ancient Greek art, a groundbreaking account of how Greek images were understood and used by other ancient peoples, from Britain to China In this book, acclaimed archaeologist and art historian John Boardman explores Greek art as a foreign art transmitted to the non-Greeks of antiquity—peoples who weren’t necessarily able to judge the meaning of Greek art and who may have regarded the Greeks themselves with great hostility. Boardman examines how and why the arts of the classical world traveled and to what effect, from Britain to China, from roughly the eighth century BCE to the early centuries CE. In some places, such as Italy, Greek images were overwhelmingly successful. In Egypt, the Celtic world, the eastern steppes, and other regions with strong local traditions, they were never effectively assimilated. And in cultures where there was a subtler blend of influences, notably in the Buddhist east, classical images served as a catalyst to the generation of new styles. Along the way, Boardman demonstrates that looking at Greek art from the outside provides a wealth of new insights into Greek art itself, and he raises important questions about how images in general are copied and reinterpreted.
European Art and the Classical Past
Author: Cornelius Clarkson VermeulePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
History of the Art of Antiquity
Author: Johann Joachim WinckelmannPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892366682
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
"Translation of a foundational text for the disciplines of art history and archaeology. Offers a systematic history of art in ancient Egypt, Persia, Etruria, Rome, and, above all, Greece that synthesizes the visual and written evidence then available"--Provided by publisher.