Author: Tina DickeyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781734723908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Myron Stout and Cycladic Art
Author: Tina DickeyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781734723908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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SECURING THE SHADOW: POSTHUMOUS PORTRAITURE IN AMERICA.
Author: Stacy C. HollanderPublisher:
ISBN: 9780912161327
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture
Author: Richard NeerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226570657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
In this wide-ranging study, Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epoch-making sculpture of classical Greece. Working at the intersection of art history, archaeology, literature, and aesthetics, he reveals a people fascinated with the power of sculpture to provoke wonder in beholders. Wonder, not accuracy, realism, naturalism or truth, was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors. Neer traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato. Then, through meticulous accounts of major sculpture from around the Greek world, he shows how the demand for wonder-inducing statues gave rise to some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek art. Rewriting the history of Greek sculpture in Greek terms and restoring wonder to a sometimes dusty subject, The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the art of sculpture or the history of the ancient world.
Ritual, Play, and Belief in Evolution and Early Human Societies
Author: Colin RenfrewPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110714356X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This book presents unique new insights into the development of human ritual and society through our heritage of play and performance.
Gateways to Art
Author: Debra J. DeWittePublisher:
ISBN: 9780500841341
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Flexible organization, inclusive illustration program, expanded media resources.
The Palaikastro Kouros
Author: J. A. MacGillivrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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A Passion for Antiquities
Author: Marion TruePublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892362235
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman of New York is one of the most important private collections of ancient Greek and Roman art in the United States and among the most important in the world. Composed of approximately three hundred objects from the Bronze Age to the Late Antique, it includes bronze statuettes, marble sculpture, vases, jewelry, lamps and candelabra, keys, weights, and silver bowls and utensils. The Fleischmans have a particular fascination with pieces associated with everyday life in antiquity, since these objects evoke a human connection to the past. They are also drawn to pieces that exemplify the human propensity to transform a functional object into a thing of beauty. Not only has their emotional response to an object’s aesthetic appeal or its historical significance guided them in their forty years of collecting, personal interests have been at work as well. The large number of pieces related to the theater or representing theatrical subjects reflects Barbara Fleischman’s lifelong love of that art. A Passion for Antiquities contains photographs and extensive catalogue entries on the objects included in the exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Eighteen contributors provide art historical and descriptive information about each piece. The objects not selected for the exhibition are detailed in a checklist that specifies their origins, dates, media, and sizes. This book is the first major reference on the entire collection, since most of the objects have never before been publicly shown. To facilitate finding specific objects or groups of objects, the book is organized first chronologically and then by medium. Bibliographic sources for each entry cite both publications where the specific work is discussed as well as references to related scholarship. Karol Wight provides a chronological overview of the collection, and Oliver Taplin relates selected pieces to the development of Greek theater. The exhibition of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman’s collection and this catalogue allow us to enter into their minds and emotions so that, for a time, we can share their passion for antiquities.
Samos
Author: Konstantinos TsakosPublisher:
ISBN: 9789609590020
Category : Archaeological museums and collections
Languages : en
Pages : 375
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The Historians' History of the World
Author: Henry Smith WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Revolutionary Letters
Author: Diane di PrimaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780867195507
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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