A Companion to Greek Art.

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 worldIncludes voices from such diverse fields as art history, classical studies, and archaeo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Smith, Tyler Jo
Other Authors: Plantzos, Dimitris
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • A COMPANION TO GREEK ART: Volume I; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Color Plates; List of Maps; Notes on Contributors; Preface; PART I Introduction; 1. The Greeks and their Art; PART II Forms, Times, and Places; 2. Chronology and Topography; 3. Greek Decorated Pottery I: Athenian Vase-painting; 4. Greek Decorated Pottery II: Regions and Workshops; 5. Free-standing and Relief Sculpture; 6. Architecture in City and Sanctuary; 7. Architectural Sculpture; 8. Wall- and Panel-painting; 9. Mosaics; 10. Luxury Arts; 11. Terracottas; 12. Coinages; 13. Workshops and Technology.
  • 14. Ancient Writers on ArtPART III Contacts and Colonies; 15. Egypt and North Africa; 16. Cyprus and the Near East; 17. Asia Minor; 18. The Black Sea; 19. Sicily and South Italy; Color Plates; A COMPANION TO GREEK ART: Volume II; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; PART IV Images and Meanings; 20. Olympian Gods at Home and Abroad; 21. Politics and Society; 22. Personification: Not Just a Symbolic Mode; 23. The Non-Greek in Greek Art; 24. Birth, Marriage, and Death; 25. Age, Gender, and Social Identity; 26. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality; 27. Drinking and Dining.
  • 28. Competition, Festival, and Performance29. Figuring Religious Ritual; 30. Agency in Greek Art; PART V Greek Art: Ancient to Antique; 31. Greek Art through Roman Eyes; 32. Greek Art in Late Antiquity and Byzantium; 33. The Antique Legacy from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment; 34. Greek Art and the Grand Tour; 35. Myth and the Ideal in 20th c. Exhibitions of Classical Art; 36. The Cultural Property Debate; 37. Greek Art at University, 19th-20th c.; 38. Surveying the Scholarship; Bibliography; Index.