Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive collection in translation of ancient literary evidence relating to Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and the decorative arts. Its purpose is to make this important evidence available to students who are not specialists in the Classical languages or Classical archaeology.
Trade Review"...a welcome return of a much valued resource for the teaching of Greek art and archaeology." The Classical Journal
"This volume, so assiduously compiled, expanded and annotated, could well inspire a university course about the contribution of ancient sources to our knowledge of the art of ancient Greece....an indispensable tool for scholars." Beth Cohen, Classical World
Table of ContentsPreface; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Ancient memories and primitive beginnings; 2. Sculpture: early developments and the Archaic period (c. 650–510 BC); 3. Sculpture: the Late Archaic phase (c. 510–480 BC); 4. Sculpture: the Early Classical period (c. 480–450 BC); 5. Sculpture: the High Classical period (c. 450–400 BC); 6. Sculpture: the fourth century BC; 7. Sculpture: the Hellenistic period; 8. Painting: earliest developments and the fifth century BC; 9. Painting: the fourth century BC; 10. Painting and mosaics: the Hellenistic period; 11. Architecture; 12. The decorative arts; 13. Art history, aesthetics, and comparative criticism; Bibliography; Ancient authors whose works are excerpted in this book; Index of artists; Geographical index; General subject index.
