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For more than 2,000 years the art of Greece and Rome has lain at the heart of western civilization. This book recaptures the excitement of the artists who first created it. It traces the daring innovations of those who, defying traditional wisdom, explored new ideas; it describes the valiant struggles of sculptors and painters to portray – for the first time – both the complexities of the human form and the richness of human emotions. So much has been destroyed by the ravages of time that Greek and Roman art seems to consist only of impressive ruins and broken fragments. Yet the creative achievements of the Greeks and their legacy, as adapted by the Romans, have never lost their power.

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An introduction to the History of the Parthenon: How the Parthenon came to be built, how the Greeks worshipped their Gods and Goddesses and the history of Parthenon from the 5th century BC until the present day.

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* Una guía nítida, clara y, sobre todo, orientada al arte griego y romano, desde la evolución de la escultura hasta las técnicas detalladas de la pintura de vasos y murales.* La fuerza de los logros creativos de los griegos y su legado adaptado por los romanos a través de explicaciones, obras, artistas, disciplinas y tendencias.* Las emociones de los artistas que crearon el arte por primera vez en Grecia y Roma, que desafiaron la sabiduría tradicional para explorar nuevas ideas.Durante más de dos mil años, el arte de Grecia y Roma ha sido el de referencia para la civilización occidental. Este libro ofrece información sobre los orígenes de las atrevidas innovaciones de aquellos que exploraron nuevas ideas, con información sobre los grandes esfuerzos de escultores y pintores para retratar, por primera vez, tanto las complejidades de la forma humana como la riqueza de sus emociones. Los estragos del tiempo han destruido tanto, que parece que el arte griego y romano hubiera cons

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Looking at pictures can be a delightful, exciting or moving experience, but some pictures – and these are often the most rewarding – require some explanation before they can be fully understood. Delving into the origins, designs and themes of over 100 pictures from different periods and places, this book illuminates the art of looking at – and talking about – pictures. Woodford shows how you can read a picture by examining the formal and stylistic devices used by an artist, and explores popular themes and subject matters, and the relationship of pictures to the societies that produced them. The book is supplemented by a glossary of key terms, ranging from art movements and technical terms to religious and classical terminology, to give readers all the information they need at their fingertips.

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