Greek Sculpture presents a chronological overview of the plastic and glyptic art forms in the ancient Greek world from the emergence of life-sized marble statuary at the end of the seventh century BC to the appropriation of Greek sculptural traditions by Rome in the first two centuries AD. Compares the evolution of Greek sculpture over the centuries to works of contemporaneous Mediterranean civilizations Emphasizes looking closely at the stylistic features of Greek sculpture, illustrating these observations where possible with original works rather than copies Places the remarkable progress of stylistic changes that took place in Greek sculpture within a broader social and historical context Facilitates an understanding of why Greek monuments look the way they do and what ideas they were capable of expressing Focuses on the most recent interpretations of Greek sculptural works while considering the fragile and fragmentary evidence uncovered

Fullerton, Mark D., author

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Chichester, West Sussex, England, 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index
Beginnings and before: Greek sculpture in the Iron Age (ca. 1000-600) -- Uses of sculpture in ancient Greece -- The search for order: sculptural schemata and regional styles (ca. 600-550) -- Marble, the monumental, and Egypt: materials and processes -- Free-standing sculpture in the later sixth century: style and Panhellenism (ca. 550-500) -- chronology and Herodotus -- Sixth century architectural sculpture -- The Greek architectural orders and Vitruvius -- The change to classical: democratic Athens and the Persian conflict (ca. 500-460) -- Bronze casting techniques, copies and originals -- The temple of Zeus at Olympia: panhellenism and the early classical (ca. 470-450) -- Literary sources I: Pausanias -- Classical moment I: the Parthenon, Pericles, and the power of persuasion (ca. 450-430) -- The Parthenon marbles and the Acropolis Museum -- Classical moment II: sculptors and statuary in the mid-fifth century -- Literary sources II: ancient art histories -- Unfinished business: Pericles' programs and the Archidamian War (ca. 430-420) -- The evidence of inscriptions -- An Attic tragedy: the fall of Athens and the transition to late classical (ca. 420-390) -- Painting and perceptualism -- Idealism and individuality I: late classical architectural sculpture (ca. 390-330) -- Itinerant artists and regional schools -- Idealism and individuality II: late classical statuary and relief sculpture (ca. 390-330) -- The role of the sculptor -- Sculpture in Hellenistic Greece I: the rise of Macedon and the kingdoms of the Diadochs (ca. 330-200) -- The Nike of Samothrace and Hellenistic chronology -- Sculpture in Hellenistic Greece II: Greek styles and Roman taste (ca. 200-50) -- Ars revixit, Hellenistic classicism, and Roman patronage

2024-07-01