Book Description
A guide to the history and art of ancient Greece through the drawings and illustrations found on decorated vases, tombs, palaces, temples, and sculptures of the time.
Author : Don Bolognese
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1623346916
A guide to the history and art of ancient Greece through the drawings and illustrations found on decorated vases, tombs, palaces, temples, and sculptures of the time.
Author : Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 1444350145
Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Uniquely intersperses chapters devoted to major periods of Greek art from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, with chapters containing discussions of important contextual themes across all of the periods Contextual chapters illustrate how a range of factors, such as the urban environment, gender, markets, and cross-cultural contact, influenced the development of art Chronological chapters survey the appearance and development of key artistic genres and explore how artifacts and architecture of the time reflect these styles Offers a variety of engaging and informative pedagogical features to help students navigate the subject, such as timelines, theme-based textboxes, key terms defined in margins, and further readings. Information is presented clearly and contextualized so that it is accessible to students regardless of their prior level of knowledge A book companion website is available at www.wiley.gom/go/greekart with the following resources: PowerPoint slides, glossary, and timeline
Author : Jeremy Tanner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2006-03-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521846145
"The ancient Greeks developed their own very specific ethos of art appreciation, advocating a rational involvement with art. This book explores why the ancient Greeks started to write art history and how the writing of art history transformed the social functions of art in the Greek world. It looks at the invention of the genre of portraiture, and the social uses to which portraits were put in the city state. Later chapters explore how artists sought to enhance their status by writing theoretical treatises and producing works of art intended for purely aesthetic contemplation which ultimately gave rise to the writing of art history and to the development of art collecting. The study, which is illustrated throughout and which draws on contemporary perspectives in the sociology of art, will prompt the student of classical art to rethink fundamental assumptions on Greek art and its cultural and social implications."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,45 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541939476
The Ancient Greeks didn't just excel in math and philosophy. They also soared when it came to art. Art history is a refreshing way of knowing the local culture, customs and traditions. It details the truths of the world and myths, too. Without art, history will be boring and handing it down from one generation to the next will prove to be a challenge.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 26,22 MB
Release : 2018-05-17
Category :
ISBN : 9781908944399
Fully illustrated in colour throughout, with easy to follow, step by step instructions of how to draw gods, creatures, fashion, myths, buildings and everyday stuff from Ancient Greece on every page. Perfectly compliments the primary and elementary curriculum as well as being a great introduction to learning the art of illustration for any age.
Author : Susie Hodge
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 29,45 MB
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781403487667
Examines the art of ancient Greece, including mosaics, pottery, sculpture, architechture, and paintings.
Author : Michael J. Bennett
Publisher : Hudson Hills
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,43 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780940717718
This magnificent book presents 82 masterpieces of Greek vase painting and sculpture in terrocotta, stone, and bronze from the eight great museum collections of the South of Italy and Sicily. 170 colour illustrations
Author : Mary Louise Hart
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,79 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 1606060376
An explanation of Greek theater as seen through its many depictions in classical art
Author : Gloria Ferrari
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 37,16 MB
Release : 2002-01-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226244369
Over the past two hundred years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet these artifacts remain a challenge: what did the images depicted on these vases actually mean to ancient Greek viewers? In this long-awaited book, Gloria Ferrari uses Athenian vases, literary evidence, and other works of art from the Archaic and Classical periods (520-400 B.C.) to investigate what these items can tell us about the ancient Greeks—specifically, their notions of gender. Ferrari begins by developing a theoretical perspective on visual representation, arguing that artistic images give us access to how their subjects were imagined rather than to the way they really were. For instance, Ferrari's examinations of the many representations of women working wool reveal that these images constitute powerful metaphors—metaphors, she argues, which both reflect and construct Greek conceptions of the ideal woman and her ideal behavior. From this perspective, Ferrari studies a number of icons representing blameless femininity and ideal masculinity to reevaluate the rites of passage by which girls are made ready for marriage and boys become men. Representations of the nude male body in Archaic statues known as kouroi, for example, symbolize manhood itself and shed new light on the much-discussed institution of paiderastia. And, in Ferrari's hands, imagery equating maidens with arable land and buried treasure provides a fresh view of Greek ideas of matrimony. Innovative, thought-provoking, and insightful throughout, Figures of Speech is a powerful demonstration of how the study of visual images as well as texts can reshape our understanding of ancient Greek culture.
Author : Judith M. Barringer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 10,90 MB
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 1139991744
This richly illustrated, four-colour textbook introduces the art and archaeology of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age through to the Roman conquest. Suitable for students with no prior knowledge of ancient art, this textbook reviews the main objects and monuments of the ancient Greek world, emphasizing the context and function of these artefacts in their particular place and time. Students are led to a rich understanding of how objects were meant to be perceived, what 'messages' they transmitted and how the surrounding environment shaped their meaning. The book contains nearly five hundred illustrations (with over four hundred in colour), including specially commissioned photographs, maps, floorplans and reconstructions. Judith M. Barringer examines a variety of media, including marble and bronze sculpture, public and domestic architecture, painted vases, coins, mosaics, terracotta figurines, reliefs, jewellery and wall paintings. Numerous text boxes, chapter summaries and timelines, complemented by a detailed glossary, support student learning.