Archaic and Classical Greek Art by Robin Osborne

Archaic and Classical Greek Art by Robin Osborne

Archaic and Classical Greek Art is a revolutionary introduction to the images and sculptures of Ancient Greece from the Geometric period to the early Hellenistic. By carefully examining the context in which sculptures and paintings were produced, author Robin Osborne shows how artists responded to the challenges they faced in the formidable and ambitious world of the Greek city-state, producing the rich diversity of forms apparent in Greek art. Artistic developments of the period combined the influences of the symbolism and imagery of eastern Mediterranean art with the explorations of humanity embodied in the narratives of Greek poetry, while drawings and sculptures referred so intimately to the human form as to lead both ancient and modern theorists to talk in terms of the 'mimetic' role of art. Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting, and the minor arts, and offering a wide selection of unusual images alongside the familiar masterpieces, this work discusses the changing forms of art, and how art was used to define men's relationships with other men, women, slaves, society, nature, and the gods.

a different approach suggesting new perspectives and original connections.. eye-opening and thought-provoking * Professor François Lissarrague, Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris *
brings all that is best in the 'new' Classical art history to this exciting interpretation ... No reader of Osborne's stimulating and engaging book will come away with their vision of Greek art unchanged * Dr Jeremy Tanner, Institute of Archaeology, University of London *
Students of art will be intrigued and challenged by the methods employed and examples so cleverly chosen by one of our leading historians of Archaic and Classical Greece * Professor Joan Connelly, New York University *

Robin Osborne is a Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College.

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ISBN 13	9780192842022
ISBN 10	0192842021
Title	Archaic and Classical Greek Art
Author	Robin Osborne
Series	Oxford History Of Art
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1998-09-17
Number of pages	288
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