| Название: Understanding Greek Sculpture
ISBN: 0500237107 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780500237106
Издательство: Thames & Hudson
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Описание: The Discobolus, the Venus de Milo and the Parthenon frieze are sculptural masterpieces of worldwide renown. But our appreciation of them as "works of art",
enshrined in museums, is far removed from the way in which the ancient Greeks saw and perceived them. In order to fully comprehend Greek sculpture, it is important to recreate the
conditions of its production and consider those who commissioned, used and viewed it, as well as the sculptors themselves.
This text re-examines the contexts in which
classical statuary was made and displayed, and restores its former cultural significance. In its original, intended setting, Greek sculpture not only looked quite different - massed together
or elevated on pediments and friezes, and brightly painted - but it also served surprising social, religious and political purposes. Illustrated with diverse examples, this text draws upon
literary, historical, and archaeological evidence to explain the techniques of the manufacture of Greek sculpture, tracing its production over a period of some 700 years from the eighth
century BC to the Hellenistic period.
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