The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece
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Description
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…
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Key features
- Contains nearly five hundred illustrations, the majority in colour, including specially commissioned photographs, maps, plans and reconstructions reflecting the latest research
- Includes text boxes, chapter summaries and timelines, and a detailed glossary
- Looks at Greek art from the perspectives of both art history and archaeology, giving students an understanding of the historical and everyday context of art objects
- A richly illustrated, up-to-date textbook covering Bronze Age through Roman Greece with an emphasis on function and context
Awards
- Winner, 2016 PROSE Award for Textbook, Humanities
- Co-winner, 2018 Bolchazy Pedagogy Book Award, The Classical Association of the Middle West and South
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139047418
- Subjects Archaeology,Classical Archaeology,Classical Art and Architecture,Classical Studies
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 09 February 2015
- ISBN: 9780521171809
- Dimensions (mm): 279 x 216 mm
- Weight: 1.62kg
- Contains: 84 b/w illus. 400 colour illus. 9 maps 1 table
- Page extent: 445 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9781139047418
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