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Author Barringer, Judith M., 1959- author.

Title The art and archaeology of ancient Greece / Judith M. Barringer
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 438 pages) : PDF file(s)
Contents The bronze age and early iron age in Greece -- The geometric period (c. 900-700 B.C.) and the seventh century B.C. -- The archaic Mediterranean -- The classical period: the fifth century B.C -- The late classical period and Alexander, c. 400-323 B.C. -- The legacy of Alexander: the Hellenistic world -- Roman conquest and the conquest of Rome
Summary 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
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 May 2018)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Art, Greek.
Art, Mycenaean.
Mycenaean.
Antiquities
Art, Greek
Art, Mycenaean
SUBJECT Greece -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057037
Subject Greece
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014007608
ISBN 9781139047418
1139047418
1139984802
9781139984805
1139989421
9781139989428