Full Description
Greek Sculpture presents a chronological overview of the plastic and glyptic art forms in the ancient Greek world from the emergence of life-sized marble statuary at the end of the seventh century BC to the appropriation of Greek sculptural traditions by Rome in the first two centuries AD.
Compares the evolution of Greek sculpture over the centuries to works of contemporaneous Mediterranean civilizations
Emphasizes looking closely at the stylistic features of Greek sculpture, illustrating these observations where possible with original works rather than copies
Places the remarkable progress of stylistic changes that took place in Greek sculpture within a broader social and historical context
Facilitates an understanding of why Greek monuments look the way they do and what ideas they were capable of expressing
Focuses on the most recent interpretations of Greek sculptural works while considering the fragile and fragmentary evidence uncovered
Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xxv
1 Beginnings and Before: Greek Sculpture in the Iron Age (circa 1000-600) 1
2 The Search for Order: Sculptural Schemata and Regional Styles (circa 600-550) 23
3 Free-Standing Sculpture in the Later Sixth Century: Style and Panhellenism (circa 550-500) 46
4 Sixth-Century Architectural Sculpture 68
5 The Change to Classical: Democratic Athens and the Persian Conflict (circa 500-460) 89
6 The Temple of Zeus at Olympia: Panhellenism and the Early Classical (circa 470-450) 112
7 Classical Moment I: The Parthenon, Pericles, and the Power of Persuasion (circa 450-430) 135
8 Classical Moment II: Sculptors and Statuary in the Mid-Fifth Century 160
9 Unfinished Business: Pericles' Programs and the Archidamian War (circa 430-420) 183
10 An Attic Tragedy: The Fall of Athens and the Transition to Late Classical (circa 420-390) 203
11 Idealism and Individuality I: Late Classical Architectural Sculpture (circa 390-330) 226
12 Idealism and Individuality II: Late Classical Statuary and Relief Sculpture (circa 390-330) 247
13 Sculpture in Hellenistic Greece I: The Rise of Macedon and the Kingdoms of the Diadochs (circa 330-200) 270
14 Sculpture in Hellenistic Greece II: Greek Styles and Roman Taste (circa 200-50) 293
Glossary 317
References 322
Further Reading 323
Timeline: History 331
Timeline: Architectural Sculpture 334
Timeline: Freestanding Sculpture 336
Timeline: Literature/Philosophy 340
Index 342
