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The emergence of the classical style in Greek sculpture /

In the fifth century B.C.E, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed new ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. The resulting "Classical" style would prove influential for centuries and millennia to come. Modern scholars have traditionally described the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Neer, Richard T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, Ã2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the fifth century B.C.E, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed new ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. The resulting "Classical" style would prove influential for centuries and millennia to come. Modern scholars have traditionally described the emergence of this style as a steady march of progress, culminating in masterpieces like the Parthenon sculptures. But this account assumes the impossible: that the early Greeks were working tirelessly toward a style of which they had no prior knowledge. In this ambitious work, Richard Neer draws on recent ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 262 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226570655
0226570657
1282894757
9781282894754