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Classical Art Mary Beard (Reader in Classics, Cambridge University)

Classical Art By Mary Beard (Reader in Classics, Cambridge University)

Summary

This look at Classical art starts with the excavation of the buried city of Pompeii, and investigates the monuments of ancient tyrants, and the sensual beauty of Apollo and Venus. Concluding with the human portrait, it highlights the re-discovery of Classical art in the modern world.

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Classical Art: From Greece to Rome by Mary Beard (Reader in Classics, Cambridge University)

The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western culture and to the origins of art history. The expanding Greek world of Alexander the Great had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean superpower of Rome. Generals, rulers, and artists seized, imitated, and re-thought the stunning legacy of Greek painting and sculpture, culminating in the greatest art-collector the world had ever seen, the Roman emperor, Hadrian. This exciting new look at Classical art starts with the excavation of the buried city of Pompeii, and investigates the grandiose monuments of ancient tyrants, and the sensual beauty of Apollo and Venus. Concluding with that most influential invention of all, the human portrait, it highlights the re-discovery of Classical art in the modern world, from the treasure hunts of Renaissance Rome to scientific retrieval in the twenty-first century.

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"This is no conventional book on Classical Art, but a critique of Greek art through Roman eyes, analyzing the complexity of the Romans' reception of Greek pictorial and sculptural 'masterpieces, ' most of which are only known today through their Roman versions."--Richard Brilliant, Columbia University


"Innovative, challenging, and never dull, this is a bracing departure from the norm. Readers will welcome its strong thesis and trenchant refusal to take received wisdom on trust."--Andrew Stewart, University of California, Berkeley


About Mary Beard (Reader in Classics, Cambridge University)

Mary Beard and John Henderson both teach Classics at the University of Cambridge. Mary Beard is a fellow of Newnham College, and John Henderson is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Introduction ; 1. Painting Antiquity: Rediscovering Art ; 2. Moving Statues: Art in the Age of Imitation ; 3. Sensuality, Sexuality, and the Love of Art ; 4. Sizing up Power: Masters of Art ; 5. Facing up to Antiquity: Art to the Life ; Notes ; Timeline ; Bibliographic Essay ; Museums and Websites ; List of Illustrations ; Maps and Plans ; Index

Additional information

GOR002684902
9780192842374
0192842374
Classical Art: From Greece to Rome by Mary Beard (Reader in Classics, Cambridge University)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2001-04-26
304
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