A Handbook of Greek ArtGisela Richter's classic book, first published in 1959, is the indispensable introduction to the study of Greek art: clear, factual, authoritative, and at the same time inspired and sensitive in its understanding and appreciation of the masterpieces it discusses. Lucidly arranged according to subject matter, the richly illustrated text covers architecture, large sculptures, statuettes, paintings and mosaics, gems, coins, jewellery, pottery and vase painting, furniture, textiles, glass, ornament and epigraphy. A companion volume, A Handbook of Roman Art, is available from Phaidon. |
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
ARCHITECTURE | 19 |
LARGER WORKS OF SCULPTURE | 53 |
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Akropolis amphora ancient animals Aphrodite Apollo archaic period Artemis artists Attic B.C. Athens B.C. London B.C. New York B.C. Paris B.C. Roman copy Bieber black-figure Boeotia British Museum Bronze statuette cella chariot coins colour columns compositions cotta decorated Delphi Dinsmoor Dionysos Doric drapery early engraved Epidauros examples fifth century fifth century B.C. figures fourth century B.C. frieze gems geometric glaze gold Greece Greek art Greek Sculpture Griechische head Hellenistic period Hera Herakles Hermes hydria inscriptions Italy kouroi krater kylix late later lekythos Lippold Louvre Lysippos marble metopes Metropolitan Museum moulds Museo Mycenaean Naples National Museum Nike occasionally Olympia opisthodomos ornaments PAINTER palmette Parthenon Pausanias pediment Perachora Pheidias Picard Polykleitos Portraits pottery Praxiteles preserved red-figure reliefs represented Richter Samos scenes second century B.C. seventh century B.C. sixth South Italian statues Stele stone style survived technique temple terra-cotta third century B.C. tombs vase-painting vases Zeus