Bibliograph

Classical art, from Greece to Rome, Mary Beard and John Henderson

Type

Label

Classical art, from Greece to Rome, Mary Beard and John Henderson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-279) and index

Illustrations

mapsportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Classical art

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

45829408

Responsibility statement

Mary Beard and John Henderson

Series statement

Oxford history of art

Sub title

from Greece to Rome

Summary

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 of artworks in the twenty-first century

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Contributor