As the last great Athenian red-figure vase painters, the Meidias Painter and his followers were known for their depiction of elegant women gracefully assembled. Combining stylistic and thematic analysis, this iconographical study examines the group's subject matter, sources of inspiration, and the relationship of their depicted scenes with life in the late 5th century B.C.

The Meidias Painter (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology)

Arts & Photography

Burn, Lucilla

Other Media

Oxford University Press

Here retold in all their dramatic power are some of the most exciting and influential of all Greek myths: the epic struggle of the Trojan War, the wanderings of Odysseus, the tragic destiny of Oedipus, and the heroic adventures of Herakles, Theseus, Perseus, and Jason. The author introduces the complex pantheon of Olympian gods and goddesses, describing their attributes, genealogies, and often comic relationships, and illustrates the personalities and their stories by drawing upon the artistry of the ancient culture which created them. A concluding chapter reviews the powerful and continuing imaginative legacy of Greek myth, from Botticelli to Freud.

Greek Myths (The Legendary Past)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

University of Texas Press

The British Museum Book of Greek and Roman Art

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

This introduction to Greek and Roman art begins with the Greek Bronze Age and continues through the Geometric, Classical and Hellenistic periods and the Etruscans of pre-Roman Italy, to the Romans themselves, whose influence extended across the Mediterranean.

The British Museum Book of Greek and Roman Art /anglais

Reference

BRITISH MUSEUM

Greek Myths /anglais

This sequel to the Archaic and Classical volumes publishes almost 1,000 Hellenistic terracottas, each of which is illustrated and described in full. Arranged geographically, most of the Mediterranean is represented, excluding Egypt, southern Italy and Sicily, with each figure presented in the area where it was probably produced. Each regional section is introduced with a discussion of the area's findspots and history and technical data is presented in appendices. The general introduction outlines general questions of the evolution of artistic styles, techniques and functions of Hellenistic terracottas. The black and white plates illustrate every example, while the colour plates offer a representative selection of the range of clays found in the terracottas presented here and also of the coloured pigments used in their decoration.

Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in the British Museum: Volume III

Higgins, Reynold A.

Hellenistic Art from Alexander the Great to Augustus /anglais

History

Ancient Civilizations

The Hellenistic Age was a new era of Greek civilization that began with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. and lasted until the Roman emperor Octavian defeated the last independent Hellenistic monarch, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, in 31 B.C. Burn traces the development of a distinctive new Hellenistic culture that was shaped both by artists who spread innovations across the Mediterranean region and by rival monarchs who commissioned luxury articles and sponsored elaborate city developments. This cross-pollination produced great diversity in artistic subjects, techniques, and materials. Alongside sculptures of mythic Greek figures appeared those of new gods, such as the Egyptian Serapis, as well as depictions of common people, such as fishermen and nursemaids. Artists produced works of widely varying sizes, from the colossal statue of Apollo at Rhodes to pocket-sized table decorations. Technical virtuosity flourished in the fields of pottery, glass, and jewelry. In this illuminating survey, Burn argues for a new appreciation of the advances and range of Hellenistic art and the influence it continued to exert on Mediterranean culture into the first centuries of the new millennium.

Hellenistic Art: From Alexander the Great to Augustus

J.paul Getty Museum

This book has been commissioned by the Fitzwilliam Museum as part of the celebrations of the bicentenary, in 2016, of its foundation. It traces the story of the establishment and growth of the Museum from its origins in the 1816 bequest of Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, to the present day. By setting an individual museum’s story into the larger context of the growth and development of museums and galleries in the UK and elsewhere, the book will appeal to all students of the history of collecting and display as well as to visitors to the museum.

The Fitzwilliam Museum: A History

Knox, Timothy

Philip Wilson Publishers

Los que aquí se cuentan en toda su fuerza dramática son algunos de los más excitantes e influyentes mitos griegos: la épica batalla de la guerra de Troya, las andanzas de Odiseo, el destino trágico de Edipo, y las heroicas aventuras de Heracles, Teseo, Perseo y Jasón. El autor presenta el complejo panteón de los dioses y di

Mitos griegos (Pasado Legendario) (Spanish Edition)

Europe

Ediciones Akal, S.A.

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