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Classical Art From Greece to Rome

By Mary Beard , John Henderson

Book information

Publisher
OUP OXFORD
Year
2001
ISBN
0192842374, 9780192842374
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
58 MB (60306565 bytes)
Series
Oxford History of Art
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
304\291
Topic
History
DPI
400
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-04-22 21:21:49

Description

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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