Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period : a HandbookFor most people there is no more satisfying expression of Greek art than its sculpture. Its influence, through Rome and the Renaissance, is felt to the present day. It was the first, the only ancient art to break free from "conceptual" conventions for representing men and animals, and to explore consciously how art might imitate nature or even improve upon it. The first stages of this discovery, from the semi-abstract beginnings in the eighth century BC to the fuller awareness of what was possible in representational art of the early fifth century, are explored in this handbook. It describes the development in terms of styles and regions, tracing foreign influences and defining the contribution of native genius. -- From publisher's description. |
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Acropolis Aegina Archaic period Archermos architectural sculpture ARFH fig Aristodikos Artemis artist Athenian Athens Attica base Berlin body Boeotia bronze carved chariot Chios chiton clay column Corfu Corinth Cretan Crete Cyclades Daedalic decoration dedication Delos Delphi Didyma Dionysos Doric dress earlier early east Greek east pediment eastern Egyptian Endoios folds fragments frieze frontal Geometric goddess gorgon grave markers Greece Greek sculpture hair Hera Herakles Heraklion inscription Ionian Ionic island ivory Kleobis and Biton korai kore kouros Kyzikos later lifesize Limestone lion mantle marble metopes Naxian Olympia Paros pattern Payne pediment peplos perhaps pose probably Ptoon Rampin relief round Samian Samos SAN DIEGO sanctuary seated figure seventh century signature Siphnian treasury sixth century slab Sparta sphinx statuary statues stelai stele stone style survived technique temple of Apollo Thasos Themistoclean wall Thera Theseus treasury at Delphi vase painting votive warrior wears Zeus