Greek Art

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Greek Art
Revised Edition JOHN BOARDMAN
The beginnings of Western Art are to he sought in the arts of ancient Greece. There the standards and conventions of an art form which has satisfied Rome, the Renaissance and much of the modern world were first evolved and perfected. Origins are worth studying for their own sakes, but there are several reasons why our knowledge of Greek art should go farther than appreciation of the perfection and beauty of the masterpieces of Classical Athens. For one thing, Greek art had its own beginnings too,^ and not the least impressive thing about its history is the speed and sureness with which it developed from'abstract geometry, through idealized representations of the human body at rest or in action, to a full range of expressive and emotional studies. Mr Boardman presents it as a live and changing subject, to be enjoyed in its full variety and not only in its better known .masterpieces. In this revised... Tovább

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Greek Art
Revised Edition JOHN BOARDMAN
The beginnings of Western Art are to he sought in the arts of ancient Greece. There the standards and conventions of an art form which has satisfied Rome, the Renaissance and much of the modern world were first evolved and perfected. Origins are worth studying for their own sakes, but there are several reasons why our knowledge of Greek art should go farther than appreciation of the perfection and beauty of the masterpieces of Classical Athens. For one thing, Greek art had its own beginnings too,^ and not the least impressive thing about its history is the speed and sureness with which it developed from'abstract geometry, through idealized representations of the human body at rest or in action, to a full range of expressive and emotional studies. Mr Boardman presents it as a live and changing subject, to be enjoyed in its full variety and not only in its better known .masterpieces. In this revised edition of a book which has already been widely accepted as a standard introduction to the subject, he has taken a fresh look at his text in the light of the discoveries of the last eight years. Included are major additions on the significance of symbolism in Greek art, especially in the Archaic period, and on the role of the Classical nude; a number of changes in the illustrations, providing better views or photographs of new finds; and a considerable lengthening of the bibliography with the English-reading student in mind.
"Packed with informative detail and yet readable and wholly clear" -Journal of Hellenic Studies.
The author. John Boardman was born in 1927, and educated at Chigwell School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He spent several years in Greece, three of them as Assistant Director of the British School of Archaeology, and^ excavated in Smyrna, Crete, Chios and Libya. For four years he was an Assistant Keeper in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and is now Reader in Classical Archaeology and Fellow of Merton College in Oxford. Mr Boardman is also rFe low of the British Academy, ^e has written widely on the art and archaeology of Archaic Greece - on excavations, on the date of the Knossos tablets, on Greek Burial Customs (with D. C. Kurtz) and, in several books, on Greek gems. Vissza