The Art and Culture of Early Greece, 1100-480 B.C.

Hurwit, Jeffrey

This handsomely illustrated book offers a broad synthesis of Archaic Greek culture. Unlike other books dealing with the art and architecture of the Archaic period, it places these subjects in their historical, social, literary, and intellectual contexts. Origins and originality constitute a central theme, for during this period representational and narrative art, monumental sculpture and architecture, epic, lyric, and dramatic poetry, the city-state (polis), tyranny and early democracy, and natural philosophy were all born.

EAN

9780801494017

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

14 July 1987

Pages

368