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The art of ancient Greece / The Walters Art Museum ; edited by Sabine Albersmeier ; with contributions by Amalia Avramidou ... [and others] ; photography by Susan Tobin.
Fine Arts Library N5634.W35 W35 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Greek.
- Art, Ancient--Greece.
- Art, Ancient.
- Art--Maryland--Baltimore.
- Art.
- Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.).
- Maryland--Baltimore.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 206 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Walters Art Museum ; London : Philip Wilson Publishers, 2008.
- Summary:
- An essential guide to The Walters Art Museum and an invaluable reference for students and scholars, this highly illustrated, full-color work provides a comprehensive overview of the history of Greek art and culture, from the Cycladic to the Hellenistic period. It includes previously unpublished works, an introductory essay on the history of the museum collection, individual catalogue entries and essays ranging from the history of Greek pottery and the art of jewelry making to Roman imitation of Greek sculptural masterpieces.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Gary Vikan
- Introduction / Sabine Albersmeier
- Early Greece / Michael Maass
- The archaic period / H. Alan Shapiro
- The classical period / Allison Surtees
- Roman copies / Allison Surtees
- The Hellenistic period / Sabine Albersmeier
- Jewelry / Sabine Albersmeier
- Appendix: An overview of Greek pottery / Angeliki Kokkinou
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-200) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780856676437
- 0856676438
- 9780911886696
- 0911886699
- OCLC:
- 152580755
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