Sculptors and physicians in fifth-century Greece : a preliminary study / Guy P.R. Metraux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Métraux, Guy P. R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, Greek.

Medicine and art--History.

Medicine and art.

Anatomy, Artistic--History.

Anatomy, Artistic.

Physical Description:

xvi, 154 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring this interplay, Guy Métraux shows how the depiction of physiological processes gave statues and reliefs their animating force and how many medical and philosophical speculations about the body were derived from depictions in art. He examines works such as the Omphalos Apollo, the relief of the Girl with Doves from Paros, and the recently discovered two bronze warriors from Riace, paying particular attention to developments in the depiction of breathing, blood vessels, and facial expression, to attempts to show actual or potential motion, and to the invention of contrapposto (asymmetry of stance). Sculptors and Physicians in Fifth-Century Greece is a fascinating examination of the interaction between art and ideas in Greek intellectual life.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Greek Art, Medicine, and Natural Philosophy

Statues and Texts

Early Classical Statues

Motion and Expression

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliographhy

Index Locorum

Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-85716-9

9786612857164

0-7735-6500-0

OCLC:

929121066