The emergence of the classical style in Greek sculpture / Richard Neer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neer, Richard T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, Greek.

Art, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this wide-ranging study, Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epoch-making sculpture of classical Greece. Working at the intersection of art history, archaeology, literature, and aesthetics, he reveals a people fascinated with the power of sculpture to provoke wonder in beholders. Wonder, not accuracy, realism, naturalism or truth, was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors. Neer traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato. Then, through meticulous accounts of major sculpture from around the Greek world, he shows how the demand for wonder-inducing statues gave rise to some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek art. Rewriting the history of Greek sculpture in Greek terms and restoring wonder to a sometimes dusty subject, The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the art of sculpture or the history of the ancient world.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction: An Apology for Style

1. Wonders taken for signs

2. The Speed of Light

3. Diaphanous Figures

4. Myths of the Inner

5. Space and Politics

Coda: The Benefits of Hindsight

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

General Index

Index Locorum

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612894756

9781282894754

1282894757

9780226570655

0226570657

OCLC:

689524085