The Resource Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey
Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey
Resource Information
The item Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
-
- Many pieces of Greek sculpture are very familiar to us - the Discobolus, the Venus de Milo and the Parthenon frieze, for instance - but our appreciation of them as "works of art," enshrined in museums, is far removed from the ways in which the ancient Greeks saw and perceived them. To comprehend why Greek sculpture looks as it does we have to recreate the conditions of its production and consider those who commissioned, used and viewed it as much as the sculptors whom we traditionally associate with its creation. In a stimulating new approach to the subject, Understanding Greek Sculpture re-examines the contexts in which Classical statuary was made and displayed. In its original intended setting, Greek sculpture not only looked quite different - massed together or elevated on pediments and friezes, and brightly painted - but it also served social, religious and political purposes that might surprise us
- Drawing on literary, historical and archaeological evidence, Nigel Spivey explains the techniques of the manufacture of Greek sculpture and traces its production from the eighth century BC to the Hellenistic period. In an eloquent text illustrated throughout with diverse examples, he explores the effects on sculpture of the demands of votive religion, the culture of heroes and the faith in deities in human form. He also looks at the causes of the "Greek Revolution" when sculptors discovered how to portray the human body naturalistically
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- The Greek revolution
- Daedalus and the wings of techne
- Sacred decoration
- Heroes apparent
- From Marathon to the Parthenon
- In search of Pheidias
- Revealing Aphrodite
- The patronage of kings
- Graecia Capta
- Isbn
- 9780500237106
- Label
- Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings
- Title
- Understanding Greek sculpture
- Title remainder
- ancient meanings, modern readings
- Statement of responsibility
- Nigel Spivey
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Many pieces of Greek sculpture are very familiar to us - the Discobolus, the Venus de Milo and the Parthenon frieze, for instance - but our appreciation of them as "works of art," enshrined in museums, is far removed from the ways in which the ancient Greeks saw and perceived them. To comprehend why Greek sculpture looks as it does we have to recreate the conditions of its production and consider those who commissioned, used and viewed it as much as the sculptors whom we traditionally associate with its creation. In a stimulating new approach to the subject, Understanding Greek Sculpture re-examines the contexts in which Classical statuary was made and displayed. In its original intended setting, Greek sculpture not only looked quite different - massed together or elevated on pediments and friezes, and brightly painted - but it also served social, religious and political purposes that might surprise us
- Drawing on literary, historical and archaeological evidence, Nigel Spivey explains the techniques of the manufacture of Greek sculpture and traces its production from the eighth century BC to the Hellenistic period. In an eloquent text illustrated throughout with diverse examples, he explores the effects on sculpture of the demands of votive religion, the culture of heroes and the faith in deities in human form. He also looks at the causes of the "Greek Revolution" when sculptors discovered how to portray the human body naturalistically
- Cataloging source
- ODaSC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Spivey, Nigel Jonathan
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NB90
- LC item number
- .S66 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Sculpture, Greek
- Sculpture, Classical
- Sculpture, Greek
- Art and religion
- Sculpture, Greek
- Art and religion
- Greece
- Label
- Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-236)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Greek revolution -- Daedalus and the wings of techne -- Sacred decoration -- Heroes apparent -- From Marathon to the Parthenon -- In search of Pheidias -- Revealing Aphrodite -- The patronage of kings -- Graecia Capta
- Control code
- 36645523
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500237106
- Lccn
- 95060560
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-236)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Greek revolution -- Daedalus and the wings of techne -- Sacred decoration -- Heroes apparent -- From Marathon to the Parthenon -- In search of Pheidias -- Revealing Aphrodite -- The patronage of kings -- Graecia Capta
- Control code
- 36645523
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500237106
- Lccn
- 95060560
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Understanding-Greek-sculpture--ancient-meanings/Q27e6-dBvj8/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Understanding-Greek-sculpture--ancient-meanings/Q27e6-dBvj8/">Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/">University of Missouri Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Understanding-Greek-sculpture--ancient-meanings/Q27e6-dBvj8/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Understanding-Greek-sculpture--ancient-meanings/Q27e6-dBvj8/">Understanding Greek sculpture : ancient meanings, modern readings, Nigel Spivey</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/">University of Missouri Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
