greek art

Explores pottery, mosaics, sculpture, and architecture, discussing the techniques, subjects, and religious themes of the ancient Greeks' art.

Explores how the changing environment of Greek and Roman society brought about different attitudes and relationships with the material world and shows how their art can give us insights into these attitudes.

A new analysis of Greek art which explains why the Romans were influenced by it and how they adapted it to create an art of their own.

Five leading scholars in the field of art trace over 1500 years of the art and architecture of Greece and Rome.

Presents the art and architecture of ancient Greece, describing the early works of the Bronze Age, the design and construction of major temples and other monuments, and the creation of sculpture, paintings, pottery, metalwork, and jewelry.

An illustrated examination of Greek art from approximately900 B.C. to the birth of the Roman Empire, discussing its religious, social, and political functions within Hellenic culture.

A history of Greek art, discussing the characteristics that distinguish it from that of Roman copyists and the Renaissance, contrasting styles, and including photographs and illustrations of sculptures, architecture, and paintings.

Considers how Greek art from the eighth to the second century BC was linked with the political, religious, philosophical and social circumstances of the period, from the early influence of Minoan and Mycenaen art, through the effect of Athenian democracy to the consequences of the empire building of Alexander the Great.