Art in the Hellenistic world : an introduction / Andrew Stewart, University of California, Berkeley.

By:

Stewart, Andrew F [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.Description: xiv, 357 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781107048577
9781107625921

Subject(s):

Art, Hellenistic

DDC classification:

709.38

Contents:

Settlement -- Power -- Victory -- Benefaction -- Focus I: The Great Altar -- Prowess -- Wisdom -- Piety -- Desire -- Focus II: Hellenistic Mosaics -- Luxury -- Difference -- Death -- Reception -- Appendix 1: The Artist -- Appendix 2: Kallixeinos of Rhodes on the Wonders of Alexandria.

Summary: "This textbook introduces students to these questions and offers a series of answers to them. Its twelve chapters and two "focus" sections examine Hellenistic sculpture, painting, luxury arts, and architecture. Thematically organized, spanning the three centuries from Alexander to Augustus, and ranging geographically from Italy to India and the Black Sea to Nubia, the book examines key monuments of Hellenistic art in relation to the great political, social, cultural and intellectual issues of the time." -- Back cover.

List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	709.38 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011415		Hadji, Athena - Sculpture

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This textbook introduces students to these questions and offers a series of answers to them. Its twelve chapters and two "focus" sections examine Hellenistic sculpture, painting, luxury arts, and architecture. Thematically organized, spanning the three centuries from Alexander to Augustus, and ranging geographically from Italy to India and the Black Sea to Nubia, the book examines key monuments of Hellenistic art in relation to the great political, social, cultural and intellectual issues of the time." -- Back cover.