The art of ancient Greece : sources and documents / J.J. Pollitt.

By:

Pollitt, J. J. (Jerome Jordan), 1934- [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.Description: xiv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521253683
0521273668

Subject(s):

Art, Greek -- Sources

DDC classification:

709.38

Contents:

1. Ancient memories and primitive beginnings -- 2. Sculpture: early developments and the Archaic period (c. 650-510 B.C.) -- 3. Sculpture: the Late Archaic phase (c. 510-480 B.C.) -- 4. Sculpture: the Early Classical period (c. 480 - 540 B.C.) -- 5. Sculpture: the High Classical period (c. 450-400 B.C.) -- 6. Sculpture: the fourth century B.C. -- 7. Sculpture: the Hellenistic period -- 8. Painting: earliest developments and the fifth century B.C. -- 9. Painting: the fourth century B.C. -- 10. Painting and mosaics: the Hellenistic period -- 11. Architecture -- 12. The decorative arts -- 13. Art history, aesthetics, and comparative criticism.

Summary: "This book, a companion volume to Professor Pollitt's The Art of Rome: Sources and Documents (Cambridge University Press 1983), presents a comprehensive collection in translation of ancient literary evidence relating to Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and the decorative arts. Its purpose is to make this important evidence available to students who are not specialists in the Classical languages or Classical archaeology. The author's translations of a wide selection of Greek and Latin texts are accompanied by an introduction, explanatory commentary, and a full bibliography. An earlier version of this book was published twenty-five years ago by Prentice-Hall. In this new publication Professor Pollitt has added a considerable number of new passages, revised some of his earlier translations and presented the texts in a different order which allows the reader to follow more easily the development of sculpture and painting as perceived by the ancient writers. The new and substantial bibliography, organized by topics as they appear in the book , emphasizes works that deal directly with the literary sources or that supplement our knowledge of the personalities and monuments described in the sources. Ths collection will be welcomed by students and teachers of Greek art who have long been in need of an authoritative and reliable sourcebook for their subject." -- Publisher's description.

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

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	709.38 POL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011026		Hadji, Athena - Sculpture

Total holds: 0

Revised edition of: The art of Greece, 1400-31 B.C. 1965.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-280) and indexes.

"This book, a companion volume to Professor Pollitt's The Art of Rome: Sources and Documents (Cambridge University Press 1983), presents a comprehensive collection in translation of ancient literary evidence relating to Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and the decorative arts. Its purpose is to make this important evidence available to students who are not specialists in the Classical languages or Classical archaeology. The author's translations of a wide selection of Greek and Latin texts are accompanied by an introduction, explanatory commentary, and a full bibliography.
An earlier version of this book was published twenty-five years ago by Prentice-Hall. In this new publication Professor Pollitt has added a considerable number of new passages, revised some of his earlier translations and presented the texts in a different order which allows the reader to follow more easily the development of sculpture and painting as perceived by the ancient writers. The new and substantial bibliography, organized by topics as they appear in the book , emphasizes works that deal directly with the literary sources or that supplement our knowledge of the personalities and monuments described in the sources.
Ths collection will be welcomed by students and teachers of Greek art who have long been in need of an authoritative and reliable sourcebook for their subject." -- Publisher's description.