Sculptors and physicians in fifth-century Greece : a preliminary study / Guy P.R. Métraux.

By:

Métraux, Guy P. R [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995.Description: xvi, 154 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0773512314

Other title:

Sculptors and physicians in 5th-century Greece

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

733.30938

Contents:

1. Greek art, medicine, and natural philosophy -- 2. Statues and texts -- 3. Early classical statues -- 4. Motion and expression -- 5. Conclusion.

Summary: "During the early classical period Greek sculpture changed radically, becoming much more lifelike. At the same time physicians such as Hippocrates developed new ideas about human life and health, and philosophers rethought their attitudes about nature. Sculptors and Physicians in Fifth-Century Greece is an investigation of the interplay of sculptors, physicians, and philosophers at a time crucial to the development of classical art. Exploring this interplay, Guy Metraux shows how the depiction of physiological processes gave statues and reliefs their animating force and how many medical and philosophical speculations about the body were derived from depictions in art. He examines works such as the Omphalos Apollo, the relief of the Girl with Doves from Paros, and the two recently discovered bronze warriors from Riace, paying particluar attention to develpments in the depiction of breathing, blood vessels, and facial expression, to attempts to show actual or potential motion, and to the invention of contrapposto (assymetry of stance)." -- Book jacket.

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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	733.30938 MET (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011452		Hadji, Athena - Sculpture

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [125]-139) and indexes.

1. Greek art, medicine, and natural philosophy -- 2. Statues and texts -- 3. Early classical statues -- 4. Motion and expression -- 5. Conclusion.

"During the early classical period Greek sculpture changed radically, becoming much more lifelike. At the same time physicians such as Hippocrates developed new ideas about human life and health, and philosophers rethought their attitudes about nature. Sculptors and Physicians in Fifth-Century Greece is an investigation of the interplay of sculptors, physicians, and philosophers at a time crucial to the development of classical art.
Exploring this interplay, Guy Metraux shows how the depiction of physiological processes gave statues and reliefs their animating force and how many medical and philosophical speculations about the body were derived from depictions in art. He examines works such as the Omphalos Apollo, the relief of the Girl with Doves from Paros, and the two recently discovered bronze warriors from Riace, paying particluar attention to develpments in the depiction of breathing, blood vessels, and facial expression, to attempts to show actual or potential motion, and to the invention of contrapposto (assymetry of stance)." -- Book jacket.