Looking at Greek Art

by Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell

Book Overview

Looking at Greek Art by Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell offers a practical guide to the methods for approaching, analysing and contextualising an unfamiliar piece of Greek art. It demonstrates how objects are dated and assigned to an artist or region; how to interpret the subject matter and narrative; how to reconstruct the context for which an object was made, distributed and used; and how we can explore broader cultural perspectives by looking at questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052112557X
• ISBN13: 9780521125574
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"