
The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture
Richard Neer(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Will be published approx. on 20. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-226-57064-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this wide-ranging study, Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epoch-making sculpture of classical Greece. Working at the intersection of art history, archaeology, literature, and aesthetics, he reveals a people fascinated with the power of sculpture to provoke wonder in beholders. Wonder, not accuracy, realism, naturalism, or truth, was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors. Neer traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato. Then, through meticulous accounts of major sculpture from around the Greek world, he shows how the demand for wonder-inducing statues gave rise to some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek art.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 28 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
964 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-57064-8 (9780226570648)
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Richard Neer
Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture
E-Book
10/2010
1st Edition
University of Chicago Press
€55.59
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Person
Richard Neer is the David B. and E. Stern Professor of Humanities in the Department of Art History and the College at the University of Chicago. He is coeditor of Critical Inquiry.