Classical art : a life history from antiquity to the present / Caroline Vout.
Classical art : a life history from antiquity to the present / Caroline Vout.
Classical art : a life history from antiquity to the present / Caroline Vout.
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Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0123
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 359 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Setting the agenda, or putting the art into heritage -- Finding the classical in Hellenistic Greece -- Making Greek culture Roman culture -- Roman art, the building blocks of empire -- Reviving antiquity in Renaissance Italy -- European court society and the shaping of the canon -- 'Neoclassicisms'...
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Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be seen as "classical" and as "art"? What does "classical art" mean across time and place? In this ambitious, richly illustrated book, art historian and classicist Caroline Vout provides an original history...
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Classical art : a life history from antiquity to the present / Caroline Vout.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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GQ 2019/0123
Record Identifier
74VKV086Jp0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV086Jp0y
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ISBN
0691177031 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780691177038 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
709.38
MMS ID
991024227491402626
