Classic Greek Masterpieces of Sculpture

Classic Greek Masterpieces of Sculpture

Classic Greek Masterpieces of Sculpture

Classic Greek Masterpieces of Sculpture

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Overview

Greek sculpture was among the first art to communicate human emotions and to offer a more realistic portrait of the individual. By working in new materials and posing the body naturally, Greek sculptors established the foundation of a whole new art form. Classic Greek Masterpieces of Sculpture features more than 60 of these magnificent and influential works that range in form, historical period, and subject. Organized chronologically, these works hail from the collections of top museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Pergamon Museum, and the Louvre. Alongside dynamic photographs of each sculpture is an essay that describes the work and offers commentary on its significance in Greek art. Thought-provoking, realistic, and influential, these sculptures altered the way people viewed art.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780594059745
Publisher: ABRAMS
Publication date: 09/06/2016
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Photini N. Zaphiropoulou is an archaeologist and Honorary Ephor of Antiquities. She was the head excavator of Delos and Paros Islands. Stelios Lydakis is a professor of art history at the University of Athens.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Preface 7

Foreword 9

Introduction 15

The Sounion Kouros 22

The Kerameikos Kouros 26

The Samos Kouros 30

Gorgon 32

Part of a Crave Stele of a Discus-bearer 34

Crave Stele 36

Phrasikleia 38

Kore 42

The Siphnian Treasury at Delphi 46

Assembly of the Gods 48

Battle Between Greeks and Trojans 50

Gigantomachy 54

The Peplos Kore 62

Theseus 66

Aristodikos 68

Torso of a Kouros 70

Kore 72

Front Part of a Horse 74

The Athenian Treasury at Delphi 76

Herdkles and the Kerynean Stag 78

Theseus and an Amazon 80

Herakles and Kyknos 82

Theseus and Athena 84

The Blond Boy 85

The Kore of Euthydikos 88

Part of a Male Figure 90

Zeus and Ganymede 92

Nike 96

Part of a Relief Disc 98

The Temple of Zeus at Olyrnpia 100

Old Man, Seer 104

Sitting Youth 106

Apollo 108

Eurytion and Deidameia 110

Centaur and Lapith Woman 112

Theseus and Centaur 114

Centaur and Lapith Woman 116

Group of Two Lapith Women 120

Herakles and Atlas 124

The Charioteer of Delphi 128

Zeus or Poseidon of Artemision 134

Votive Stele of the Autostephanoumenos 138

The Mourning Athena 140

Grave Stele 142

Demeter, Persephone, and Triptolemos 144

Grave Stele of a Youth 146

The Acropolis of Athens 148

Horsemen (north frieze, block XXXIV) 154

Horsemen (west frieze, block II) 156

Hipparchus and Horse 158

Horsemen (west frieze, block IX) 160

Cattle Drivers (north frieze, block II) 162

Horsemen (north frieze, block XLVII) 164

Cattle Drivers (south frieze, block XLIV) 166

Iris 168

Nike "Sandalizousa" 170

The Nike of Paionios 172

The Stele of Hegeso 174

Crave Stele of a Young Woman 178

Grave Stele of Dexileos 180

The Nereid Monument 182

Nereid 184

Nereid 186

Nereid 188

The Youth of Antikythera 190

The Marathon Boy 192

Agias 194

Column with Female Dancers 196

Hermes by Praxiteles 200

Nike of Samothrace 208

The Altar of Pergamon 214

Artemis and Giants 220

Athena and Giant 222

Titanesses and Giant 224

Helios and Giant 226

Nyx and Giant 228

Triton and Giants 230

Nymph 232

Artemis Elaphebolos 234

Aphrodite of Melos 238

Portrait Bust 244

Group of Aphrodite and Pan 246

Two Relief Plaques with Female Dancers 248

Glossary 252

Bibliography 253

Provenance of Illustrations 254

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