The Diffusion of Classical Art In Antiquity

by: Boardman, J.

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The diffusion of classical art in antiquity

Author: John Boardman

Summary:Based on the 1993 A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, this study of Greek art as foreign art brings together art history and archaeology in a story that takes the reader from Bath to the Gobi Desert, from Kiev to the Upper Nile.

John Boardman here explores Greek art as a foreign art transmitted to the non-Greeks of antiquity--peoples who were not necessarily able to judge the meaning of Greek art and who may have regarded the Greeks themselves with great hostility. Boardman's pioneering work assesses how and why the arts of the Classical world traveled and to what effect, roughly from the eighth century b.c. to early centuries a.d., from Britain to China. Since the Greeks were not always the intermediaries and the results were largely determined by the needs of the recipients, this becomes a study of foreign images accepted or copied usually without regard to their original function.
In some places, such as Italy, these images were overwhelmingly successful. In Egypt, the Celtic world, the eastern steppes, and other regions with strong local traditions, they were never effectively assimilated. Finally, in cultures where there was a subtler blend of influences, notably in the Buddhist east, the Classical images could serve as a catalyst to the generation of effective new styles. Boardman's approach is as much archaeological as art-historical, and the processes he reveals pose questions about how images in general are copied and reinterpreted. In addition, the author has demonstrated for specialists and for a broader audience that looking at Greek art from the outside provides a wealth of new insights into Greek art itself.
Series:
A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts, 1993

352 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 27 cm

Contents:
Introduction
Greek art
The Near East and the Persian Empire : Before about 550 B.C. ; The Persian Empire
The Semitic world and Spain
The East after Alexander the Great : Persia and Parthia ; Bactria ; Gandhara and North India ; Central Asia and the Far East
Egypt and North Africa
The countries of the Black Sea : Thrace ; Scythia ; Colchis
Italy : Etruria ; Rome
Europe
Conclusion

Subjects:
Antiquities
Archeologie
Art antique
Art, Classical
Arts
Beeldende kunsten
Geschichte 700 v. Chr.-500
Greece
Griechenland
Klassieke oudheid
Kunst
Rezeption
Verbreitung

The Diffusion of Classical Art In Antiquity

by: Boardman, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780500236963 / 978-0-500-23696-3
• ISBN-03: 0500236968 / 0-500-23696-8
• Thames and Hudson, London, 1994

Price: 66,91 EURO

1 copy in stock