Greek Art and Archaeology c. 1200-30 BC

by: Plantzos, D.

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Greek art and archaeology : c. 1200-30 BC

Authors:Dimitris Plantzos (Author), Nicola Wardle (Translator)

Summary:Surveys Greek archeology from the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces to the subordination of the last Hellenistic kingdoms to Rome. Its aim is to study Greek art through the material record, and against its cultural and social backdrop. Through concise, systematic coverage of the main categories of classical monuments, the reader is taken on a tour of ancient Greece through the most important period in its history, the first millennium BC. Architecture and city planning, sculpture, painting, pottery, metallurgy, jewelry, and numismatics are some of the areas covered. Divided into accessible, user-friendly sections including case studies, terminology, charts, maps, a timeline, and full index, the book is designed primarily for art and archeology students as well as for anyone interested in Greek art and culture

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans (some color) ; 28 cm

Contents:
Classical archaeology: sources and methodology
Chronology
Map 1 Greece and the eastern Mediterranean
The Early Iron Age (1100-700 BC)
The Archaic Period (700-480 BC)
The Classical Period (480-336 BC)
Map 2 the Hellenistic world
The Hellenistic Period (336-30 BC)

Subjects:
Antiquities
Archaeology
Archaeology Greece Textbooks
Art, Greek
Art, Greek Textbooks
Greece
Greece Antiquities Textbooks
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This lavishly illustrated book surveys Greek archaeology from the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces to the subordination of the last Hellenistic kingdoms to Rome. Its aim is to study Greek art through the material record, and against its cultural and social backdrop. The book's target audience is archaeology and art students, as well as anyone interested in Greek art and culture. Through concise, systematic covering of the main categories of classical monuments, the reader is taken to a tour of ancient Greece along the most spectacular period in its history, the first millennium BC. Architecture and city planning, sculpture, painting, pottery, metallurgy, jewelry, and numismatics are some of the areas covered.

Greek Art and Archaeology c. 1200-30 BC

by: Plantzos, D.

• ISBN-13: 9786185209001 / 978-618-5209-00-1
• ISBN-03: 6185209004 / 618-5209-00-4
• Kapon Editions, Athens, 2016

Price: 44,00 EURO

1 copy in stock