Title: Greek art /
Authors: Siebler, Michael.; Wolf, Norbert, 1949-
Publisher: Taschen,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Sculpture, Greek.
Abstract: The 18th century's Neoclassicist movement, with its white marble sculptures inspired by the art of the ancient world, has helped Greek art to remain vivid in our memories even today. But the reality of ancient art was entirely different, as surfaces were in fact much more brut. As author Michael Siebler points out, recent findings have revealed that the seemingly perfect bodies of statues and sculptures were very often painted in flamboyant colors and ornaments. Thus ancient Greek art combined a high level of classical identity with an equal amount of sensuality. Despite being viewed in a new light, the beauty of the works of art persists.
Contents: The beginnings of Western culture -- Dipylon amphora / Dipylon master -- Tripod cauldron / Artist from Central Greece -- Lion God of Delphi / Greek artist -- The Kore of Auxerre / Cretan artist -- Griffin head ; Statuette of a dancing youth / Unknown place of origin -- Funerary stature of a youth from Attica / Attican artist -- Achilles and Ajax playing a board game / Exekias -- Funerary statue of a youth from Anavyssos, so-called Kroisos / Attican artist -- Statue of a girl, so called Peploskore / Attican artist -- Heracles at a carousal / Andokides -- Heracles kills Pharao Busiris / Eastern Greek artist in Etruria -- The abduction of the body of Sarpedon / Euphronios -- Archer from the West pediment of the Temple of Aphaea, so-called Paris / Aeginian artist -- Statute of an athlete, so-called Kritios boy / Attican artist -- Group with the Tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogeiton / Roman copy after Kritios and Nesiotes -- The charioteer of Delphi / Unknown place of origin --^