Understanding Greek sculpture
Subtitle: ancient meanings, modern readings
By: Nigel Spivey.
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Sculpture, Greek -- History; Sculpture, Classical -- Appreciation -- Greece; Art and religion -- Greece; Sculpture, Greek -- Political aspects; Greece -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Greek revolution; title: Daedalus and the wings of techne; title: Sacred decoration; title: Heroes apparent; title: From Marathon to the Parthenon; title: In search of Pheidias; title: Revealing Aphrodite; title: The patronage of kings; title: Graecia Capta