Greek sculpture
Subtitle: the archaic period : a handbook
By: John Boardman.
Series: World of art
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780500201633
Subjects: Sculpture, Greek.
Description: Explores and illustrates how Greek sculpture from the semi-abstracts in the 8th century BC to the more representational art of the early 5th century B.C. began to explore consciously how art might imitate nature or even improve on it.
Notes: "Corrected 1991, reprinted 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-247) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: The Dark Ages and geometric period; value: The orientalizing styles; value: Marble and the monumental; value: The maturing archaic styles; value: The later archaic styles to about 480 BC.