Greek art and archaeology
Subtitle: a new history, c. 2500-c. 150 BCE
By: Richard T. Neer
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780500288771
Subjects: Greek Art; Antiquities
Work titles: Art & archaeology of the Greek world
Description: This survey combines a chronological narrative with an up-to-date account of Greek art and archaeology. The coverage of the ancient Greek world emphasizes its diverse character, and provides a broad historical, cultural, and social context.
Notes: British ed. published as: Art & archaeology of the Greek world.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Crete and the Cyclades to the Late Bronze Age --; title: Greece and the Mycenaean world to c. 1200 BCE --; title: Geometric Greece, c. 1100 - c. 700 BCE --; title: The 'orientalizing' period, c. 710 - c. 600 BCE --; title: Archaic architecture, coinage and luxuries, c. 600 - c. 520 BCE --; title: Early archaic sculpture, c. 600 - c. 520 BCE --; title: Case study: Olympia and Delphi, c. 900 - c. 480 BCE --; title: Late archaic, c. 520 - c. 480 BCE --; title: Early classical, c. 480 - c. 440 BCE --; title: Case study: Cyrene and Paestum --; title: Case study: Athens and the Akropolis, c. 480 - c. 404 BCE --; title: High classical, c. 440 - c. 400 BCE --; title: Late classical, c. 400 - c. 323 BCE --; title: The Hellenistic world, c. 323 - c. 100 BCE.