Classical art from Greece to Rome

The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western culture and to the origins of art history. The expanding Greek world of Alexander the Great had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean superpower of Rome. Generals, rulers, and artists seized, imitat...

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Auteur principal: Beard, Mary
Autres auteurs: Mary Beard and John Henderson
Langue:Undetermined
English
Publié: Oxford Oxford University Press 2001
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Résumé:The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western culture and to the origins of art history. The expanding Greek world of Alexander the Great had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean superpower of Rome. Generals, rulers, and artists seized, imitated, and re-thought the stunning legacy of Greek painting and sculpture, culminating in the greatest art-collector the world had ever seen: the Roman emperor Hadrian
Description matérielle:298 p.
ill. (some col.), maps, ports.
24 cm
ISBN:0192842374
9780192842374