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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462050603321

Autore

Mach Edmund von <1870-1927.>

Titolo

Greek sculpture [[electronic resource] ] : its spirit and its principles / / Edmund von Mach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Parkstone, 2006

ISBN

1-283-95421-4

1-283-95811-2

1-78042-977-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Temporis collection

Disciplina

722.8

Soggetti

Sculpture, Greek

Sculptors - Greece

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; ART CONDITIONS BEFORE THE 7thCENTURY B.C. AND EARLY IGNORANCE; EARLY GREEK SCULPTURE; TRANSITIONAL PERIOD; THE PARTHENON; THE GREEK IDEAL; AUTUMN DAYS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Sommario/riassunto

Greek Sculpture is probably the most well known aspect of Greek art, for a contemporary it expresses the most beautiful ideal and plastic perfection.  It is the first of the Ancient Arts that looked to free itself from the imitative constraints, of the faithful representation of nature.  Only a small part of the production of Greek Sculpture is known to us.  Many of the masterpieces described by Antique literature are henceforth lost or badly damaged, and a large part, we know are copies, more or less skillful and faithful to the Roman era.  Many have been restored by Western Sculptors, from t