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Coldstream, J N

Geometric Greece

St.Martin's Press, 1977

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Year of publication
1977
ISBN
0312323654
Place of printing
New York
Author
Coldstream, J N
Publishers
St.Martin's Press
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
ANCIENT GREECE GREEK HISTORY GEOMETRIC PERIOD
Cover description
Very Good
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

Mammoth and comorehensive text (overweight volume) concerning "The Geometric Style of pottery [which] flourished in Greece during the 9th and 8th centuries BC. : a most creative age which saw the dawn of Hellenic civilization and the evolution of the Greek city-state, the composition of the Homeric poems, the invention of the Greek alphabet after several centuries of illiteracy, the rebirth of figured art, the rise of the Panhellenic Sanctuaries . and the first exodus of the Greek colonists to the shores of South Italy and Sicily." 405p. illus diagrams maps bibliography.index. Tight bright copy, but marked with some (quite interesting and pertinent) comments and underlinings.