ART IN THE HELLENISTIC AGE Very Good

Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Détails

Année

1986

Auteur

Pollitt, Jerome Jordan

Éditeurs

Cambridge University Press

Thème

Art And Architecture Classical Greek & Roman Hellenistic, Kingdoms Hellenism Social & Cultural

Description

Very Good

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Softcover ISBN 0521276721

Description

Creasing to wraps. Light chipping to corners. Pencilling to a couple of pages. ; 344 pages; 'The best reason to study Hellenistic art is for its own sake' writes Professor Pollitt in the Preface to Art in the Hellenistic Age. 'But', he continues, 'I would suggest that there is an additional quality that should make the art of the Hellenistic age of particular interest to modern audiences: the fact that in background and content it was the product of an age in many ways similar to our own . The result of the historical conditions (of the age) was an art which, like much modern art, was heterogenous, often cosmopolitan, increasingly individualistic, and frequently elite in its appeal'. This book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period - i.e. from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, to the establishment of the Roman Empire at the end of the first century BC - which also explores ways in which that art is an expression of the cultural experience and aspirations of the Hellenistic age.