A Companion to Greek Art

Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Greek Art

Editor(s): Tyler Jo Smith, Dimitris Plantzos

Published Online: 29 JAN 2013 05:58AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405186049

Online ISBN: 9781118273289

DOI: 10.1002/9781118273289

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A comprehensive, authoritative account of the development Greek Art through the 1st millennium BC.

  • An invaluable resource for scholars dealing with the art, material culture and history of the post-classical world
  • Includes voices from such diverse fields as art history, classical studies, and archaeology and offers a diversity of views to the topic
  • Features an innovative group of chapters dealing with the reception of Greek art from the Middle Ages to the present
  • Includes chapters on Chronology and Topography, as well as Workshops and Technology
  • Includes four major sections: Forms, Times and Places; Contacts and Colonies; Images and Meanings; Greek Art: Ancient to Antique

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxviii)

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      Supplemental Images (pages c1–c12)

  3. Part I: Introduction

    1. Chapter 1

      The Greeks and their Art (pages 1–14)

      Tyler Jo Smith and Dimitris Plantzos

  4. Part II: Forms, Times, and Places

    1. Chapter 2

      Chronology and Topography (pages 15–38)

      Nicki Waugh

    2. Chapter 3

      Greek Decorated Pottery I: Athenian Vase-Painting (pages 39–61)

      Thomas Mannack

    3. Chapter 4

      Greek Decorated Pottery II: Regions and Workshops (pages 62–104)

      Stavros A. Paspalas

    4. Chapter 5

      Free-Standing and Relief Sculpture (pages 105–131)

      Dimitris Damaskos

    5. Chapter 6

      Architecture in City and Sanctuary (pages 132–152)

      Marina Yeroulanou

    6. Chapter 7

      Architectural Sculpture (pages 153–170)

      Olga Palagia

    7. Chapter 8

      Wall- And Panel-Painting (pages 171–185)

      Dimitris Plantzos

    8. Chapter 9

      Mosaics (pages 186–199)

      Ruth Westgate

    9. Chapter 10

      Luxury Arts (pages 200–220)

      John Boardman and Claudia Wagner

    10. Chapter 11

      Terracottas (pages 221–234)

      Lucilla Burn

    11. Chapter 12

      Coinages (pages 235–254)

      François de Callataÿ

    12. Chapter 13

      Workshops and Technology (pages 255–272)

      Eleni Hasaki

    13. Chapter 14

      Ancient Writers on Art (pages 273–289)

      Kenneth Lapatin

  5. Part III: Contacts and Colonies

    1. Chapter 15

      Egypt and North Africa (pages 291–311)

      Sabine Weber

    2. Chapter 16

      Cyprus and the Near East (pages 312–329)

      Tamar Hodos

    3. Chapter 17

      Asia Minor (pages 330–349)

      Veli Köse

    4. Chapter 18

      The Black Sea (pages 350–368)

      Jan Bouzek

    5. Chapter 19

      Sicily and South Italy (pages 369–396)

      Clemente Marconi

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      Front Matter (pages i–xx)

  7. Part IV: Images and Meanings

    1. Chapter 20

      Olympian Gods at Home and Abroad (pages 397–413)

      H. A. Shapiro

    2. Chapter 21

      Politics and Society (pages 414–439)

      Eleni Manakidou

    3. Chapter 22

      Personification: Not Just a Symbolic Mode (pages 440–455)

      Amy C. Smith

    4. Chapter 23

      The Non-Greek in Greek Art (pages 456–479)

      Beth Cohen

    5. Chapter 24

      Birth, Marriage, and Death (pages 480–497)

      John H. Oakley

    6. Chapter 25

      Age, Gender, and Social Identity (pages 498–509)

      Jenifer Neils

    7. Chapter 26

      Sex, Gender, and Sexuality (pages 510–524)

      Timothy J. McNiven

    8. Chapter 27

      Drinking and Dining (pages 525–542)

      Kathleen M. Lynch

    9. Chapter 28

      Competition, Festival, and Performance (pages 543–563)

      Tyler Jo Smith

    10. Chapter 29

      Figuring Religious Ritual (pages 564–578)

      François Lissarrague

    11. Chapter 30

      Agency in Greek Art (pages 579–595)

      James Whitley

  8. Part V: Greek Art: Ancient to Antique

    1. Chapter 31

      Greek Art through Roman Eyes (pages 597–620)

      Michael Squire

    2. Chapter 32

      Greek Art in Late Antiquity and Byzantium (pages 621–632)

      Anthony Kaldellis

    3. Chapter 33

      The Antique Legacy from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment (pages 633–648)

      Jill Johnson Deupi

    4. Chapter 34

      Greek Art and the Grand Tour (pages 649–666)

      Sue Blundell

    5. Chapter 35

      Myth and the Ideal in 20th c. Exhibitions of Classical Art (pages 667–682)

      Delia Tzortzaki

    6. Chapter 36

      The Cultural Property Debate (pages 683–697)

      Stelios Lekakis

    7. Chapter 37

      Greek Art at University, 19th–20th c. (pages 698–710)

      Stephen L. Dyson

    8. Chapter 38

      Surveying the Scholarship (pages 711–722)

      Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos

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      Bibliography (pages 723–816)

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      Index (pages 817–836)

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