Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art

Andrew Stewart
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 10/20/2008
EAN 9780521853217, ISBN10: 0521853214

Hardcover, 376 pages, 25.4 x 18 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

What was the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art? What were its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact? This book introduces students to these questions and guides them towards the answers. Andrew Stewart examines Greek architecture, painting, and sculpture of the fifth and fourth centuries BC in relation to the great political, social, cultural, and intellectual issues of the period.

1. Archaic into classical
the Greek revolution
2. The first generation
3. The classical moment
4. Interlude
city, household, and individual in classical Greece
5. The great convulsion
6. The fourth century
an age of the individual?
7. The shadow of Macedon.