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The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture
Contributor(s): Neer, Richard (Author)
ISBN: 0226570649     ISBN-13: 9780226570648
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - Greece
- Art | Criticism & Theory
- Art | Sculpture & Installation
Dewey: 733.3
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (2.10 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Greece
 
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In this wide-ranging study, Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epoch-making sculpture of classical Greece. Working at the intersection of art history, archaeology, literature, and aesthetics, he reveals a people fascinated with the power of sculpture to provoke wonder in beholders. Wonder, not accuracy, realism, naturalism or truth, was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors. Neer traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato. Then, through meticulous accounts of major sculpture from around the Greek world, he shows how the demand for wonder-inducing statues gave rise to some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek art. Rewriting the history of Greek sculpture in Greek terms and restoring wonder to a sometimes dusty subject, The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the art of sculpture or the history of the ancient world.

Contributor Bio(s): Neer, Richard: -

Richard Neer is David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Humanities, Art History, and the College at the University of Chicago, where he is also a coeditor of Critical Inquiry. He is the author of several previous volumes on Greek art and archaeology.