| The Invention of Art History in Ancient Greece: Religion, Society and Artistic Rationalisation Contributor(s): Tanner, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521114225 ISBN-13: 9780521114226 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $54.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 Annotation: Offers a contemporary sociological approach to fundamental questions in the history of Greek art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Ancient & Classical - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 709.38 |
| Series: Cambridge Classical Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.22 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book contemporary perspectives in the sociology of art are brought to bear on a series of fundamental questions in the history of Greek art. It is argued that artists sought to enhance their status and autonomy in the classical period by writing theoretical treatises and producing works of art intended for purely aesthetic contemplation. This ultimately gave rise to the practice of art history writing, and the development of art collecting. The Greeks, however, developed their own very specific ethos of connoisseurship. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tanner, Jeremy: - Jeremy Tanner is Lecturer in Greek and Roman Art at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is the author of The Sociology of Art: A Reader (2003). |
