A History of Greek Art

by Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell

Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period.


Uniquely intersperses chapters devoted to major periods of Greek art from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, with chapters containing discussions of important contextual themes across all of the periods Contextual chapters illustrate how a range of factors, such as the urban environment, gender, markets, and cross-cultural contact, influenced the development of art Chronological chapters survey the appearance and development of key artistic genres and explore how artifacts and architecture of the time reflect these styles Offers a variety of engaging and informative pedagogical features to help students navigate the subject, such as timelines, theme-based textboxes, key terms defined in margins, and further readings. Information is presented clearly and contextualized so that it is accessible to students regardless of their prior level of knowledge A book companion website is available at www.wiley.gom/go/greekart with the following resources: PowerPoint slides, glossary, and timeline

Genres: Art

448 pages, Paperback

First published November 26, 2014

Reviews

[Jayla_Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has some really interesting information. I’ve always been fascinated by Greek mythology but to see that stories were told through paintings on pottery/statues is even better. I’m normally not big on history but this one is a good to go if you want to learn and it’s easy to stay focused when reading as well. I give it a 4 star rating only because as good as it was, it’s still an education textbook and for that reason I don’t ever plan to reread it.

[Clau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a good book to get an overview of the whole ancient greek culture and art. The importance the author puts in doing a cultural art history and connecting greek art with the history around it is what makes it for me, i wish everybody studying the topic read it

[Marisa (Mirroredpages)]

I only opened this book once and read maybe a paragraph, so I can't really say if it is good or bad, just unnecessary to my course.