Author : Richard Neer
Release : 2010-10-22
Genre : History
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The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture write by Richard Neer. This book was released on 2010-10-22. The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.