GREEK SCULPTURE: AN EXPLORATION Volume I: Text & Volume II: Plates
by Stewart, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0300040725
- ISBN 13
- 9780300040722
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Yale University Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0300040725 . Books are fine. DJ flap of V1 has creasing. Djs have minor shelfwear. Includes slipcase which has some wear. ; Isbn: 0300040725; 2 Volume Set COMPLETE; 800 pages; This is an account of large-scale Greek sculpture from the Dark Ages to Augustus (c.1200-30 BC). Andrew Stewart not only describes and dates the sculpture but also places it in its full social and political context. He focuses on who the sculptors were, how their workshops were run, who commissioned and supported their work, and what the political, cultural, and natural settings were. The book consists of two volumes, Text and Plates, and contains more than 900 high quality illustrations and reconstructions. Also included are a glossary of Greek and Latin terms, and translations of ancient literary and epigraphical testimonies. .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18706
- Title
- GREEK SCULPTURE: AN EXPLORATION Volume I: Text & Volume II: Plates
- Author
- Stewart, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0300040725
- ISBN 13
- 9780300040722
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 0300040725, Sculpture, Art And Architecture, Archeology & Archaeology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Art & Architecture;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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