Greek Sculpture and the Problem of Description

ISBN-13: 9780521840842 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 278 str.

A. A. Donohue

Opis

Although scholars have emphasized the importance of isolating the objective evaluation of evidence from interpretation, in practice, it has proved difficult to determine the distinction. This study examines the scholarship on description for a select number of well-known Greek statues from the eighteenth-century through the present. The impact of the historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts of this specialized scholarship is demonstrated through considerations of issues such as ethnicity, psychology, theories about artistic form, and evolving conceptions of nude and clothed figures.

Recenzje

'... published and illustrated to Cambridge University Press's usual high standard ... Dr Donohue does a service in refreshing our approach to ancient sculpture ...' Art Newspaper

Spis treści

1. The problem of archeological description; 2. Nikandre's dedication and the description of early Greek statuary; 3. The analysis of the clothed female form.

O autorze

Donohue, A. A.
A. A. Donohue is Rhys Carpenter Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College.