A Companion to Greek Art

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Tyler Jo Smith, Dimitris Plantzos
Wiley, May 21, 2012 - Literary Criticism - 892 pages
A comprehensive, authoritative account of the development Greek Artthrough the 1st millennium BC.
  • An invaluable resource for scholars dealing with the art,material culture and history of the post-classical world
  • Includes voices from such diverse fields as art history,classical studies, and archaeology and offers a diversity of viewsto the topic
  • Features an innovative group of chapters dealing with thereception of Greek art from the Middle Ages to the present
  • Includes chapters on Chronology and Topography, as well asWorkshops and Technology
  • Includes four major sections: Forms, Times and Places; Contactsand Colonies; Images and Meanings; Greek Art: Ancient toAntique

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About the author (2012)

Tyler Jo Smith is Associate Professor of Classical Art andArchaeology at the University of Virginia, and a Fellow of theSociety of Antiquaries of London. She is the author of KomastDancers in Archaic Greek Art (2010).

Dimitris Plantzos is Assistant Professor of ClassicalArchaeology at the University of Ioannina, Greece. He is the authorof Hellenistic Engraved Gems (1999).

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