The Ancient View of Greek Art: Criticism, History, and Terminology

by J.J. Pollitt

Book Overview

What did the ancient Greeks think about their own art? J.J. Pollitt attempts to answer this question by studying the critical terminology of the ancient Greeks-the terms they used to describe and evaluate sculpture, painting, and architecture. Although Greeks and Romans with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests-including artists, philosophers, rhetoricians, historians, and guidebook writers-wrote about art in antiquity, very few of their works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300015976
• ISBN13: 9780300015973
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"