The Art and Culture of Early Greece, 1100-480 B.C.

By Jeffrey M. Hurwit

Book Overview

This handsomely illustrated book offers a broad synthesis of Archaic Greek culture. Unlike other books dealing with the art and architecture of the Archaic period, it places these subjects in their historical, social, literary, and intellectual contexts. Origins and originality constitute a central theme, for during this period representational and narrative art, monumental sculpture and architecture, epic, lyric, and dramatic poetry, the city-state (polis), tyranny and early democracy, and natural philosophy were all born.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080149401X
• ISBN13: 9780801494017
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

An excellent book worth buying

As always, the author's expertise in early Greek art is shown throughout the book and his narration is superb. If the reader wants an easy to understand, yet very scholarly appreciation of this time period, the book is unquestionably a necessity.