Greek large-scale bronze statuary : the late archaic and classical periods

Thisbook presents a new study of Greek large-scale bronze statuary of the lateArchaic and Classical periods.

It examines the discovery, origin, style, date,artistic attribution, identification, and interpretation of the survivingbronzes, and focuses in particular on their technical features and castingtechniques.

It contains over 170 plates of photographs and drawings toillustrate its discussion. Italso places the development of the casting techniques in connection with thestylistic evolution in Greek free-standing sculpture.

During the Classicalperiod, artists preferred bronze to marble when creating their contrapposto figures.

Indisputably,bronze gave particular freedom to artists in creating three-dimensionalfigures.

In addition, the evolution in style encouraged the development of theuses of bronze to serve the new needs and tendencies in sculpture during thelate Archaic and especially the Classical period.

Through the examination ofhow technical matters affect style, this book presents fresh interpretations ofthese important monuments of Greek art and offers a new approach in the fieldof Greek free-standing bronze sculpture.