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Classical art : from Greece to Rome

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The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western culture and to the origins of art history.

The expanding Greek world of Alexander the Great had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean superpower of Rome.

Generals, rulers, and artists seized, imitated, and re-thought the stunning legacy of Greek painting and sculpture, culminating in the greatest art-collector the world had ever seen, the Roman emperor, Hadrian.

This exciting new look at Classical art starts with the excavation of the buried city of Pompeii, and investigates the grandiose monuments of ancient tyrants, and the sensual beauty of Apollo and Venus.

Concluding with that most influential invention of all, the human portrait, it highlights the re-discovery of Classical art in the modern world, from the treasure hunts of Renaissance Rome to scientific retrieval in the twenty-first century.

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Oxford University Press
0192842374 / 9780192842374
Paperback / softback
709.37
26/04/2001
United Kingdom
English
298p. : ill. (some col.)
24 cm
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