Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece

Herausgeber: Schultz, Peter; Seaman, Kristen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Incorporating novel approaches and neglected evidence, Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece questions many long-held ideas and provides a deeper understanding of particular artists and architects, their works, and their social agency. The authors refer to historiography as well as to modern theory, while offering new directions for research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9781107426238
• ISBN-10: 1107426235
• Artikelnr.: 58315298

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Peter Schultz and Kristen Seaman
1. Introduction: Greek artists, yesterday and today Kristen Seaman
2. The social and educational background of elite Greek artists Kristen Seaman
3. Portrait of an artist: Euthymides, son of Pollias Jenifer Neils
4. Kritios and Nesiotes: two revolutionaries in context Andrew Stewart
5. Craft identity: mosaics in the Hellenistic East S. Rebecca Martin
6. Artistic choice and constraint on coins Isabelle A. Pafford
7. Constructing architects: the so-called 'Theseum architect' Margaret M. Miles
8. Euphranor Olga Palagia
9. Politics and personality?: the case of Kephisodotos the Younger Peter Schultz
10. Artists' signatures on archaic Greek vases from Athens Sarah Bolmarcich and Georgina Muskett
11. Response: reflections on identity, personality, and originality Jeffrey M. Hurwit.