GREEK
SCULPTURE
The Classical Period
John Boardman
Here
is a comprehensive and accessible account of the major art of a unique
and crucial period. The fifth century BC in Greece saw the evolution
of a style in the rendering of the human body that has influenced
the history of Western art down to the present day. This handbook
chronicles the development of Classical Greek sculpture and includes
not only illustrations of the masterpieces of architectural sculpture
from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and the Parthenon, but also many
original works of bronze sculpture from that period, some of which
have only recently been discovered.
Here
is a comprehensive and accessible account of the major art of a unique
and crucial period. The fifth century BC in Greece saw the evolution
of a style in the rendering of the human body that has influenced
the history of Western art down to the present day. This handbook
chronicles the development of Classical Greek sculpture and includes
not only illustrations of the masterpieces of architectural sculpture
from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and the Parthenon, but also many
original works of bronze sculpture from that period, some of which
have only recently been discovered.