What did the ancient Greeks think about their own art? J.J. Pollitt attempts to answer this question by studying the critical terminology of the ancient Greeks-the terms they used to describe and evaluate sculpture, painting, and architecture. Although Greeks and Romans with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests-including artists, philosophers, rhetoricians, historians, and guidebook writers-wrote about art in antiquity, very few of their works have survived. Mr. Pollitt has therefore had to draw largely on works of authors who, while discussing some other subject, make passing references to art for the purpose of analogy or illustration. By carefully assembling and organizing these fragments, he presents a coherent view of art criticism in ancient Greece. This study is divided into two parts. The first part provides a general history of Greek art criticism and its sources. The second is an extensive glossary which collects, translates, and analyzes passages from Greek and Latin authors in which important critical terms are used. The book can therefore be used by art historians and classicists as both a scholarly text and an important work of reference.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300015976
ISBN-13
9780300015973
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1574397
Product Key Features
Author
J. J. Pollitt
Publication Name
Ancient View of Greek Art : Criticism, History, and Terminology
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1974
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
484 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
N7476
Copyright Date
1974
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Criticism & Theory, History / Ancient & Classical
Lccn
73-086915
Dewey Decimal
700/.938
Dewey Edition
18
Genre
Art
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