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Woodford, Susan.

An introduction to Greek art / Susan Woodford.

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1988, ©1986.

xiii, 186 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Sculpture, Greek.

Vase-painting, Greek.

Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index.

Beginnings. The beginning of the black-figure technique : vase painting in Corinth -- Attic black-figure vase painting. The climax of early Attic black-figure narration : Kleitias -- Archaic architectural sculpture. Metopes ; Friezes ; Pediments -- Archaic free-standing statues and grave stelai. How marble statues were made ; Greeks and Egyptians ; Draped female figures -- Early red-figure vase painting. Panathenaic amphorae -- Early classical sculpture. The kouros at the end of the archaic period ; Bronze casting ; The Persian sack of Athens and its aftermath -- Early classical architectural sculpture : the Temple of Zeus at Olympia -- Early classical painting and vase painting. Developments in wall painting : polygnotos -- High classical architectural sculpture : the Parthenon -- High classical sculpture and vase painting. Pheidias ; Polykleitos -- Art in the last quarter of the 5th century BC -- Sculpture of the 4th century BC : the opening of new horizons. Humanising images of the gods : Praxiteles ; The expression of passionate emotion : Skopas ; Lysippos -- Notes. Literary sources ; The names of vase painters ; The names given to statues ; The authenticity of the Hermes of Praxiteles ; The colour used on Greek sculpture ; The Doric and Ionic orders ; The identification of mythological figures and scenes -- Glossary.

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