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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 of artworks in the twenty-first century.
About the Author
Mary Beard and John Henderson both teach Classics at the University of Cambridge. Mary Beard is a fellow of Newnham College, and John Henderson is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
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 of artworks in the twenty-first century.
About the Author
Mary Beard and John Henderson both teach Classics at the University of Cambridge. Mary Beard is a fellow of Newnham College, and John Henderson is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
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Archaeology's greatest moment ever was the discovery of the ancient towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried beneath the volcanic debris of Vesuvius in 79 CE (Maps and Plans 2). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Altar, Forum of Augustus, Golden House, House of the Faun, Alexander the Great, Prima Porta, Alexander Mosaic, Apollo Belvedere, Venus de Milo, Villa of the Papyri, Dying Gaul, Julius Caesar, Hadrian's Villa, Trajan's Column, Asia Minor, Drunken Old Woman, Medici Venus, Pompey the Great, Aemilius Paullus, House of the Priest Amandus, House of the Vettii, Villa of the Mysteries, Weary Hercules, Athenian Acropolis, British Museum New!
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Archaeology's greatest moment ever was the discovery of the ancient towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried beneath the volcanic debris of Vesuvius in 79 CE (Maps and Plans 2). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Altar, Forum of Augustus, Golden House, House of the Faun, Alexander the Great, Prima Porta, Alexander Mosaic, Apollo Belvedere, Venus de Milo, Villa of the Papyri, Dying Gaul, Julius Caesar, Hadrian's Villa, Trajan's Column, Asia Minor, Drunken Old Woman, Medici Venus, Pompey the Great, Aemilius Paullus, House of the Priest Amandus, House of the Vettii, Villa of the Mysteries, Weary Hercules, Athenian Acropolis, British Museum New!
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- Roman Painting by Roger Ling in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Archaic and Classical Greek Art (Oxford History of Art) by Robin Osborne on page 59, and Back Matter
- Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture by Olga Palagia in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Byzantine Art (Oxford History of Art) by Robin Cormack in Front Matter, and page 228
- Alexander the Great (Importance of) by Gail Stewart in Back Matter
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- Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture: Contexts, Subjects, and Styles by Sheila Dillon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Roman Tragedy by Anthony J Boyle in Back Matter
- Classics and the Uses of Reception (Classical Receptions) by Charles Martindale in Back Matter
- Classics and the Uses of Reception (Classical Receptions) by Charles Martindale in Back Matter
- Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments, and Memories (W.B. Stanford Memorial Lectures) by Susan E. Alcock in Back Matter
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