ART IN THE HELLENISTIC AGE
by Pollitt, Jerome Jordan
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0521276721
- ISBN 13
- 9780521276726
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Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1986. Softcover. 0521276721 . Creasing to wraps. Light chipping to corners. Pencilling to a couple of pages. ; 344 pages; 'The best reason to study Hellenistic art is for its own sake' writes Professor Pollitt in the Preface to Art in the Hellenistic Age. 'But', he continues, 'I would suggest that there is an additional quality that should make the art of the Hellenistic age of particular interest to modern audiences: the fact that in background and content it was the product of an age in many ways similar to our own ... The result of the historical conditions (of the age) was an art which, like much modern art, was heterogenous, often cosmopolitan, increasingly individualistic, and frequently elite in its appeal'. This book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period - i.e. from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, to the establishment of the Roman Empire at the end of the first century BC - which also explores ways in which that art is an expression of the cultural experience and aspirations of the Hellenistic age. .
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- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35394
- Title
- ART IN THE HELLENISTIC AGE
- Author
- Pollitt, Jerome Jordan
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521276721
- ISBN 13
- 9780521276726
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 0521276721, Art And Architecture, Classical Greek & Roman, Hellenistic Kingdoms, Hellenism, Social & Cultural
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Architecture;
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