Hellenistic Sculpture: A Handbook 0500202494, 9780500202494

The exuberant realism and virtuoso technique of Hellenistic sculpture formed the basis of much later European art. Under

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English Pages 287 [145] Year 1991

Hellenistic Sculpture: A Handbook
0500202494, 9780500202494

Looks at the characteristics of sculpture during the Hellenistic Age including Greek sculpture, Atticism, the art of Ale

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The carved stone crosses of the Isle of Man of the late fifth to mid-eleventh century are of national and international

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Arthur Kingsley Porter here traces the roots of Renaissance sculpture to the smaller decorative sculptures found on the

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