The Archaic Smile of Herodotus
Author: Stewart Flory
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780814318270
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Archaic Smile
Author: A. E. Stallings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2022-12-06
Total Pages: 77
ISBN-13: 0374600732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new edition of A. E. Stallings's first book of poems, which was awarded the Richard Wilbur Award. In Archaic Smile, by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist A. E. Stallings, the poet couples poetic meditations on classic stories and themes with poems about the everyday, sometimes mundane occurrences of contemporary life (like losing an umbrella or fishing with one’s father), and she infuses the latter with the magic of myth and history. With the skill of a scholar and translator and the playful, pristine composition of a poet, Stallings bridges the gap between these two distant worlds. Stallings “invigorates the old forms and makes them sing” (Meryl Natchez, ZYZZYVA) in her poetry, and the scope and origins of her talents are on full display in the acclaimed author's first collection. The poems of Archaic Smile are sung with a timeless, technically impeccable, and utterly true voice.
An Introduction to Greek Art
Author: Susan Woodford
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780801494802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai
Author: Mary Stieber
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0292773498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of the loveliest works of Archaic art were the Athenian korai—sculptures of beautiful young women presenting offerings to the goddess Athena that stood on the Acropolis. Sculpted in the sixth and early fifth centuries B.C., they served as votives until Persians sacked the citadel in 480/79 B.C. Subsequently, they were buried as a group and forgotten for nearly twenty-four centuries, until archaeologists excavated them in the 1880s. Today, they are among the treasures of the Acropolis Museum. Mary Stieber takes a fresh look at the Attic korai in this book. Challenging the longstanding view that the sculptures are generic female images, she persuasively argues that they are instead highly individualized, mimetically realistic representations of Archaic young women, perhaps even portraits of real people. Marshalling a wide array of visual and literary evidence to support her claims, she shows that while the korai lack the naturalism that characterizes later Classical art, they display a wealth and realism of detail that makes it impossible to view them as generic, idealized images. This iconoclastic interpretation of the Attic korai adds a new dimension to our understanding of Archaic art and to the distinction between realism and naturalism in the art of all periods.
The Honest Art Dictionary
Author: The Art History Babes
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 2020-09-01
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 0711248826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this art dictionary like no other, The Art History Babes (the hosts behind the prolific podcast) break down the elitist world of art with definitions of over 300 essential art terms. Art speak is infamously alienating, strange, and confusing as hell. Think stereotypical, stylish art dealers who describe art as 'derivative' and 'dynamic' – or stuffy auction houses filled with portraits of dead white people called 'Old Masters'. What do these words mean? Where did they come from? And how can you actually use them? Spanning art history, iconic movements, peculiar words, and pretentious phrases – after reading this book, you'll be able to lay down that art jargon with the best of them. From avant-garde to oeuvre, the Harlem Renaissance to New Objectivity, museum fatigue to memento mori – the Babes use their whip-smart humor, on-point knowledge, and a heavy dose of candor to explain even the most complex ideas in bite-sized definitions, as in: ACTION PAINTING (n.) – If Jackie Chan had buckets of paint strapped to his arms and legs in Rush Hour 2, and there just happened to be a blank canvas nearby, you would end up with action painting. […] IMPASTO (n.) – Have you ever gotten up close to a painting, looked at it, and thought: “Those brushstrokes are sensual as hell.”? That’s how I feel about impasto, a painting style that involves applying thick, textured strokes of paint using a brush or palette knife or other tool of your choice. […] UKIYO-E (n.) – Beautiful ladies, kabuki actors, epic landscapes, sumo wrestlers, people navigating city streets, and sex stuff! These are some of the common subjects of ukiyo-e art produced in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868.) […] With illustrations from Carmen Casado – The Honest Art Dictionary is a valuable starter pack for those new to the study of art history, those re-exploring the discipline, or those simply interested in impressing their friends during a trip to the local art museum.
Art in the Hellenistic Age
Author: Jerome Jordan Pollitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1986-06-12
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780521276726
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Cinema and Classical Texts
Author: Martin M. Winkler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-02-12
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 0521518601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book interprets films as visual texts and demonstrates the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.
A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art
Author: Melinda K. Hartwig
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-12-23
Total Pages: 636
ISBN-13: 1118325087
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. • Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences • Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art • Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works • Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation, • Provides a comprehensive synthesis on a discipline that has diversified to the extent that it now incorporates subjects ranging from gender theory to ‘X-ray fluorescence’ and ‘image-based interpretations systems’
Euripides and the Language of Craft
Author: Mary C. Stieber
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2010-12-10
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9004201149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis first in-depth account of Euripides and the visual arts demonstrates how the tragedian used language to visual effect, whether through allusion or actual references to objects, motifs built around real or imaginary objects, or the use of technical terminology. The evidence presented in this study corroborates the concern for realism and the genre detail for which Euripides is parodied in Aristophanes' Frogs and presents him as a man of his time, like Socrates, fully versed in the ways and means of the visual arts as well as the verbal. In revealing the extent of the visual inclination of Euripides' language, this study reflects upon the larger dialogue between text and image, image and text.
Greek Sculpture
Author: Campbell Cowan Edgar
Publisher:
Published: 1903
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13:
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