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Subject(s)

• Artists—Greece [Browse]
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) [Browse]
• Art—Economic aspects—Greece—History—To 1500 [Browse]
• Art and society—Greece—History—To 1500 [Browse]

Editor

• Seaman, Kristen [Browse]
• Schultz, Peter, 1972- [Browse]

Summary note

Greek artists and architects were important social agents who played significant roles in the social, cultural, and economic life of the ancient Greek world. In Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece, art historians, archaeologists, and historians explore the roles and impacts of artists and craftsmen in ancient Greek society. The contributing authors draw upon artistic, architectural, literary, epigraphical, and historical evidence to discuss a range of artists, architects, artistic media, and regions. They refer to historiography and modern theory, taking stock of the past while offering some new directions for future research. Incorporating a variety of methodological approaches and making use of often-neglected evidence, Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece re-examines many long-held ideas and provides a deeper understanding of particular artists and architects, their works, and their social agency.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction : Greek artists, yesterday and today / Kristen Seaman
• The social and educational background of elite Greek artists / Kristen Seaman
• Portrait of an artist : euthymides, son of Pollias / Jenifer Neils
• Kristos and Nesiotes : two revolutionaries in context / Andrew Stewart
• Craft identity : mosaics in the hellenistic east / S. Rebecca Martin
• Artistic choice and constraint on coins / Isabelle A. Pafford
• Constructing architects : the so-called "Theseum architect" / Margaret M. Miles
• Euphranor / Olga Palagia
• Politics and personality? : the case of Kephisodotos the younger / Peter Schultz
• Artists' signatures on archaic Greek vases from Athens / Sarah Bolmarcich and Georgina Muskett
• Response : reflections on identity, personality, and originality / Jeffrey M. Hurwit.

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ISBN

• 9781107074460 ((hardcover))
• 1107074460 ((hardcover))

LCCN

2016045145

OCLC

958448696

Other standard number

• 40027288257

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