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Archaic and Classical Greek Art

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This new account of what happened in Greece from c.800 to 323 BC shows how sculptors and painters responded to the challenges of the extremely formidable and ambitious world in which the Greek city-state was created and developed. Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting, and the minor arts, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the art of arch...more

Paperback, 280 pages

Published November 19th 1998 by Oxford University Press, USA

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