Art and Technology A Symposium on Classical Bronzes

Doeringer, Suzannah, et al. (eds.)

Published by Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University and the MIT Press, Cambridge MA,, 1970

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Hardcover quarto, xvi + 290pp., numerous monochrome and some colour plates. Owner's sticker on front paste-down. Spotted preliminaries and text block edges; spine slightly rolled, boards rubbed at edges, corners bumped; dustwrapper sunned, some fraying. Very good in good dustwrapper (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. If we are to accept the ancient writers, bronze was by far the most important medium of sculpture in classical antiquity. Bronzes covered a wide range of periods and cultures, depicting the hieratic and the comic, myths and scenes from daily life. This book contains the record of a symposium held in connection with the first international exhibition of Greek, Etruscan and Roman bronze sculpture held at the Fogg Art Museum in 1967. The project was a joint endeavour of neighbouring institutions Harvard and MIT to meld the 'two worlds' of art historian and technologist to such an extent that each might come to understand the basic methodologies of the other. The book is organized so that the more technical chapters precede those with an art-historical bent. Summaries of symposium discussions and introductions to each section have been carefully prepared by the editors in an attempt to interrelate the papers and to raise some broader questions for future study. Seller Inventory # 7458

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Title: Art and Technology A Symposium on Classical ...

Publisher: Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University and the MIT Press, Cambridge MA,

Publication Date: 1970