A grammar of Greek art / by Percy Gardner

Gardner, Percy (1846-1937)

Published by New York, London: The Macmillan Company, 1905

About this Item

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Top edge gilt. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii pages, 1 leaf, 267 pages illustrations 20 cm. Contents: Partial contents Introductory: general character of Greek art -- Ancient critics on art -- Architecture -- Dress and drapery -- Character of earliest Greek art -- Sculpture: material, space, and colouring -- Formation of sculptural types -- Sculpture and history -- Greek painting -- Classes of vases -- Vases: space, balance, perspective -- Vases: artistic tradition -- Literature and painting: the epic -- Literature and painting continued: lyric and dramatic poetry -- The life-history of a myth: the judgment of Paris -- Coins in relation to history. Subjects: Architecture Greece. Coins, Greek.Greek literature History and criticism. Art, Greek. Greek Literature. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A grammar of Greek art / by Percy Gardner
• Publisher: New York, London: The Macmillan Company
• Publication Date: 1905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram