The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture : Volume 1 : Abacus - Lyson and Kallikles Tomb & Volume 2 : Macedonia - Zygouries

by: Campbell, G.

Price: 260,00 EURO

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture spans every art form, medium, and civilization of the era. Arranged alphabetically and enriched with more than 550 halftones, maps, line drawings, and dozens of color plates, this two-volume set contains more than 1,000 entries tracing the development of the art forms in Classical civilizations. The Encyclopedia contains hundreds of updated, revised, and expanded entries from the ...

Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
2 volumes
Gordon Campbell
Built on the quality scholarship from The Dictionary of Art (1996)
All of the material has been updated and dozens of new articles and revisions have been added
Over 400 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, pottery, architecture, and more
Fascinating art historical and cultural information about classical civilisations, art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites, and stylistic developments
Fully updated bibliography and extensive cross-references in easy-to-use A-Z format
Accessible to a wide audience—general readers, high school students, university students, collectors, curators, and scholars
Also available online from the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf or through Oxford Reference Online offering flexible search and browse functionality and multi-user access

Description
Covering all aspects of classical art from the Etruscans to the fall of the Roman Empire, The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture is a comprehensive reference source on this important field of study. Drawing on the expansive scholarship of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols) and Grove Art Online, and adding dozens of new entries, the Encyclopedia includes all subject areas in the classical arts, including philosophers, rulers, writers and artists, architecture, ceramics, sculpture, and more.

Arranged alphabetically, this two-volume set contains over 800 entries tracing the development of the art forms in classical civilizations such as ancient Greece and Rome. Illustrated with 400 halftones, maps and line drawings, and 32 color plates, the Encyclopedia is a reliable and convenient resource covering this field of everlasting significance in the development of western culture.

Author Information
Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Studies, University of Leicester

Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of Leicester. He was the founding editor of Renaissance Studies and is now the general editor of Review of English Studies. He has served as chairman of the Society for Renaissance Studies and President of the English Association, of which he is a director. He has been awarded a D. Litt by the University of York and an honorary doctorate by the University of Bucharest; he is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a corresponding fellow of South African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and a member of the advisory board of the Sociedad Espanola de Estudios Renacentistas Ingleses.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture : Volume 1 : Abacus - Lyson and Kallikles Tomb & Volume 2 : Macedonia - Zygouries

by: Campbell, G.

• ISBN-13: 9780195300826 / 978-0-19-530082-6
• ISBN-03: 0195300823 / 0-19-530082-3
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007

Price: 260,00 EURO

1 copy in stock