Aegean Art and Architecture |
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| Author:
| Preziosi, Donald
Hitchcock, Louise A. |
| Series title: | Oxford History of Art Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-284208-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1999 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $44.95AUD $40.86 |
Book Description:
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The first comprehensive contextual introduction to the visual arts and architecture of Crete, Greece, and the Aegean islands during the Bronze Age (c.3000-1000 BCE). This book introduces the reader to the historical and social contexts within which the arts - pottery, gold, silver, and ivory objects, gravestone reliefs, frescoes, and architecture - of the Aegean area developed. It examines the functions they served, and the ways in which they can be read as evidence for the...
More DescriptionThe first comprehensive contextual introduction to the visual arts and architecture of Crete, Greece, and the Aegean islands during the Bronze Age (c.3000-1000 BCE). This book introduces the reader to the historical and social contexts within which the arts - pottery, gold, silver, and ivory objects, gravestone reliefs, frescoes, and architecture - of the Aegean area developed. It examines the functions they served, and the ways in which they can be read as evidence for the interactions of many different peoples and societies in the eastern Mediterranean.