Classical art and the cultures of Greece and Rome /
Onians, John, 1942-
Classical art and the cultures of Greece and Rome / John Onians. - xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293) and index.
The Culture of the Greek Workshop -- Man as Raw Material -- The Body and Its Tools -- Military and Civil Crafts -- Greek Art and the Culture of Conflict -- The General as Craftsman and the Soldier as Artefact -- The Necessity of the Phalanx -- The Iliad: Women at Home, Men at War -- War and Art: The 'Military' Style of Pottery -- War and Art: Phalanx and Temple -- War and Philosophy: Kosmos and Harmonia -- War and Philosophy: The First 'Mathematicians' -- War, Mathematics and Art: The 'Square' Man -- Mathematical Art versus the Mathematical Army -- Plato and the Mathematical Guards -- The Power of Women and the Aesthetics of Peace -- Greek Art and the Culture of Competition -- Work and Competition -- Competition, Imitation and Improvement -- Competition: Its Organisation and Regulation -- Competition in Art -- Competition and the Rise of Classical Art -- Competition and Continuous Change -- The Intellectual Marketplace: Competitive Models -- The Intellectual Marketplace: Plato's Paradigm -- Isocrates and the Theory of Classical Culture -- Hellenistic Art and the Culture of Character -- Alexander: Paradigmatic Breaker of the Paradigm -- Alexander and Art -- Responses to the Paradigm -- The 'Modern' Artist -- 'Modern' Art -- The Patron, the Artist, the Model and the Viewer -- From the Viewer as Hero to the Viewer as Victim -- Man Caught in His Own Net -- Paradigms Packaged: Education and the Copy -- Athens, the Capital of Packaging -- Roman Art and the Culture of Memory -- The Instruments of Success -- Augury and Mapping.
0300075332 9780300075335
98043738
Art, Classical
Art and society--Greece
Art and society--Rome
N5610 / .O5 1999
709.38
Classical art and the cultures of Greece and Rome / John Onians. - xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293) and index.
The Culture of the Greek Workshop -- Man as Raw Material -- The Body and Its Tools -- Military and Civil Crafts -- Greek Art and the Culture of Conflict -- The General as Craftsman and the Soldier as Artefact -- The Necessity of the Phalanx -- The Iliad: Women at Home, Men at War -- War and Art: The 'Military' Style of Pottery -- War and Art: Phalanx and Temple -- War and Philosophy: Kosmos and Harmonia -- War and Philosophy: The First 'Mathematicians' -- War, Mathematics and Art: The 'Square' Man -- Mathematical Art versus the Mathematical Army -- Plato and the Mathematical Guards -- The Power of Women and the Aesthetics of Peace -- Greek Art and the Culture of Competition -- Work and Competition -- Competition, Imitation and Improvement -- Competition: Its Organisation and Regulation -- Competition in Art -- Competition and the Rise of Classical Art -- Competition and Continuous Change -- The Intellectual Marketplace: Competitive Models -- The Intellectual Marketplace: Plato's Paradigm -- Isocrates and the Theory of Classical Culture -- Hellenistic Art and the Culture of Character -- Alexander: Paradigmatic Breaker of the Paradigm -- Alexander and Art -- Responses to the Paradigm -- The 'Modern' Artist -- 'Modern' Art -- The Patron, the Artist, the Model and the Viewer -- From the Viewer as Hero to the Viewer as Victim -- Man Caught in His Own Net -- Paradigms Packaged: Education and the Copy -- Athens, the Capital of Packaging -- Roman Art and the Culture of Memory -- The Instruments of Success -- Augury and Mapping.
0300075332 9780300075335
98043738
Art, Classical
Art and society--Greece
Art and society--Rome
N5610 / .O5 1999
709.38