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Contents 9 Figures 12 Preface 21 Note 24 1 Introduction: the study of Greek sculpture 27 Ancient writing about Greek sculpture 30 The modern tradition 32 The periods and styles of Greek sculpture: a glossary 33 Sources and further reading 39 2 The Greek Revolution 43 Defining the Greek Revolution 46 Style and democracy 50 Narrative, truth and consequences 53 The cult of beauty 59 The logic of anthropomorphism 68 Conclusion: 'Pygmalions power' 76 Sources and further reading 77 3 Daedalus and the Wings of Technê 81 Daedalus: the invention of the arch-inventor 83 Technê: limestone and marble 90 Technê: bronze and terracotta 100 'The colours of white' 107 Sources and further reading 109 4 Anathêmata: gifts for the gods 113 The economics of idolatry and the archaeology of cult 115 Votive occasions and votive sculpture 121 Tithes and first-fruits 122 War 124 Games and contests 127 Illness and calamity 132 Rites of passage 134 Memorials of honour and office 139 The religious calendar 140 Propitiation and atonement 141 Conclusion: Eusebeia and 'Greekness' 142 Sources and further reading 145 5 Heroes apparent 149 Of the great and the good 150 'Say not that the good die' 153 'Heroic nud

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Author

Nigel Spivey

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction