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xiv, 357 pages : 26 cm, What was Hellenistic art, and what were its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact? This textbook introduces students to these questions and offers a series of answers to them. Its twelve chapters and two \"focus\" sections examine Hellenistic sculpture, painting, luxury arts, and architecture. Thematically organized, spanning the three centuries from Alexander to Augustus, and ranging geographically from Italy to India and the Black Sea to Nubia, the book examines key monuments of Hellenistic art in relation to the great political, social, cultural, and intellectual issues of the time, Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and index, Settlement -- Power -- Victory -- Benefaction -- Focus I: The Great Altar -- Prowess -- Wisdom -- Piety -- Desire -- Focus II: Hellenistic Mosaics -- Luxury -- Difference -- Death -- Reception -- Appendix 1: The Artist -- Appendix 2: Kallixeinos of Rhodes on the Wonders of Alexandria

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Author

Stewart, Andrew F., author

Publisher

New York : Cambridge University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781107262270

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, Arts

Updated

2026-03-24