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Greek Funerary Sculpture
Janet Burnett Grossman
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Description for Greek Funerary Sculpture
Hardback. A discussion of 59 Greek funerary monuments at the J. Paul Getty Museum. The title considers their relationships to the art and society of the period. It should be suitable for scholars and students of antiquities, and museum and art libraries. Num Pages: 160 pages, 125 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFKB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1247.
Much of the sculpture created in ancient Greece that has survived is funerary in nature. These markers commemorating the dead were traditionally placed along roads near the entrances to cities, where they could be seen by all. Although the monuments vary greatly in style, quality and elaboration, they reach across the millennia speaking the universal language of human grief. This illustrated catalogue presents fifty-nine Greek funerary monuments in the Antiquities collection of the Getty Museum. Spanning the Classical and Hellenistic periods, this collection offers new insight into Greek art and society that will be of interest to both scholars ... Read more
Much of the sculpture created in ancient Greece that has survived is funerary in nature. These markers commemorating the dead were traditionally placed along roads near the entrances to cities, where they could be seen by all. Although the monuments vary greatly in style, quality and elaboration, they reach across the millennia speaking the universal language of human grief. This illustrated catalogue presents fifty-nine Greek funerary monuments in the Antiquities collection of the Getty Museum. Spanning the Classical and Hellenistic periods, this collection offers new insight into Greek art and society that will be of interest to both scholars ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9780892366125
SKU
V9780892366125
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About Janet Burnett Grossman
Janet Burnett Grossman is assistant curator of antiquities at the Getty Museum
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