{"product_id":"the-art-of-painting-in-ancient-greece-greek-language-edition-1750964448545","title":"The Art of Painting in Ancient Greece (Greek language edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis innovative look at ancient Greek painting combines a standard comprehensive survey of the material record – wall paintings, painted panels, or slabs – with an in-depth exploration of the ways in which the people of Ancient Greece appreciated this demanding art. \u003cbr style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003ePlantzos looks at techniques, styles, themes and masters as well as their admirers, clients, and critics. At the same time, he discusses recent breakthroughs in archaeology, cultural studies, and art history. The book is unique in its reflections of new, multidisciplinary approaches to the material record which it combines with a more traditional, art-historical exploration; it draws on a wide range of ancient authorities – from Plato and Xenophon to Cicero, Pliny, Lucian, and Philostratus.\u003cbr style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eThe book covers painting in Bronze-Age Greece (Cyclades, Crete, Santorini, Mycenaean Greece); painting of the Archaic, the Classical, and the Hellenistic periods, and ends with a study of Graeco-Roman painting in the 2nd-3rd c. AD.\u003cbr style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eDimitris Plantzos is the author of \u003cem style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eGreek Art and Archaeology, 1200-30 BC\u003c\/em\u003e (Kapon Editions, 2016) also available from UEP.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dimitris Plantzos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50766379188516,"sku":"9786185209193","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0880\/7635\/3828\/files\/CoreSourceHub_cc5f5e84-2532-4b26-a464-9ebdae32ae3b.jpg?v=1750967309","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.co.uk\/products\/the-art-of-painting-in-ancient-greece-greek-language-edition-1750964448545","provider":"IndiePubs UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}