Hellenistic Sculpture
A Handbook
R. R. R. Smith
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The exuberant realism and virtuoso technique of Hellenistic sculpture formed the basis of European art. Under Alexander and his cosmopolitan successors, sculptors enriched the classical Greek repertoire with a whole range of new subjects – hermaphrodites, putti, peasants, boxers – and new styles – baroque treatment, genre figures, individualized portraiture.
Professor Smith offers a reappraisal of this entire artistic epoch as a period of innovation, demonstrating the variety, subtlety and complexity of its styles. Numerous illustrations reveal the skill and inventiveness of the Hellenistic masters, who created works of great beauty and expressive power. The result is a lively survey of a vital phase in the evolution of Western art.
Also of interest:
Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period
Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period
Greek Sculpture: The Late Classical Period and
Sculpture in Colonies and Overseas |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500202494 | | ISBN-13 978-0500202494 | | | | 21.0 x 14.9 cm | | Paperback | | 288pp | | 387 illustrations | | First published 1991 | | | | £9.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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